Cyrenaica-Jabal al Ackdar

Cyrenaica: The south of the Jabal al Ackdar

Past the top of the ridge, south of Al Bayda and Al Qubbah, the vegetation cover quickly disappears. The extension of the green mediterranean area is visible on the Landsat photo. Along the wadis, Ziziphus bushes and further south Acacia tortilis are the main trees.

Some beetles collected there:

Buprestidae: Acmaeoderella lanuginosa (Gyllenhal, 1817); Acmaeoderella discoidea (Fabricius, 1787).

Scarabaeidae: Bubas bubaloides Janssens, 1938; Onitis numida Castelnau, 1940.

Tenebrionidae: Adesmia (Adesmia) montana (Klug, 1930); Adesmia (Macradesmia) monilis (Klug, 1830); Pimelia superba Schuster, 1928; Morica grossa (Linnaeus, 1767); Pachylodera brevicornis Quedenfeldt, 1889; Pimelia comata Klug, 1830; Gonocephalum patruelei Erichson, 1843...

Carabidae (around seasonal water pounds): Bembidion (Notaphus) varium Olivier, 1795; Bembidion (Peryphus) cruciatum Antoine, 1943; Bembidion (Testedium) laetum Brullé, 1838; Ancholeus wollastoni Wollaston, 1854; Chlaenius (Chlaenites) spoliatus spoliatus Rossi, 1790...

	*Cyrenaica: The south of the Jabal al Ackdar Past the top of the ridge, south of Al Bayda and Al Qubbah, the vegetation cover quickly disappears. The extension of the green mediterranean area is visible on the Landsat photo. Along the wadis, Ziziphus* bushes and further south Acacia tortilis are the main trees. Some beetles collected there: Buprestidae: Acmaeoderella lanuginosa (Gyllenhal, 1817); Acmaeoderella discoidea (Fabricius, 1787). Scarabaeidae: Bubas bubaloides Janssens, 1938; Onitis numida Castelnau, 1940. Tenebrionidae: Adesmia (Adesmia) montana (Klug, 1930); Adesmia (Macradesmia) monilis (Klug, 1830); Pimelia superba Schuster, 1928; Morica grossa (Linnaeus, 1767); Pachylodera brevicornis Quedenfeldt, 1889; Pimelia comata Klug, 1830; Gonocephalum patruelei Erichson, 1843... Carabidae (around seasonal water pounds): Bembidion (Notaphus) varium Olivier, 1795; Bembidion (Peryphus) cruciatum Antoine, 1943; Bembidion (Testedium) laetum Brullé, 1838; Ancholeus wollastoni Wollaston, 1854; Chlaenius (Chlaenites) spoliatus spoliatus Rossi, 1790...

Ziziphus lotus and barley in a wadi south of Al Qubbah.

Guelta, about 50 km north of Al Makhili in April.

Ferula sp in a wadi south of Al Qubbah.

Dry wadi with Ziziphus lotus 36 km east of Al Makhili.