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species Leguminaia saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852): specimens
6 available nominal species synonyms (10 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Leguminaia saulcyi — Graf (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Çek & ŞerefliŞan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), IUCN (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021), Bogan et al. (2021), Jihad (2023), Liu et al. (2024)
Leguminaia cf. saulcyi — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Range

Syria.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

species map

SMF_15177 Aleppo?, Syrien	SMF_15176 Aus der Oase Bab [= Al Bab, nördlich von Aleppo], Syrien	MNHN_MP_4325 Chirvan [?]
SMF_15179 Kirkuk, Kurdistan, Tigris-Gebiet [Irak Kirkuk]	SMF_283043 Libanon: Nahr al-Kabir (S) [Nahr al-Kabir al-Janoubi], 4 km östlich von Tell Kalah [Talkalakh] [Syrien Homs]	MNHN_MP_4338 Mahidecht (Kourdistan)
MNHN_MP_4322 Miankaleh

Lebanon

MNHN_MP_0161
Tripoli

MNHN_MP_4281
Tripoli de Syrie

Syria

SMF_15178 "Asiatische Türkei", Assyrien	MNHN_MP_4329 Ain Tab (Syrie du Nord)	MNHN_MP_4285 Ain tab, Syrie
MNHN_MP_4283 Aintab, Syrie	MNHN_MP_4340 Le Nahr el Kebir a Tell Kalaat	MNHN_MP_4349 Le Nahr el Kebir a Tell Kalaat
MNHN_MP_4287 Syrie

Turkey

SMF_4355 Aus dem Kara-Su, [nördlicher] Zufluss des Sees [Amik gölü] von Antiochia [= Antakya/Hatay], Syrien [Türkei]	SMF_15175 Aus dem Orontes [Asi nehri] bei Antiochia [= Antakya/Hatay] [Türkei Hatay]	SMF_4457 Aus dem Orontes [Asi nehri] bei Antiochia [= Antakya/Hatay] [Türkei]
SMF_283044 Türkei: Orontes-Brücke 5 [richtig: 2,5] km südöstlich Samandağ [Hatay]

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Turkey

RMBH_biv_177_17. (COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.580012, 36.430981)

RMBH_biv_177_20. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.580012, 36.430981)

RMBH_biv_177_4. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.580012, 36.430981)

RMBH_biv_177_5. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.580012, 36.430981)