Cephennium atomarium SAULCY , 1870

Assing, Volker, 2021, On the Cephennium fauna of the Iberian Peninsula and the Atlantic Islands (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 52 (2), pp. 891-931 : 918

Cephennium atomarium SAULCY, 1870 ( Map 2 )

Material examined: SPAIN: 1♂, Navarra, Pamplona, Orbaitzeta env., 4.VIII.1971 (cAss).

Material from Spain examined by C. Besuchet (unpubl.): SPAIN: Cantabria: 17♂♂, 9♀♀, Santander, Ruente , Monte Aa , leg. Franz ( MHNG, NHMW) ; 2♂♂, Santander, W Beranga, Jesus de Montes , leg. Franz ( NHMW) ; 5♂♂, 6♀♀, Santander, Santoña , leg. Besuchet ( MHNG) ; 34 exs., Santander, Ramales-Ranestosa , leg. Besuchet ( MHNG) ; 13 exs., Santander, Lliendo env. , Mte. de Candina , leg. Besuchet ( MHNG) ; 1♂, San Sebastian, Rio de Deva [Dera?] , leg. Besuchet ( MHNG). Castilla y León: 2♂♂, Burgos, Puerto de Carrales , leg. Franz ( MHNG, NHMW). País Vasco: 1♂, Tolosa env., Mte. Alzo, leg. Franz ( NHMW) .

This anophthalmous species is remarkably widespread in the French Pyrenees and in North Spain, where it has been recorded from Cantabria across País Vasco and Castilla y León to Navarra ( FRANZ 1963, OROUSSET 2018; Besuchet unpubl.) ( Map 2 ). For illustrations of the male sexual characters and numerous records, including two from Navarra, see OROUSSET (2018).

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Map 2: Distributions of Cephennium spp. of the C. caecum and C. tensum groups in the Iberian Peninsula and the Baleares, based on Besuchet (unpubl.), OROUSSET (2018), and examined material: C. atomarium (black circles); C. coiffaiti (white circles); C. caecum (black triangles); C. hypogaeum (white diamond); C. minutissimum (white stars); C. catalonicum (black diamonds); C. filabresicum (black star); C. andujari (white triangle).