Xantholinus (Typhlolinus) graecus KRAATZ 1858

Assing, V., 2008, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some Palaearctic Paederinae and Xantholinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2), pp. 1237-1294 : 1279-1280

Xantholinus (Typhlolinus) graecus KRAATZ 1858 ( Figs 60-62 , 67 ; Map 2)

Xantholinus graecus KRAATZ 1858: 64 f.

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Lectotype, present designation: "Graecia / graecus mihi / coll. Kraatz / Syntypus / coll. DEI Müncheberg / Lectotypus Xantholinus graecus Kraatz , desig. V. Assing 2008 / Xantholinus graecus Kraatz , det. V. Assing 2008" (DEI). Paralectotype: " Attica / coll. Kraatz / Syntypus / coll. DEI Müncheberg" (DEI).

A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Italy:1, Calabria, Vibo Valentia , 5 km SE Nicotera, 120 m, 27.V.2007, leg. Apfel (cAss) ; 1, Puglia, "Süd-Paicase" ( NHMW) ; 2, Puglia, Barletta ( NHMW) ; 1, Sicilia, Solarino , 170 m, 5.V.1990, leg. Sabella (cZan) ; 1, 1, Sicilia, Passo Pomo , 16.VI.1993, leg. Adorno (cZan) ; 1, Sicilia, Messina (cAss); 1, Sicilia, Lipari islands, V.1972, leg. Osella (cZan). Malta: 1, Ta Qali , 14.V.1994, leg. Scicluna (cAss) ; 1, Zejtun, 7.V.1989, leg. Mifsud (cAss). Croatia: 1, Pula, leg. Lang (cAss). Macedonia: 5, Vardar plain, leg. Schatzmayr ( NHMW, cAss). Greece [see also ASSING (2007a)]: 1, N-Corfu, Arkadades valley , deep leaf litter, 27.IX.1994, leg. Wunderle (cWun) ; 1, NE-Corfu, Archaravi , 20.-25.X.1991, leg. Katschak (cWun) ; 3, 5, Corfu, leg. Paganetti, Hetschko, Reitter ( NHMW) ; 1, Corfu, Potamos , leg Woerz (cAss) ; 2, Zakinthos, Kalamaki, 1909, leg. Hilf ( NHMW) ; 2, 2, Thessalia, Volo ( NHMW) ; 2, Thessalia, Pelion ( NHMW) ; 1, Thessalia, Olympos ( NHMW) ; 4, 2, Athina, leg. Woerz ( NHMW, cAss) ; 1, 1, Attica, Pendelikon ( NHMW, cAss) ; 1, Attica, Athina, Phaleron Bay , 5, Attica, locality not specified ( NHMW) ; 1, 2, Parnassos, leg. Eppelsheim ( NHMW) ; 1, Pelopónnisos, Pirgos, Kastro , 5- 10 m, 28.IX.-3.X.2002, leg. Wolf (cAss) ; 1, Pelopónnisos, Pirgos , 17 km E Olympia, 21.IX.2002, leg. Wolf (cSch) ; 1, Pelopónnisos, 15 km W Tripolis ( NHMW) ; 1, Pelopónnisos,

Yithion [=Githion) (NHMW); 1, Pelopónnisos, Koúmani, leg. Brenske (NHMW); 1, 2, Syros island, leg. Schatzmayr (NHMW, cAss); 1, Naxos island (cAss); 3, 2, locality not specified (NHMW). Turkey [see also ASSING (2006 a, 2007 a, 2007b)]: 20 exs., Antalya, Ihsaniye, 36°55'N, 30°50'E, 200 m, flooded pasture, 7.& 13.V.2001, leg. Barclay & Mann (BMNH, cAss); 2, Adana (NHMW). Cyprus [see also ASSING & WUNDERLE (2001)]: 1, Troodos, 34°55'N, 32°52'E, 1550 m, 9.IV.2008, leg. Lompe (cAss); 1, locality not specified (NHMW). Russia: see ASSING (2007a).

C o m m e n t: The original description of X. graecus is based on an unspecified number of syntypes from " Attica, Nauplia...; Creta ...; Athen". Two syntypes, a male and a female, were found in the Kraatz collection ; the male is designated as the lectotype.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: For an illustration of the revised distribution of this species see Map 2. Interestingly, the distribution appears to be disjunct, the western part extending from southern Italy and Malta to Greece and separated from the eastern part by a corridor occupied by X. varnensis . The records previously reported from Chalkidiki, Karpathos, Rhodos, Crete, and western Anatolia (Muğla) ( ASSING 2007a) are based on misidentifications and refer to X. varnensis and X. minos , respectively. The same applies to previous records from Lebanon and Israel; all the examined specimens from these countries identified as X. graecus have proved to be misidentified X. gridellii , occasionally also other species. The aedeagus is illustrated in Figs 60-62 , 67 . Based on the revised distributions, the species of the X. graecus group are strictly allo- or parapatric (Map 2). Xantholinus graecus is reported from Malta for the first time.

Figures

Figs 60-66: Xantholinus graecus KRAATZ (60-62), X. varnensis COIFFAIT (63-64), and X. minos nov.sp. (65-66): aedeagus in dorsal or in ventral view of lectotype (60), paratypes (65-66), and males from Mersin (61), Pelopónnisos (62), Muğla (63), and Karpathos (64). Scale bar: 0.5 mm.

Figs 67-70: Xantholinus graecus KRAATZ (67), X. varnensis COIFFAIT (68), and X. minos nov.sp. (69-70): internal structures of aedeagus in squeeze preparation. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.