Amorphocephala excantator ( Damoiseau, 1964 )

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Amorphocephala excantator ( Damoiseau, 1964)

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Amorphocephalus excantator Damoiseau, 1964: 425 .

Amorphocephala excantator : Damoiseau 1979: 9 (key, catalog); Sforzi & Bartolozzi 2004: 290.

Material examined: Israel: Har Hermon : 1♂ Har Hermon , 1600 m, 14.v.1996, V. Chikatunov. Golan Heights : 2♂ Buq'ata , 1.viii.2002, V. Kravchenko, V. Chikatunov ; 2♂ Ya'ar Odem , 400 m, 10–14.v.1996, G. Magnani ( EOC) ; 1♂ Merom Golan , 15.ii.1987, G. Gisis ; 1♀ Nahal Mezar Nature Reserve , 7.viii.2008, E. Orbach ( EOC) . Lower Galilee : 2♂ Allonim , 7.iX & 11.iX, H. Bytinski-Salz ; 1♂ Qiryat Tiv'on (Ramat Hadassa), iX.1953 ; 2♀ Qiryat Tiv'on (Oranim), 9.vi.1960 & 6.v.1962, Ch. Sandler ( BMZC) ; 5♂ 7♀ Qiryat Tiv'on , 18.v.1958, M. Sternlicht (1♂ 1♀, PPIS) , 8.i.1962, J. Halperin (1♀, EOC) , 1♂ 6.vi.1964, J. Halperin, 1♀ 30.viii.1985, 1♂ 6.viii.1986, 1♀ 4.iX.1988, 1♂ 24.iv.1989, 1♀ 5.v.1989, 1♀ 12.vi.1994, 1♀ 7.viii.1994, 1♂ 25.iX.1995, E. Orbach ( EOC) ; 1♂ 1♀ Sha'ar ha'Amaqim, 9.viii.2000, B. Orbach (1♀, BOC) , 9.viii.2000, E. Orbach (1♂, EOC) ; 4♂ 5♀ Allonim Hills , 19.vii.2000 (1♂), 10.vii.2001 (1♀), 23.vii.2001 (2♂), 8.viii.2001 (1♂), B. Orbach ( BOC) , 8.viii.2001, E. Orbach (4♀, EOC) . Carmel Ridge : 2♀ Har haCarmel, 17.vi.1946, H. Bytinski-Salz .

Distribution: Israel (new record), Jordan.

Biology: Myrmecophilous.