Leptobium gracile (GRAVENHORST 1802)

Assing, V., 2010, A revision of Leptobium CASEY. VI. A revalidation, a new synonymy, and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (1), pp. 499-506 : 500

Leptobium gracile (GRAVENHORST 1802)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Morocco: 4 exs., Azrou-Ifrane area, 1400-2000 m, 17.-19.IV.1989 ( NHMD, cAss). Spain: 3 exs., Andalucía, Cádiz, 4 km NNW Tarifa, 36°01'N, 5°37'W, 10 m, road margin, flooded meadow, under stones, 26.XII.2009, leg. Assing & Wunderle (cAss, cWun). Italy: L o m b a r d i a: 1 ex., Rocca di Georgi ( PV), 14.IV.2006, leg. Monzini (cAss). B a s i l i c a t a: 2 exs., Scansano Lido ( MT), 15.VIII.1998, leg. Angelini ( NHMD) ; 1 ex., Genzano Lago Serra di Corno ( MT), 22.IX.1996, leg. Angelini (cAss) ; 9 exs. [partly teneral], Matera, Gravina F. Bradano , light trap, 26.VII.1993, leg. Angelini ( NHMD, cAss) ; 5 exs., Colobraro ( MT), Sinni river , 180 m, 11.I.1998, leg. Angelini ( NHMD) ; 3 exs., Colobraro ( MT), 180 m, 11.I.1998, leg. Angelini ( NHMD, cAss). P u g l i a: 1 ex., San Basilio ( TA), 12.V.1990, leg. Angelini ( NHMD) ; 9 exs., Taranto, estuary of Lato river, 14.IX.2003, leg. Angelini ( NHMD). C a l a b r i a: 2 exs., Crotone , meadow, 8.III.1998, leg. Angelini ( NHMD) ; 2 exs., Crotone, Esaro river , 26.X.2003, leg. Angelini ( NHMD) ; 2 ex., Aspromonte, Piani lunco, Gerace ( RC), 14.IV.1997, leg. Angelini ( NHMD). Greece: 1 ex., Makedhonia , Xanthi , Lake Vistonida , 26.V.2007, leg. Angelini ( NHMD) ; 2 exs., Karterai , 50 m, swamp, 14.V.2005, leg. Angelini ( NHMD) ; 1 ex., Meteora ( NHMD). Turkey: 2 exs., Bursa, Keles-E en, 1100 m, grassland, 2.V.1995, leg. Enghoff et al. ( NHMD, cAss) ; 2 exs., Burdur, pass SE Alt nyayla, 1300 m, 6.IV.1992, leg. Heinz (cSme, cAss) .

C o m m e n t Leptobium gracile is the most widespread and common species of the genus, its distribution ranging from the Canary Islands to Middle Asia; for a map illustrating its distribution see ASSING (2005).