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includes distinctive morphological features, label data translations from Italian and French, 
and distance “as the crow flies” of collecting sites from the nearest sea littoral. Also, distribu- 
tional data in the taxonomic account is taken from the author’s updated PC database. 
The recorded material is deposited in MCNV (mostly in the author’s collection), MHNG, 
and ZSM (parts of M. von TscHIRNHAUS’ alcohol collection; collecting chiffres are noted af- 
ter sh.) 
3 Taxonomic account 
3.1 List of species 
Tethina alboguttata (Strobl, 1900) 
Distribution 
Afrotropical: St. Helena. — Palaearctic: Algeria, Canary Islands, ?Italy, 
Madeira, Morocco, Spain, Tunisia. 
Discussion 
Munari (2004) recorded this species from Agdz (Ouarzazate), a desert oasis of 
Morocco situated about 310 km inland. 
Tethina czernyi (Hendel, 1934) 
Material examined [MCNV] 
Algeria: Atlas Setif, Sebkhet Melloul [about 70 km inland], st. 8, V.1949, A.G.S., 1 & [hand- 
written label “Tethina grisea Fll. det. Skc.”]. - Turkey: Asia Minore [Asia Minor], Gölbasi 
(Ankara) [over 190 km inland], prato [meadow], su fiori [on flowers], 18. V.1961, A.G.S., 13, 
1. 
Distribution 
Palaearctic: Algeria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Egypt (Sinai), France, Germany, Hun- 
gary, Israel, Italy, Mongolia, Poland, Spain, Tadjikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmeni- 
stan, Uzbekistan. — New to Algeria. 
Tethina flavoidea Beschovski, 1997 
Material examined [MCNV, MHNG] 
Israel: En Mor [over 75 km inland and about 66km from the southern basin coast of the 
Dead Sea], 16.11.1995, B. Merz, 3 64,4 22. 
Distribution 
Palaearctic: Egypt (Sinai), Israel. 
Tethina gatti Munari & Ebejer, 2001 
Material examined [MCNV] 
Algeria: Sahara Algerino [Algerian Sahara], Biskra 15km S [over 210 km inland], source 
eau [spring], 22.11.1980, A.G.S., 1d; Sahara Algerino [Algerian Sahara], Chegga source 
[about 250 km inland], temp. 45 °C, 12.11.1980, A.G.S., 16. 
Distribution 
Palaearctic: Algeria, Tunisia. - New to Algeria. 
