Cephennium kiesenwetteri AUBÉ, 1853 (Figs 25-26)

Material examined: FRANCE: Pyrénées - Orientales: 4♂♂, 8♀♀, Vernet-les-bains, 3.VII.1976, leg. Meybohm (cAss) ; 1♂, 6♀♀, Sahorre, 4.VII.1976, leg. Meybohm (cAss); 3♂♂, Prades env., Cuxa, VII.1978, leg. Frank (cAss) ; 1♀, Col du Cavaire de Font Romeu, 1840 m, 20.VI.1999, leg. Wolf (cAss). Ariége: 1♂, Rebenty env., 1.VII.1976, leg. Meybohm (cAss). Haute - Garonne: 1♂, 1♀, Marignac, Forêtde Burat, 800-1000 m, 20.VI.2004, leg. Wolf (cAss) ; 7♂♂, 5♀♀, Cabane de Salode env., Pic de Burat, 1300-1500 m, 18.VI.2004, leg. Wolf (cAss) ; 1♂, Bagnères-de-Luchon, Sode/Artigue, ca. 800 m, 17.VI.2004, leg. Wolf (cAss) ; 3♂♂, 1♀, Bagnères-de-Luchon, Forêt Dominale, 1500 m, 22.VI.2004, leg. Wolf (cAss). SPAIN: Cataluña: 1♂, N Barcelona, Sierra de Montseny, 1400 m, 19.III.1994, leg. Wunderle (cAss).

Material examined by C. Besuchet (unpubl.; material deposited in MHNG and numerous other collections): FRANCE: Hautes - Pyrénées: 15 exs., Aragnouet, 1 ex., Cramezaygues; 1 ex., Payolle; . Ariège: 1 ex., La Bastide S la de Feroliac; 1 ex., Salau; 1 ex., " Gr. de Peyort " ; 10 exs., Ax-les-Thermes; 10 exs., Le Lata near Ax-les-Thermes; 3 exs., St. Lary; 1 ex., Souex Kercabanac; 1 ex., Biert; 1 ex., Forêt de Belesta; 1 ex., Aulus; 1 ex., Grotte de Capètes; 2 exs., Hospitalet; 1 ex., Massat; 12 exs., locality not specified; 3 exs., Ariège, locality illegible. Haute - Garonne. 2exs.,Portet-d'Aspet; 2exs., Bagnères-de-Luchon; 1 ex., St. Lary: Aude . 24 exs., Belcaire; 4 exs., Puivert; 6 exs., Forêt de Nave; 1 ex., Forêt de Boucheville; 6 exs., Nebios; 1 ex., Gr. de l'Homme mort ; 1 ex., Escouloubre; 3 exs., Grotte Pic Laguzou; 11 exs., Coudons; 2 exs., locality not specified. Pyrénées - Orientales: 5 exs., La Preste; 1 ex., Moline; 1 ex., Font Romen [?]; 4 exs., Forêt Bolquez; 3 exs., Canigou, 1500 m; 45 exs., Canigou; 7exs., LeVernet; 1ex.,M.Nou.Locality not specified: 2 exs., Pyrénées, Gesse river; 5 exs., " Htes Pyr. ", etc.; 33 exs., " Pyr. Or. ", etc. ; 27 exs., " Pyrénées ", " Pyrenaeen ", etc. ANDORRA: 1 ex., Pic de Casamanya; 1 ex., Grdino [?]; 3 exs., Curtinada. SPAIN: Cataluña: 1 ex., Gerona, Col de Casas; 1 ex., Sierra de Montseny; 5 exs., Lleida, Mato de Valencia; 11 exs., Lleida, Val d'Aran, Portillon [?] ; 1 ex., Lleida, Val d'Aran, Betrens; 1 ex., Lleida, Val d'Aran, Bosc Bericauba; 1 ex., Lleida, Val d'Aran, Salardu; 10 exs., Lleida, Val d'Aran .

This species is rather common in the Pyrenees and adjacent regions. In Spain, it has been recorded only from Cataluña. The aedeagus is illustrated in Figs 25-26. For numerous records and illustrations of the male primary and secondary sexual characters see OROUSSET (2017).