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Mesalina rubropunctata, Le Berre 1989:200. 
Mesalina rubropunctata, Schleich, Kastle, and Kabisch 1996:425. 
Mesalina rubropunctata, Sindaco and Jeremce nk o 2008:263. 
Mesalina rubropunctata, Trape, Trape, and Chirio 2012:334. 
Distribution.— Mauritania and Western 
Sahara across northern Africa to western Sinai 
and the Nile Valley of northernmost Sudan. 
Southern Algerian distribution more-or-less 
contiguous with localities in eastern Mali and 
northwestern Niger. In Libya there are locali¬ 
ties across the country. 
Libyan Records (Map 34): TRIPOLITA- 
NIA: Misratah : 73: BMNH 1955.1.8.54. 
Nalut : 105: AIC no number provided; Ibrahim 
and Ineich 2005. Sirte : 174: ZMB 18327, 
77682. 196: BMNH 1954.1.6.78. “Tripolita- 
nia”: BMNH 1965. 1244. “Sirtica”: Zavattari 
1937. FEZZAN: Wadi al Shatii : 207: BMNH 
1901.10.28.7. 208: Boulenger 1921; Szczerbak 
1975. 210: BMNH 1954.1.6.75. 211: Scortecci 
1937a. Jufra : 212: ZSM 189/1979/1-2. 216: 
Peters 1880, 1881; Werner 1909; Ghigi 1913; 
Zavattari 1930,1934. 217: Zavattari 1937. 224: 
NMBA-REPT 15432-33; Schnurrenberger 
1962. 226: MCSN 2129; Scortecci 1935b. 
Ghat : 234: MCSN 2128. 236: ZMB 37948. 
249: BMNH 1965.1246. Sabha : 282: ZSM 
118/1975. 291: NMBA-REPT 15324-53; ZMB 
37947. Murzuq : 298: Essghaier et al. 2015. 
303: Essghaier et al. 2015. 315: NHMC 
80.3.99.18 [= ZFMK 63675]; NHMC 
80.3.99.19-20; NHMC 80.3.99.28 [= ZFMK 
77484]; Kapli et al. 2015. 316: ZCT 2005.29; 
Ibrahim 2008a. 317: Schnurrenberger 1963. 
319: Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963. 332: ZMB 37949. 333: FMNH 214967; NHMW 31121. 
“Fezzan”: BMNH 1954.1.6.76. “Jebel Fezzan”: BMNH 1965:1245. CYRENAICA: Benghazi : 
357: BMNH 1988.190. Darnah : 466: SMNS 803. Butnan : 521: Zavattari 1937. 524: MSNG 
28416; Vinciguerra 1927; Zavattari 1929, 1930, 1934; Gestro and Vinciguerra 1931. Al Wahat : 
529: NMP 34934/1-2; NMP 34934; Moravec 1995; Zavattari 1929, 1930, 1934. 555: ZSM 
133/1983. 562: MSNG 31575*; Vinciguerra 1931; Zavattari 1934. 564: Vinciguerra 1931, Zavat¬ 
tari 1934, 1937. 565: Vinciguerra 1931. Kufrah : 567: MSNG 31575*; Vinciguerra 1931; Zavat¬ 
tari 1934, 1937. 579: BMNH 1982.385-87. 584: Zavattari 1937. “between Agedabia and Gialo”: 
BMNH 1932.3.6.11; Werner 1909; Vinciguerra 1931; Zavattari 1934. “Desert South of Giada”: 
MSNG 31575*. 
Comments.— Hypothesized relationships among Mesalina rubropunctata, M. guttulata and 
M. bahaeldini are poorly supported (Smid and Frynta 2012). There is also an extremely high level 
Figure 25. Mesalina rubropunctata from Fezzan, Libya. 
Photo © Adel Ibrahim. 
Map 34. Distribution of Messalina rubropunctata in 
Libya. 
