Catops kirbyi kirbyi ( Spence, 1815 )

Latella, Leonardo, 2015, The Cholevinae Kirby, 1837 (Coleoptera, Leiodidae) of the Maritime Alps, Zoosystema 37 (4), pp. 595-604 : 599

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2015n4a5
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scientific name	Catops kirbyi kirbyi ( Spence, 1815 )
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Catops kirbyi kirbyi ( Spence, 1815)

Choleva Kirbii Spence, 1815: 148 View in CoL .

NEW DATA. — Italy, Piedmont, Cuneo : Valdieri, S. Anna Valdieri, 983 and 1090 m a.s.l., 3.X-1.XI.2013, A. & L. Latella leg., 9 ex ( MCS- NVR; MNHN; Coll. L.L.) ; Entracque, San Giacomo , 1230 m a.s.l., 4.X-2.XI.2013, A. & L. Latella leg., 6 ex. ( MCSNVR; Coll. L.L.) .

DISTRIBUTION. — Polytypic species; the nominal subspecies is distributed in central and southern Europe, eastwards as far as the Caucasus and Armenia.

CHOROTYPE. — European.

REMARKS

The species is characterized by Jeannel (1936) as a pholeophile, associated with rabbit burrows, but it has also been reported to be necrophagous ( Salgado et al. 2008).