Ammophila gracillima Taschenberg, 1869

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Ammophila gracillima Taschenberg, 1869

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Ammophila gracillima Taschenberg, 1869 . Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften, 34: 433.

Ammophila gracillima: Roth, 1928: 188 ( Kairouan, Tozeur); Dollfuss, 2013 b: 570 ( Gafsa, Tataouine).

New records (Total 1 ♂). Sidi Bouzid: Djbel Mezzouna , 1 ♂ (Babault Collection, MNHN) .

Additional records (Total 4 ♂). Tataouine: Ghomrasen, Ghordhab , 159 m, 07. V.2018, 1 ♂ , 08. V.2018, 2 ♂ , North Tataouine, Oued Tlelet , 170 m, 12. V.2018 1 ♂ .

General distribution. Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia, Ethiopia, Iran, Israel, North Africa, North China, Sudan, Syria Turkey, Western India ( Dollfuss 2013a; Yildirim et al. 2016).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Male of Ammophila species: a. A. electa; b. A. erminea; c. A. gracillima; d. A. guichardi; e. A. guesenleitneri; f. A. haimatosoma; g. A. quadraticollis; h. A. rubripes; i. A. terminata.

MAPS 1–16. Distribution maps of: 1. Ammophila albotomentosa; 2. Ammophila antropovi; 3. Ammophila barbara; 4. Ammophila campestris; 5. Ammophila djaouak; 6. Ammophila electa; 7. Ammophila erminea; 8. Ammophila gracillima; 9. Ammophila guichardi; 10. Ammophila gusenleitneri; 11. Ammophila haimatosoma; 12. Ammophila hemilauta; 13. Ammophila holosericea; 14. Ammophila menkei; 15. Ammophila nasuta; 16. Ammophila poecilocnemis.