Habrocerus simulans ASSING & WUNDERLE

Assing, Volker, 2008, A revision of the Habrocerinae of the world. IV. A new species of Habrocerus from China and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 58 (1), pp. 135-144 : 140-141

Habrocerus simulans ASSING & WUNDERLE

Additional material examined:

Turkey: Ordu: 3 exs., N-Anatolia, Ünye , 17.V.1987, leg. Rozner (cAss) . Mersin: 26 exs., Çamlıyayla , 37°10'N, 34°35'E, 1150 m, 3.V.2004, leg. Besuchet (cAss) . Adana: 1 ex., Adana, Karatepe , 37°17'N, 36°14'E, 200 m, laurisilva, 24.IV.-1.V.2002, leg. Meybohm & Brachat (cAss) . Osmaniye: 1 ex., SE Osmaniye, Zorkum , 36°58'N, 36°22'E, 1670 m, 29.IV.2004, leg. Meybohm & Brachat (cAss) ; 1 ex., 13 km E Osmaniye, NW Yarpuz , 37°08'N, 36°25'E, 930 m, beech and Platanus forest, 6.IV.2004, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 5 exs., E Osmaniye, Yarpuz , 37°04'N, 36°24'E, 920 m, 30.IV.2004, leg. Besuchet (cAss) . Antakya: 6 exs., 17 km W Antakya , NW Teknepinar, 36°11'N, 35°59'E, 400 m, pine forest with oak and shrubs, 3.IV.2004, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1 ex., Harbiye , 9 km SSW Antakya, 36°08'N, 36°08'E, 430 m, bank of stream, laurel and Platanus litter, 5.IV.2004, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1 ex., Iskenderun, Belen , 36°30'N, 36°11'E, 340 m, 29.IV.2002, leg. Meybohm & Brachat (cAss) ; 5 exs., Ziyaret Dağ , W Sungur, 36°00'N, 36°05'E, 760 m, 21.IV.2004, leg. Besuchet, Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) .

Lebanon: 1 ex., Fnaideq , Qammouaa forest, 34°29'N, 36'°15', 1300-1600 m, 26.V.2006, leg. Frenzel (cAss) .

The species was previously recorded from Israel, Lebanon, and eastern Anatolia ( ASSING & WUNDERLE 1995). The records from Bolu and Mersin considerably extend the known range of the species further to the west and northwest.