Bothriogaster signata (Kessler, 1874)

Bothriogaster affinis (gen.) Szel. et mihi: Verhoeff 1901: 410 (synonymy).

Bothriogaster signata cyprica Chalande & Ribaut, 1909: 269, Fig. 49 (synonymy).

Bothriogaster aegyptiaca Attems, subsp. cyprica Chalande & Ribaut, 1909: Turk 1952: 657 (synonymy).

Material examined: 18 3, 12 ƤƤ.

Sites: 1, 10, 18, 22 (published), 27, 47, 54, 55, 56, 77 (published), 85, 86 (published), 91, 100, 110, 116, 139, 149, 150, 174, 175, 179, 185 (Fig. 20).

General distribution. Europe: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (mainland, Crete, Cyclades, Dodecanese), FYR Macedonia; North Africa: Egypt, Libya (Cyrenaica, Tripolitania), Tunisia; West Asia: Caucasus, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey; Central Asia: Turkestan, Uzbekistan (Zapparoli 1991; Simaiakis et al. 2005).

Chorotype. Turanic-Mediterranean.

Habitats. Maquis with Pinus, Juniperus, Acacia and Cupressus, phrygana with Sarcopoterium spinosum, patches with Pinus and Acacia, fields with Ceratonia, cultivations with vineyard, patches with Eucalyptus, Pinus forests, mixed forests with Pinus and Quercus .

Altitudinal range: 5–1150 m.

Range of leg pairs recorded in Cyprus. 89–103 (3) and 93–107 (ƤƤ).

Remarks. Generically quoted from Cyprus by Verhoeff (1901) under B. affinis . Afterwards cited by Chalande & Ribaut (1909) who, on a single female generically quoted from „ Chypre “, described a new subspecies, B. a. cyprica, without any taxonomic significance (cf. Attems 1929: 49). Also recorded from “Apos, Andreas”, misprinted for "Apos. [= Apostolos] Andreas", under B. aegyptiaca cyprica by Turk (1952).