Platystethus burlei BRISOUT DE BARNEVILLE 1862

Assing, V., 2008, Nine new species and additional records of Staphylinidae from southern Spain, with new synonymies (Insecta: Coleoptera), Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2), pp. 1301-1325 : 1304-1305

Platystethus burlei BRISOUT DE BARNEVILLE 1862

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Spain: 23 exs., Andalucía, Sierra de Segura , ca. 10 km SW Santiago de la Espada, 38°03'N, 02°38'W, 1430 m, pasture and field margin, under stones and floated from soil near stream bank, 16. VIII.2008, leg. Andújar & Assing (cAss) ; 2 exs., Castilla-La Mancha, Sierra de Alcaraz , ca. 15 km NNE Riópar, 38°32'N, 02°25'W, 1380 m, stream bank under bushes, 7. IV.2003, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 3 exs., Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete , 15 km WSW Nerpio, 38°06'N, 02°29'W, 1450 m, calcareous pasture in stream valley, floated from soil, 30.III.2007, leg. Assing & Andújar (cAss) ; 1 ex., Murcia, Sierra de Espuña, Prado Mayor , 37°53'N, 01°34'W, 1140 m, N-slope, sifted and floated from soil, 29.III.2007, leg. Andújar & Assing (cAss) .

C o m m e n t: This remarkable, rarely found species appears to have an endogean habitat. The vast majority of the specimens listed above were collected by floating soil.