Geodromicus pedemontanus Fagel, 1958

Shavrin, Alexey V., 2022, The plagiatus species group of the genus Geodromicus Redtenbacher, 1857 (Insecta Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae), and additional data on some species from Japan, Zootaxa 5188 (5), pp. 401-429 : 419-420

Geodromicus pedemontanus Fagel, 1958

( Figs. 10 , 31–32 )

Geodromicus pedemontanus Fagel, 1958: 221 ; Bordoni 1984: 26, Zanetti 1987: 377

Type material examined. Paratype, ♀: ‘Alp[es].Mar[itimes].piémont[aises]. | Limone, 1000-1100m | torr. Vermenagna | 10–22–VI–1951 | G.Fagel’ <printed>, ‘G. Fagel det., 195[printed] 6 | G. pedemontanus | n. sp. ’ <handwritten>, ‘PARATYPUS’ <red label with black margins>, ‘ex. from | coll. | Thure Palm’ <blue rectangular label, printed>, ‘Type No. [left side of the label] | 3457:2 [left side of the label, handwritten] | Zool. Mus. Lund. Sweden | Staphylinidae : | Omaliinae [handwritten]’ <printed>, ‘ Geodromicus | pedemontanus Fagel | Shavrin A.V. det. 2016’ <printed> ( ZML).

Additional material examined. FRANCE: PROVENCE-ALPES-CȎTE D`AZUR: 1 ♂: Abriés. 15.08.1954. J. Jarrige leg. ( MHNH) ; 1 ♂: Digne. 06. Ch. Fagniez leg. ( MHNH) ; 3 ♂♂, 3 exs.: Vallée du Boreon. 20.06.1951. L. Levasseur leg. ( MHNH) ; 1 ♂: Vallée de Fenestre. 06.1951. L. Levasseur leg. ( MHNH) ; 1 ♂: Barles. Ch. Fagniez leg. ( MHNH) ; 1 ♂: Vallée olv Boreon. 100 m a.s.l. 06.1981. A.M. L. Levasseur ( HNHM) ; ITALY: LOMBARDIA: 1 ♂: Tantom, Mt. Blanc ( MHNH) ; PIEMONTE: 1 ♂: Emilia. I. Maria Faro leg. ( FMNH) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀: same locality. 06.08.1905. A. Fiori leg. ( MHNG) ; CUNEO: 2 ♂♂: Crissolo. 1300-1500 m a.s.l. 06.1927. P. Meyer leg. ( SDEI, ZMUC) ; PIACENZA: 1 ♂: Brugnatella 14.07.1961 ( MHNG) ; UMBRIA: 1 ♂, 1 ♀: Monti Reatini Leonessa V. Rioffugio. 05- 20.08.1961. E. Laudanna leg. ( MHNG) ; ABRUZZO: 1 ♂: Alfedena Gastel af Sanjro. 20.05.1977. P. Zwick leg. ( MHNG) .

Distribution. The species is known from Southeast France, as well as from northwestern and central Italy.

Remarks. Geodromicus pedemontanus Fagel, 1958 was originally described from “Alpes maritimes piémontaises: Limone, torrente Vermenagna...”. Bordoni (1984) and Zanetti (1987) provided additional diagnostic and faunistic data. Habitus as in Fig. 10 ; aedeagus as in Figs. 31–32 .

Figures

FIGURES 1–11. Habitus (Figs. 1, 3, 5–11) and type labels (Figs. 2, 4) of species of Geodromicus: 1–2–Staphylinus plagiatus (lectotype), 3–4–Lesteva globulicollis (holotype), 5–G. plagiatus (Russia: Buryatia, Arshan), 6–G. schoenmanni (holotype), 7–G. pyrenaeus (paratype), 8–G. corsicus (Corsica, Vizzavona), 9–G. nigrita (Czech Republic: Čertovo), 10–G. pedemontanus (France, Boreon), 11–G. suturalis (Switzerland: Rhone). Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

FIGURES 29–35. Aedeagus of Geodromicus (Figs. 29, 31, 33–34: parameral view, Figs. 30, 32, 35: lateral view): 29–30–G. corsicus (Corsica, Vizzavona), 31–32–G. pedemontanus (Italy, Emilia), 33–35–G. suturalis (Fig. 33: France, Lus-la-Croix- Haute, Figs. 34–35: Austria, Waidhofen an der Ybbs). Scale bars: 0.1 mm.