Pseudobium cypriacum JARRIGE 1949

Assing, V., 2006, New species and records of Pseudobium MULSANT & REY (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 38 (1), pp. 385-391 : 387

Pseudobium cypriacum JARRIGE 1949 ( Map 1 )

Material examined: Cyprus: 1 ex., Choletria, Xeros Potamos , 150 m, 8.III.1996, leg. Frisch ( MNHUB) ; 1 ex., Agios Georgios, Diarizos river , 150 m, 14.III.1996, leg. Frisch ( MNHUB) ; 9 exs., Mamonia, Diarizos river , 100 m [no date], leg. Frisch ( MNHUB, cAss) ; 13 exs., Sarama , 250 m, 15.III.1996, leg. Frisch ( MNHUB, cAss) ; 2 exs., Limnastis river , 200 m, 5.III.1996, leg. Frisch ( MNHUB) ; 3 exs., road Amargeti-Agia Marina , 400 m, 8.III.1996, leg. Frisch ( MNHUB) ; 6 exs., Korfi, Limnatis river , 350 m, 11.III.1996, leg Frisch ( MNHUB, cAss) ; 10 exs., road Nikokleia-Mamonia, Diarizos river , 4.III.1996, leg. Frisch ( MNHUB, cAss) ; 2 exs., Kidasi, Diarizos river , 250 m, 14.III.1996, leg. Frisch ( MNHUB) ; 3 exs., Kannaviou, Ezousa river , 350 m, 10.III.1996, leg. Frisch ( MNHUB) . Turkey, Antalya: 4 exs., Alanya, S Taşgesiği [ca. 36°45N, 31°37E], bank of Karpuz river , 50 m, 17.III.2000, leg. Rose (cRos, cAss). Osmaniye: 2 exs., 6 km NE Osmaniye, 37°07N, 36°19E, 130 m, river bank, 10.IV.2004, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, cSch). Antakya: 1 ex., 20 km W Antakya, NW Teknepinar , 36°13N, 35°57E, 300 m, stream bank, 3.IV.2004, leg. Assing (cAss) .

Comments: Pseudobium cypriacum was previously known only from Cyprus and is here reported from Turkey for the first time ( Map 1 ). The specimens from southern Anatolia are of paler coloration – some even almost uniformly reddish yellow – than those seen from Cyprus.

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Map 1: Distribution of Pseudobium cypriacum in southern Turkey and Cyprus, based on examined records.