Ra's al Hilal area

Cyrenaica: Ra's al Hilal area

The coast from Susah to Al Athrun through Ra's al Hilal is probably the most scenic in Libya. In the mountains between the coast and the main road at the top of the Jabal lay some of the best collecting places.

Some beetles collected there:

Cerambycidae: common hatching holes of Prinobius myardi Mulsant, 1842; Stictoleptura cordigera (Fuesslins, 1775); Purpuricenus desfontainii desfontainii (Fabricius 1792); Penichroa fasciata (Stephens, 1831); Nathrius brevipennis (Mulsant, 1839); Chlorophorus ringenbachi Sama, 2004; Parmena pubescens (Dalman, 1817); Niphona picticornis Mulsant, 1839 ; hatching holes of Arhopalus sp have been observed in old pine logs.

Buprestidae: Julodis aecquinoctialis harterti Thery, 1928; Acmaeodera boreoafricana Bellamy, 1998; Acmaeodera quadrifascia (Rossi, 1790); Acmaeodera rubromaculata Lucas, 1844; Acmaeoderella adspersula (Illiger, 1803); Acmaeoderella lanuginosa (Gyllenhal, 1817); Acmaeoderella virgulata (Illiger, 1803); Anthaxia (s. str.) funerula (Illiger, 1803); Anthaxia (s. str.) confusa Gory, 1841; Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) scutellaris Géné, 1836; Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) ringenbachi Baiocchi 2004; Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) umbellatarum Fabricius 1787; Chrysobothris affinis (Fabricius, 1794).

Scarabaoidea: Copris hispanus cavolinii Petagna, 1792; Bubas bubaloides Janssens, 1938; Oryctes nasicornis grypus Illiger, 1803; Tropinata squalida pilosa Brullé, 1832; Aethiessa floralis Fabricius, 1787; Netocia cuprea ignicollis Gory & Percheron, 1883.

Curculionidea: Cyllorhynchites n. sp; Phyllobius (Ectomogaster) festae F. Solari, 1925; Polydrusus (Conocetus) festae F. Solari, 1925...

Tenebrionidae: Zophosis (Oculosis) punctata Brullé, 1832; Adesmia (Macradesmia) monilis (Klug, 1830); Akis costitubera Marseul, 1883; Akis bernhaueri Schuster, 1919; Pimelia deresa barcana Koch, 1939; Opatrinus niloticus (Mulsant, 1852); Blaps polychresta Forsskaĺl, 1939; Blaps sulcifera Seidlitz, 1893.

Cleridae: Opilo taeniatus (Klug, 1842); Trichodes leucopsideus (Olivier, 1795).

	*Cyrenaica: Ra's al Hilal area* The coast from Susah to Al Athrun through Ra's al Hilal is probably the most scenic in Libya. In the mountains between the coast and the main road at the top of the Jabal lay some of the best collecting places. Some beetles collected there: Cerambycidae: common hatching holes of Prinobius myardi Mulsant, 1842; Stictoleptura cordigera (Fuesslins, 1775); Purpuricenus desfontainii desfontainii (Fabricius 1792); Penichroa fasciata (Stephens, 1831); Nathrius brevipennis (Mulsant, 1839); Chlorophorus ringenbachi Sama, 2004; Parmena pubescens (Dalman, 1817); Niphona picticornis Mulsant, 1839 ; hatching holes of Arhopalus sp have been observed in old pine logs. Buprestidae: Julodis aecquinoctialis harterti Thery, 1928; Acmaeodera boreoafricana Bellamy, 1998; Acmaeodera quadrifascia (Rossi, 1790); Acmaeodera rubromaculata Lucas, 1844; Acmaeoderella adspersula (Illiger, 1803); Acmaeoderella lanuginosa (Gyllenhal, 1817); Acmaeoderella virgulata (Illiger, 1803); Anthaxia (s. str.) funerula (Illiger, 1803); Anthaxia (s. str.) confusa Gory, 1841; Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) scutellaris Géné, 1836; Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) ringenbachi Baiocchi 2004; Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) umbellatarum Fabricius 1787; Chrysobothris affinis (Fabricius, 1794). Scarabaoidea: Copris hispanus cavolinii Petagna, 1792; Bubas bubaloides Janssens, 1938; Oryctes nasicornis grypus Illiger, 1803; Tropinata squalida pilosa Brullé, 1832; Aethiessa floralis Fabricius, 1787; Netocia cuprea ignicollis Gory & Percheron, 1883. Curculionidea: Cyllorhynchites n. sp; Phyllobius (Ectomogaster) festae F. Solari, 1925; Polydrusus (Conocetus) festae F. Solari, 1925... Tenebrionidae: Zophosis (Oculosis) punctata Brullé, 1832; Adesmia (Macradesmia) monilis (Klug, 1830); Akis costitubera Marseul, 1883; Akis bernhaueri Schuster, 1919; Pimelia deresa barcana Koch, 1939; Opatrinus niloticus (Mulsant, 1852); Blaps polychresta Forsskaĺl, 1939; Blaps sulcifera Seidlitz, 1893. Cleridae: Opilo taeniatus (Klug, 1842); Trichodes leucopsideus (Olivier, 1795).

Pine and Cupressus forest above Ra's al Hilal.

A bush of Quercus coccifera in the mediterranean bush along the road Ra's al Hilal-Al qubbah..

The terrace above Ra's al Hilal: Quercus coccifera, Pistacia lentiscus, Arbutus pavarii, Phlomis floccosa, Cistus sp...

Arbutus pavarii bush near Al Qubbah.