Cephennium kiesenwetteri AUBÉ, 1853

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 : 896

Cephennium kiesenwetteri AUBÉ, 1853 ( Figs 25-26 )

Material examined: FRANCE: Pyrénées - Orientales: 4♂♂, 8♀♀, Vernet-les-bains , 3.VII.1976, leg. Meybohm ( cAss) ; 1♂, 6♀♀, Sahorre, 4.VII.1976, leg. Meybohm ( cAss) ; 3♂♂, Prades env. , Cuxa , VII.1978, leg. Frank ( cAss) ; 1♀, Col du Cavaire de Font Romeu , 1840 m, 20.VI.1999, leg. Wolf ( cAss). Ariége: 1♂, Rebenty env. , 1.VII.1976, leg. Meybohm ( cAss). Haute - Garonne: 1♂, 1♀, Marignac, Forêtde Burat , 800-1000 m, 20.VI.2004, leg. Wolf ( cAss) ; 7♂♂, 5♀♀, Cabane de Salode env. , Pic de Burat , 1300-1500 m, 18.VI.2004, leg. Wolf ( cAss) ; 1♂, Bagnères-de-Luchon , Sode/Artigue , ca. 800 m, 17.VI.2004, leg. Wolf ( cAss) ; 3♂♂, 1♀, Bagnères-de-Luchon, Forêt Dominale , 1500 m, 22.VI.2004, leg. Wolf ( cAss). SPAIN: Cataluña: 1♂, N Barcelona, Sierra de Montseny , 1400 m, 19.III.1994, leg. Wunderle ( cAss).

Material examined by C. Besuchet (unpubl.; material deposited in MHNG and numerous other collections): FRANCE: Hautes - Pyrénées: 15 exs., Aragnouet, 1 ex., Cramezaygues ; 1 ex., Payolle ; . Ariège: 1 ex., La Bastide S la de Feroliac ; 1 ex., Salau ; 1 ex., " Gr. de Peyort " ; 10 exs., Ax-les-Thermes ; 10 exs., Le Lata near Ax-les-Thermes ; 3 exs., St. Lary ; 1 ex., Souex Kercabanac ; 1 ex., Biert ; 1 ex., Forêt de Belesta ; 1 ex., Aulus ; 1 ex., Grotte de Capètes ; 2 exs., Hospitalet ; 1 ex., Massat ; 12 exs., locality not specified ; 3 exs., Ariège, locality illegible. Haute - Garonne. 2exs.,Portet-d'Aspet ; 2exs., Bagnères-de-Luchon ; 1 ex., St. Lary: Aude . 24 exs., Belcaire ; 4 exs., Puivert ; 6 exs., Forêt de Nave ; 1 ex., Forêt de Boucheville ; 6 exs., Nebios ; 1 ex., Gr. de l'Homme mort ; 1 ex., Escouloubre ; 3 exs., Grotte Pic Laguzou ; 11 exs., Coudons ; 2 exs., locality not specified. Pyrénées - Orientales: 5 exs., La Preste ; 1 ex., Moline ; 1 ex., Font Romen [?] ; 4 exs., Forêt Bolquez ; 3 exs., Canigou, 1500 m ; 45 exs., Canigou ; 7exs., LeVernet ; 1ex.,M.Nou.Locality not specified: 2 exs., Pyrénées, Gesse river ; 5 exs., " Htes Pyr. ", etc. ; 33 exs., " Pyr. Or. ", etc. ; 27 exs., " Pyrénées ", " Pyrenaeen ", etc. ANDORRA: 1 ex., Pic de Casamanya ; 1 ex., Grdino [?] ; 3 exs., Curtinada. SPAIN: Cataluña: 1 ex., Gerona, Col de Casas ; 1 ex., Sierra de Montseny ; 5 exs., Lleida, Mato de Valencia ; 11 exs., Lleida, Val d'Aran, Portillon [?] ; 1 ex., Lleida, Val d'Aran, Betrens ; 1 ex., Lleida, Val d'Aran, Bosc Bericauba ; 1 ex., Lleida, Val d'Aran, Salardu ; 10 exs., Lleida, Val d'Aran .

This species is rather common in the Pyrenees and adjacent regions. In Spain, it has been recorded only from Cataluña. The aedeagus is illustrated in Figs 25-26 . For numerous records and illustrations of the male primary and secondary sexual characters see OROUSSET (2017).

Figures

Figs 25-33: Cephennium kiesenwetteri (25-26), C. constrictum (27-30; 27-28: holotype; 29-30: paratype), and C. asturicum (31-33; 32-33: based on Besuchet unpubl.): (25-32) aedeagus in lateral, dorsal, and in ventral view; (33) internal structures of aedeagus in ventral view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.