A revision of the Habrocerinae of the world. IV. A new species of Habrocerus from China and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
Assing, Volker
Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology
2008
2008-07-15
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Insecta
Staphylinidae
Habrocerus
Animalia
Coleoptera
5
140
Arthropoda
species
canariensis
Additional material examined: Canary Islands: Gran Canaria: 1 ex., Bco. Cernicalos, 4.II.1989, leg. García (cGar). El Hierro: 5 exs.[1 teneral], Lomo Blanco, 6 kmW Frontera, 550 m, fayal-brezal, 25.I.1998, leg. Behne ( DEI, cAss); 2 exs., Las Puntas, 27°48'N, 17°59'W, 50 m, fallow, in rotting plant debris, 4.I.2000, leg. Assing (cAss); 3 exs., El Golfo, laurisilva, leg. Franz ( NHMW); 4 exs., Mocanal near Valverde, leg. Franz ( NHMW). La Gomera: 3 exs.[2 teneral], N Roque de Agando, El Bailadero, 1050 m, laurisilva with Erica, 24.XII.1998, leg. Assing (cAss); 20 exs., El Cedro, E Ermitá N. S. de Lourdes, 1000 m, laurisilva, 24.XII.1998, leg. Assing (cAss); 29 exs., El Cedro, near Ermitá N. S. de Lourdes, 900-1000 m, laurisilva, 24.& 27.XII.1998, leg. Assing (cAss); 4 exs., NE Arure, Araña, 1000-1100 m, moist litter in laurisilva, 24.XII.1998, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ex., N La Laguna Grande, barranco with laurisilva, 1250 m, 28.XII.1998, leg. Assing (cAss). La Palma: 3 exs., SW Franceses, Bco. de Los Hombres, 800 m, litter of Castaneaand Erica, 1.IV.1999, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ex., Roque Faro, 1000 m, Pinuswood with Myricaundergrowth, 1.IV.1999, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ex., Barlovento, leg. Franz ( NHMW). In contrast to La Gomera, the species appears to be very rare in La Palma and it seems to be absent from mature laurisilva, where only H. capillaricorniswas observed. In El Hierro, H. canariensiswas collected in rotting debris (together with several staphylinid species typically occurring in compost) at an altitude of only 50 mabove sealevel; it was not found in the laurel woods at altitudes above 600 m, where it usually occurs in La Gomera and La Palma.