Medon fusculus (MANNERHEIM 1830)

Assing, V., 2009, A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2), pp. 1253-1268 : 1261

Medon fusculus (MANNERHEIM 1830)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: France: 1 ex., "La Neuville", leg. Salchert ( MNHUB). Germany: N o r d r h e i n - W e s t f a l e n: 1 ex., Bonn, 22.V. ( MNHUB). B a y e r n: 1 ex., München ( MNHUB). B r a n d e n b u r g: 1ex., Oderberg , 8.VII.1971, leg. Uhlig ( MNHUB) ; 1 ex. [teneral], Chorin env., 31.VII.1921, leg. Müller (cAss). T h ü r i n g e n: 2 exs., Bad Kösen, Himmelreich , 30.IV.1950, leg. Dorn ( MNHUB, cAss). 1 ex., Kyffhäuser , Grauer Berg , 13.V.1959, leg. Dorn ( MNHUB). S a c h s e n: 1 ex., Leipzig , Kleinzschocher , 13.VI.1950, leg. Dorn ( MNHUB) ; 1 ex., Leipzig, Connewitzer Holz , 6.V.1952, leg. Dorn ( MNHUB) ; 1 ex., Leipzig, Dölzig , 29.XI., leg. Dorn ( MNHUB) ; 1 ex., Wernsdorf, 14.V.1944, leg. Dorn ( MNHUB). Romania: 1 ex., Brasov env., Hossufalu, leg. Verhoeff ( MNHUB). Greece: P e l o p ó n n i s o s: 1ex., Feneos , 37°55'N, 22°18'E, IV.-VI.2006, leg. Miksch (cSch) ; 1 ex., Parnon, S Platanaki, 36°10'N, 22°39'E, 1240 m, Abies cephalonica forest, 4.V.2007, leg. Schnitter & Neumann (cApf). Turkey:K a s t a m o n u: 1♀, 30 km E Taşköprü, SE Hanönü , 41°36'N, 34°33'E, 860 m, mixed pine and oak forest, litter and soil between stones, sifted, 29.III.2009, leg. Assing (cAss).S i n o p: 11exs.,ca.22kmSSinop, N Lala , 41°53'N, 35°03'E, 160 m, oak and laurel forest with undergrowth, sifted, 31.III.2009, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1 ex., 15 km SW Sinop, S Kılıçlı , 41°57'N, 35°02'E, 80 m, grassy road margin, grass between shrubs, sifted, 3.IV.2009, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1 ex., ca. 35 km SW Sinop, 41°54'N, 34°54'E, 325 m, chestnut forest, stream bank, sifted, 1.IV.2009, leg. Assing (cAss). N i ğ d e: 1 ex., N Pozanti, 20 km S Çamardı, 37°40'N, 34°59'E, 21.V.2009, leg. Meybohm (cAss). G a z i a n t e p: 1 ex., Kilis, 2 km S Polateli road, 36°46'N, 37°04'E, 9.III.2008, leg. Yağmur (cAss). M a r d i n: 1 ex., Yeşilli , 28.I.2008, leg. Anlaş (cAnl). Locality not specified or illegible: 2 exs. ( MNHUB) .

C o m m e n t: Medon fusculus is the most widespread representative of the M. fusculus group. The expansive Ponto-Mediterranean distribution of this species is mapped by ASSING (2006).