= Ancyla (Tarsalia) ancyliformis mediterranea (Pittioni, 1950)
It includes two subspecies:
- ssp. ancyliformis, from Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tadjikistan.
- ssp. mediterranea Pittioni, 1950, known from Cyprus and Sardinia (Warncke, 1979) and from Anatolia (J. Straka, com. pers.)

As foraging plants, Popov (1967) cites Alhagi kirgisorum, Eryngium coeruleum, Centaurea soltitialis, Centaurea squarrosa, Capparis sp. (in Central Asia).
G. Pisanty (Discoverlife) gives Centaurea verutrum as foraging plant (in Israel). P. Niolo (Flickr) made pictures on Carlina sp. (Sardinia).

P. Rasmont