Distribution:
Algeria, Egypt, Libya.
Tripolitania, Fazzan.
Fazzan (above): Egede Wa-n-Kaza, 03/04/2004; Wadi Awis, Akakus,
03/04/2004; Messak Sattafet, 04/2002 (leg. JL Le-Quellec).
Tripolitania
(below): common in early Spring (February-March) in the sandy
habitats of the Jaffarah Plain (with E. barbarus):
Bin Gashir, 01/03/2002; Wadi Labeter, Suq al Ahad, 28/02/2004;
Sidi as Sa'ih, 27/02/2004 and 02/03/2004.