Aleochara (Xenochara) funebris WOLLSTON 1864

Assing, V., 2010, Four new species and additional records of Staphylinidae from Spain, primarily from the south (Insecta: Coleoptera), Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (2), pp. 1105-1124 : 1122

Aleochara (Xenochara) funebris WOLLSTON 1864

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Spain: M u r c i a: 1 ex., Jumilla , Sierra del Carche, 38°26'N, 1°10'W, 1050 m, flight interception trap, 12.-27.V.2006, leg. Lencina & Gallego (cAss) ; 2 exs., Caravaca de la Cruz , El Gavilan, 870 m, flight interception trap, II.2009, leg. Gallego (cAss) ; 2 exs., Moratalla , Sierra Seca, 1830 m, flight interception trap, 15. VII.-3. VIII.3006, leg. Lencina & Gallego (cFel) .

C o m m e n t: Aleochara funebris is widespread and not uncommon in the Palaearctic and Oriental regions. It has been recorded from the Canary Islands, but was previously unknown from mainland Spain and the whole of the Iberian Peninsula ( SMETANA 2004).