Aphaniosoma proximum Ebejer, 1998

6♀, El-Jadida, sidi Smaine, 11.vi.2005, PG (2 specimens in MJE coll.) ; 1♀, El-Jadida, Azemmour beach & dunes, 11.vi.2005, PG ; 1♀, Safi, Oued Tensift, estuary, 12.vi.2005, PG ; 1♂, Larache, 35°12.503ʹN 06°08.873ʹW, 5m, 11.v.2012, beach and dunes, MJE.

Distribution. Described from a large series of specimens collected in Malta, Tunisia and Romania, it is widespread in Europe and the Mediterranean reaching the Middle East in the United Arab Emirates (Ebejer 2008).