Medon brunneus (ERICHSON 1839)

Assing, V., 2009, A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2), pp. 1253-1268 : 1258-1259

Medon brunneus (ERICHSON 1839)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: France: 5 exs., Bretagne, Finistère, Quimperle, Forêt de Carnoet , IX.1987, leg. Frank (cAss) ; 1 ex., Alpes-Maritimes, Forêt de Albarée, 500-700 m, 24.VI.2004, leg. Wolf (cSch). Germany: N i e d e r s a c h s e n: 1 ex., Münden , in mushrooms, 15.IX.1938, leg. Ihssen ( MNHUB). B a d e n - W ü r t t e m b e r g: 2 exs., Emmendingen-Sexau , Hornwald , oak and beech litter, 18.IX.2008, leg. Wolf (cSch, cAss) ; 1 ex., Windenreute, 6.X.1952 ( MNHUB). S a c h s e n - A n h a l t: 1 ex., Wernigerode, in moss near stream, 16.V.1980, leg. Martin (cAss).T h ü r i n g e n: 1 ex., Kreis Heiligenstadt , Uder , 21.-29.VI.1990, leg. Uhlig ( MNHUB). S a c h s e n: 1 ex., Sächsische Schweiz, Schwedenlöcher , 1.IX.1970, leg. Linke ( MNHUB) ; 1 ex., Meissen, Zadel, 9.XI.1963 ( MNHUB). Austria: 1 ex., Tirol, Lkrs. Kufstein , S Kössen, Hinterberg , 1000 m, 21.X.2006, leg. Wolf (cSch) ; 1 ex., Niederösterreich, Raxalpe , 47°45'N, 15°41'E, 670 m, 3.V.2008, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 7 exs., Niederösterreich, 4 km SE Hof am Leithaberge, Franz-Joseph-Warte, 47°56'N, 16°37'E, 480 m, mixed forest, 15.X.1998, leg. Zerche ( SDEI, cAss). Italy: T o s c a n a: 1 ex., Toscana, Ris. Nat. Castelvecchio , 43°29'N, 10°54'E, 400 m, 9.X.2007, leg. Meybohm (cAss) ; 2 exs., Toscana, Iano, 43°30'N, 10°52'E, 200-300 m, 10.X.2007, leg. Meybohm (cAss). S a r d e g n a: 1 ex., Sorgono ( SDEI). Hungary: 2 exs., SW Sopron, Brennbergbanya , 47°39'N, 16°29'E, 490 m, mixed forest, 16.X.1998, leg. Zerche ( SDEI, cAss) ; 1 ex., SW Sopron, Brennbergbanya, 47°39'N, 16°29'E, 480 m, mixed forest, 16.X.1998, leg. Zerche ( SDEI). Poland: 2 exs., Beskidy mts., Rytro , beech forest, 9.VIII.1978, leg. Dieckmann ( MNHUB). Croatia: 1 ex., Opatija , VII.1971, leg. Liebmann ( MNHUB) ; 1 ex., Kosinj, leg. Meusel ( MNHUB). Bosnia-Herzegovina: 1 ex., Dabarsko polje, Visbaba cave , 17.-22.VI.2003, leg. Hlaváč (cTro). Yugoslavia: 1 ex., Serbia, Dimitrovgrad , Petras , 2.V.2002, leg. Stevanović (cAss). Bulgaria: 15 exs., 1 ex., Ograschden mountain , 15 km NW Petritsch, 41°30'N, 23°03'E, 1000 m, beech forest, 8.IV.2005, leg. Zerche & Behne ( SDEI, cAss). Greece: 1 ex., Ipiros, N Metsovo, Milia, 39°51'N, 21°14'E, 1150 m, beech forest, 29.IX.2007, leg. Behne ( SDEI) ; 1 ex., E-Makhedonia, Falakró , 41°18'N, 24°00'E, 1200 m, leg. Bahr et al. (cSch) ; 5 exs., Corfu, 15 km N Kerkira, Pantokratoras mountain , 39°45'N, 19°52'E, 750 m, mixed forest, 22.IX.2007, leg. Behne ( SDEI, cAss) ; 1 ex., Corfu, 13 km S Kerkira, Agios Mattheos, 39°29'N, 19°52'E, 430 m, Quercus ilex, 26.IX.2007, leg. Behne ( SDEI) ; 4 exs., Corfu, 18 km N Kerkira, Loutses, Megali Grava , 39°47'N, 19°53'E, 480 m, oak forest, 23.IX.2007, leg. Behne ( SDEI). Turkey: 1 ex., Istanbul, Belgrader Wald ( MNHUB) .

C o m m e n t: In many regions of the Eastern Mediterranean, M. brunneus is the most common representative of the genus. Its expansive Adriato-Mediterranean distribution is mapped by ASSING (2006).