Distribution:
Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sinai.
Tripolitania, Cyrenaica, Fazzan.
A. dilatata dilatata (upper left picture); Fazzan:
Takarkiba, 11/01/2003; Awbari, 12/10/2002. Syrtica: Ajdabiya,
07/08/2004.
A.
dilatata tripolitana (upper right and below) is common
in spring in Tripolitania, wandering in the grass during the
day. Less common in fall and winter. The live species was
found in Jabal Nefusah 50 km south of Gharyan by a chilly
morning under a stone. It quickly adopted its characteric
defensive attitude. Tarhunah, 29/09/2001; Mizdah, 05/01/2002;
Abu Zayyan (Gharyan), 16/12/2001; Yafran, 16/12/2001; Al Aziziyah,
28/03/2003; Melitah, 28/02/2004; Khabta, 22/11/2002.