Megalinus glabratus (Gravenhorst, 1802)

Bordoni, Arnaldo, 2007, Palaearctic Xantholinini of the Museum of Zoology in Lund, Sweden, with description of two new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 182 ° contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae, Zootaxa 1624, pp. 59-68 : 61-62

Megalinus glabratus (Gravenhorst, 1802)

Material examined. United Kingdom: Scotland, Sutherland, Stoer., H.Stenram 9–13. VII.1953, 1 ex. ( MZLU); Balachladoch., H.Stenram 15. VII.1953, 2 exx. ( MZLU), 1 ex. (cB); Lewis, Isle of Scarp, C.H.Lindroth VIII.1946, 2 exx. ( MZLU); 1 ex. (cB). Spain: Marbella, T.Palm 1–21. VII.1962, 1 ex. ( MZLU); 10– 30. IV.1960, 12 exx. ( MZLU), 7 exx. (cB); Fuengirola, T.Palm 3–16. I.1965, 4 exx. ( MZLU). T.Palm IV.1957, 4 exx. ( MZLU), 2 exx. (cB); Lloret de Mar, T.Palm 17.IX–6. X.1961, 2 exx. ( MZLU), 1 ex. (cB); Benidorm, T.Palm 12–16. X.1970, 1 ex. (cB). Majorca, Palma, S.Berdén 15.IV–19. V.1952, 3 exx. ( MZLU), 1 ex. (cB); Canary Islands, Gran Canaria, T.Palm XII.1968, 1 ex. (cB). Tunisia: Tunis, T.Palm 3–22. II.1959, 1 ex. ( MZLU), 1 ex. (cB).

Distribution. Megalinus glabratus is known from Russia, Europe (not common in northern Britain), Azores, North Africa, Sudan, Libya, Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey ( Herman 2001).