Rugilus (Rugilus) festivus (Mulsant & Rey, 1853)

Ferreira, Raul Nascimento, 2021, The genus Rugilus Leach, 1819 in the Portuguese fauna (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Arquivos Entomolóxicos 24, pp. 243-248 : 244

Rugilus (Rugilus) festivus (Mulsant & Rey, 1853)

Material examined: Beira Litoral, Coimbra, Coimbra, Choupal, 13-VII-1967, 1 ex.

Distribution: See Sch̡lke & Smetana (2015). Distribution in Portugal: Coimbra.

Remarks: Length 5.5-6.5 mm. Head and pronotum red. Elytra and abdomen black or black-brownish. Legs, mouthparts brown-blackish. Head longer than wider, gena two times longer than eyes. Pronotum narrower than head. Head longer than head. For a more complete description see Coiffait (1984). Aedeagus as in Fig. 3. Adults found in wet sand with flood debris and loose bark. Oliveira (1893) said About the species: “ Je l’ai trouvé dans les détritus des inondations du Mondego, à Coimbra ”. OliveirA (1899), Fuente (1922) and Seabra (1943) likely refer the species from Coimbra as of Oliveira (1893). Ferreira (1962) mentions the species for Portugal without any locality. Gamarra & Outerelo (2020) mention the species from Beira Litoral whilst it is not referred for Portugal in the Palaearctic Catalogue (Sch̡lke & Smetana, 2015).