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Figure 27. Chalcides boulengeri from 235 km north of Gadamis, Nalut, Tripolitania, Libya, 2008. Photo © Roberto 
Sindaco. 
Distribution.— Southern Morocco, 
across northern Algeria to Tunisia and the 
northwestern quadrant of Libya (Sindaco and 
Jeremcenko 2008). 
Libyan Records (Map 37): TRIPOLITA¬ 
NIA: Tripoli : 39: USNM 37296. 43: MCSN 
4112. 45: NHMW 10595; NMBA-REPT 5567; 
ZMB 15311-12, 75968-70, 75975-76; Werner 
1909; Ghigi 1913; Zavattari 1934; CAS 
12745-46, 55171; MZLU Lxx/6335. 49: 
BMNH 1965.1201. Muroub : 60: Peters 1880, 
1881; Zavattari 1934. Nalut : 101: BMNH 
1965.1200. 104: BMNH 1965.1199. 105: 
MNHN 2004.0088; Ibrahim and Ineich 2005. 
Ill: Sindaco obs. 5/2/2008. 128: CUP R 016; 
Frynta et al. 2000. Sirte : 199: MCSN 4236. 
“Tripolitania settentrionale”: Zavattari 1937. 
FEZZAN: Jufra : 216: ZMB 18004; Peters 
1880, 1881; Werner 1909; Zavattari 1934. 217: 
2008; Zavattari 1937. 
Comments.— This species has been allocated to Sphenops, which has alternatively been 
regarded as a synonym of Chalcides, a subgenus of Chalcides, or a valid genus (e.g., Pasteur and 
Bons 1960; Caputo et al. 1993, Geniez et al. 2004, Kalboussi et al. 2006). Most recently, Carran¬ 
za et al. (2008) presented evidence that a monophyletic Chalcides includes Sphenops spp. Records 
of Peters (1880, 1881) and Ghigi (1913) of C. sepsoides from Socna and Bir-Milrha, respectively, 
are in error and are correctly allocated to C. boulengeri according to Werner (1909). 
IUCN Threat Status.— Not assessed, but assumed to be Least Concern. 
Map 37. Distribution of Chalcides boulengeri in Libya. 
Schleich et al. 1996; Sindaco and Jeremcenko 
