Leptotheta blascoi TRONQUET 2002

Assing, V., 2010, Four new species and additional records of Staphylinidae from Spain, primarily from the south (Insecta: Coleoptera), Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (2), pp. 1105-1124 : 1111-1112

Leptotheta blascoi TRONQUET 2002

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Spain: M u r c i a: 1 ex., Molina de Segura , El Rellano, 38°13'N, 1°13'W, 415 m, anthill, 5.X. 2009, leg. Lencina (cAss) ; 4 exs., Yecla , La Anchura, 38°33'N, 1°12'W, 785 m, anthill sifted, 26.X.2009, leg. Lencina (cAss) .

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C o m m e n t: This recently described species was previously recorded only from the type locality in Zaragoza province, northeastern Spain. Since the type specimens were collected by trapping ( TRONQUET 2002), the habitat was unknown. The above records suggest that the species may be associated with ants, probably wood-ants (Formica sp.), since the examined specimens were sifted from anthills.