Oxypoda islandica (KRAATZ 1857)

Assing, V., 2014, On the Staphylinidae of Sardinia, Italy (Insecta: Coleoptera), Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (1), pp. 415-428 : 426

Oxypoda islandica (KRAATZ 1857)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Italy S a r d i n i a 16, 6♀♀, 30 km W Siniscola , 40°32'N, 9°20'E, 810 m, moist oak forest with rocks, litter and grass roots sifted, 23.XII.2012, leg. Assing ; 466, 4♀♀, Monti del Gennargentu , Bruncu Spina, 40°03'N, 9°18'E, 1280 m, oak forest, leaf litter near stream and at foot of very old oak trees sifted, 25.XII.2012, leg. Assing ; 3♀♀, Monti del Gennargentu , 6 km S Fonni, 40°04'N, 9°15'E, 1100 m, oak forest, litter sifted, 26.XII.2012, leg. Assing ; 16, 1♀, Monti del Gennargentu , 10 km SE Fonni, 40°05'N, 9°21'E, 1170 m, oak forest with rocks, litter sifted, 26.XII.2012, leg. Assing ; 266, 2♀♀, 30 km W Nuoro, Catena del Márghine , 4 km N Bolótana, 40°21'N, 8°55'E, 1000 m, oak forest, leaf litter sifted, 30.XII.2012, leg. Assing (cAss, MNHUB) .

C o m m e n t Oxypoda islandica is listed only for the north of mainland Italy by ZANETTI (1995), but was recently reported also from Sicily ( ASSING 2008). Since this species is evidently not very rare in Sardinia, it would be interesting to know under what name it was previously reported from this island. The currently known distribution of O. islandica is illustrated in Map 1 .

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Map 1: Distribution of Oxypoda islandica Kraatz based on examined (filled circles) and selected literature records (open circles).