Leptomastax bipunctata REITTER, 1881

Assing, Volker, 2019, Monograph of the Staphylinidae of Crete (Greece). Part I. Diversity and endemism (Insecta: Coleoptera), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 69 (2), pp. 197-238 : 227

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.21248/contrib.entomol.69.2.197-238
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4755631
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AA5C87B4-A62B-FFD2-72FA-F4D16210FE86
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Leptomastax bipunctata REITTER, 1881
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Leptomastax bipunctata REITTER, 1881 View in CoL

Material examined: Greece: Crete: 2♀♀ [det. M eybohm], Chania , S Vrises , 35°21'41"N, 24°11'44"E, 130 m, calcareous olive grove, 8.IV.2012, leg. Germann ( NHMB) GoogleMaps .

Unlike the other Leptomastax species recorded from Crete, L. bipunctata is not endemic, its distribution including Turkey and the Balkans from the Pelopónnisos northwards to Croatia. It appears likely that the species was introduced to Crete recently, as is suggested by the local occurrence in Crete and by the observation that other non-endemic Scydmaeninae known from Crete are widespread in the island (MEYBOHM pers. comm.).