Medon ripicola (KRAATZ 1854)

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 : 1265

Medon ripicola (KRAATZ 1854)

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: Portugal: 2 exs., Vila do Conde, 10.X.1969, leg. Azevedo ( NHMW). Spain: 1 ex., Galicia, Bertamiráns, Rio Saiz , 1.IV.1986, leg. Cobo ( MNHUB) ; 1 ex., País Vasco, Guipúzcoa, Oyarzuu , 25.VII.1969, leg. Besuchet ( MHNG) ; 3 exs., Aragón, Teruel, Rubielos de Mora , 29.IX.1971, leg. Comellini ( MHNG). France: Rhône-Alpes: 1 ex., Haute-Savoie , Malagny near Viry , 14.XII.1963, leg. Comellini ( MHNG) ; 1 ex., Hautes- Pyrénées, Tourmalet , leg. Rougemont (cRou) ; 1 ex., "Hisp. bor." ( MNHUB). Germany: 1 ex., Bayern, Garmisch, bank of Loisach river , 4.VII.1932, leg. Ihssen ( MNHUB) ; 1 ex., same data, but 30.VI.1932 ( MNHUB) ; 1 ex., Bayern, Gr. Hessellohe , 25.VIII.1931, leg. Ihssen ( MNHUB) ; 1 ex., Brandenburg, Kremmer Luch, 28.IV.1912, leg. Spaney & Heyn ( MNHUB). Italy: 1 ex., Lago di Garda, Malcesine , 18.V.1956, leg. Benick (cAss). Macedonia: 2 exs., Kumanovo , 14.VI.1958 (cBoh, cAss) .

C o m m e n t: A map illustrating the expansive Atlanto-Mediterranean distribution of M. ripicola is provided by ASSING (2006). The specimens from Macedonia represent a new country record.