Euphyllura straminea Loginova

Material examined. GH: 1 ♂, Panyas, 8.v.2010 (D. Burckhardt) ; 4 ♀, Panyas, 33º14.824’N 35º41.667’E , 25.v.2010 (A. Freidberg); UG: 11 ♂, 8 ♀, Tel Hay, 32o39.455’N 35o17.560’E, 100 m , 12.v.2010, O. europaea (D. Burckhardt); 16 ♂, 18 ♀, Hermon Field School, 33º14′N, 35º40′E , 11.v.2010, O. europaea (D. Burckhardt); 27 ♂, 8 ♀, Hermon Field School, 11.v.1997, 13.iv.2002, 17.v.2002, 25.v.2002, 4.xii.2005 (A. Freidberg) ; 2 ♀, ‘ En Zetim, 32º59.40’N 35º29.50’E , 26.v.2009 (A. Freidberg); 6 ♂, 4 ♀, ‘ En Zetim, 32o59.438’N 35o29.287’E, 630 m , 12.v.2010, O. europaea (D. Burckhardt); 1 ♀, ‘ En Zetim, 28.v.2003 (L. Friedman); LG: 10 ♂, 4 ♀, Umm el- Ghanem, 32º40’N 35º23’E, 88 m , 11.v.2010, O. europaea (D. Burckhardt); CR: 3 ♂, 7 ♀, Nahal Oren, 32º42.809’N 34º58.382’E , 24.v.1995, 14.v.2002, 13.v.2007, 30.iv.2008, 25.v.2009, 5.v.2010 (A. Freidberg); 1 ♂, Nahal Oren, 4.v.2010 (D. Burckhardt) ; 10 ♂, 12 ♀, Elyaqim, 32o37.343’N 35o04.767’E, 237 m , 11.v.2010, O. europaea (D. Burckhardt); S: 2 ♂, 2 ♀, Nahal Qana Reserve, 290 m, 5 km SW Qarne Shomeron, 9.vii.2007 (A. Freidberg & L. Friedman) ; CCP: 18 ♂, 24 ♀, Her ẕliyya, 3.v.2010, Olea europaea (D. Burckhardt); 1 ♂, Her ẕliyya beach, 13.x.1995 (A. Freidberg) ; 1 ♂, Her ẕliyya, Arshaf beach, 32º11.7’N 34º48.4’E 23.viii.2007 (A. Freidberg) ; 24 ♂, 19 ♀, Her ẕliyya, hill, 32º11’N 34º49’E, 21.iii.2009, 17‒18.iv.2009, 8.v.2009, 16.v.2009, 2.iv.2010, 28.iv.2010 (A. Freidberg) ; 1 ♂, Tel Aviv University, 26.iv.2010 (A. Freidberg); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Tel Aviv University Botanical Gardens, 10.v.2010, O. europaea (D. Burckhardt); SCP: 1 ♀, Gan Shelomo, 25.iii.2015 (W. Kuslitzky) ; 3 ♂, 6 ♀, Nizzanim Nature Reserve, 22.ii.2007, 18.iv.2007, 23.iv.2007, 25.ii.2009 (A. Freidberg); JF: 1 ♀, Burma road, Nahal Me’ir, 21.vii.2002 ; 1 ♀, Shoham, 24.v.2008 (A. Freidberg); JH: 1 ♂, 4 ♀ , Yerushalayim, ‘ En Kerem [Ein Karem], 8.vi.1953, O. europaea (K. Steinschneider); JD: 1 ♂, 2 ♀, Nahal Teqoa’, 31º38’N 35º14’E , 31.iii.2009 (A. Freidberg).

Published records in Israel. No collection details (Loginova 1973); JH, UG (Halperin et al. 1982).

Host plant. Olea europaea (Oleaceae) .

Comments. Euphyllura olivina (Costa), a close species, is not present in Israel (Burckhardt, 1983: 131).