Published December 12, 2025 | Version v1
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Omalium cinnamomeum Kraatz 1857

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  • 1. Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Vienibas 13, Daugavpils, LV- 5401, Latvia

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Omalium cinnamomeum Kraatz, 1857

Omalium cinnamomeum Kraatz, 1857: 1000.

Material. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: 1 ♂: ‘ Jugosl[avia]. Absolon’, ‘ Bjelašnica’ (MHNG); 1 ♀: ‘ Mostar. VI. Zoufal’ (MHNG); GREECE: CORFU: 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀: Vounniatades env. 39°30'46''N 19°53'23''E. 05.04.2019. L. Blažej & P. Vonička leg. (cH); PELOPONNESE: 3 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀: Patra, 5 km N Kalavryta. 12.5.1993. J. Jelinek leg. (NMPC); 1♂: Epire, Aghios Komasos. 25.04.1973. I. Löbl leg. (MHNG); 1 ♂: Emin Agapont. 360 m. 03.05.1973. I. Löbl leg. (MHNG); 1 ♀: 11 km S Konitsa. 400- 450 m. 30.04.1973. I. Löbl leg. (MHNG); 5 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀: Polyndroson. 04.05.1973. I. Löbl leg. (MHNG); 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀: Prionia-Vermion. 21.05.1937. Bartoň (MHNG); RHODES: 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀: Petaloudes, 25- 26.04.1973. C. Besuchet leg. (MHNG); CRETE: 1 ♂: Khania Therisso. 19.04.1982. M.I. Russel leg. (BMNH); CYPRUS: 4 ♀♀: Valley of Cedres, 12- 18.07.1977. 1200 m a.s.l. C. Besuchet leg. (MHNG); 1 ♀: Caledonian Falls. 1400 m a.s.l. 16.07.1977. C. Besuchet leg. (MHNG); 1 ♂, 1 ♀: Mt. Olympus. 1900 m a.s.l. 24.07.1977. C. Besuchet leg. (MHNG); 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀: Troodhitissa Monastery. 1350 m a.s.l. 11.07.1977. C. Besuchet leg. (MHNG); BULGARIA: KYUSTENDIL: 2 ♀♀: Skakavitsa. 05.07.1984. L.V. Sakalian leg. (cR); TURKEY: KIRKALERI: 1 ♀: Demirköy, 31.07.1969. C. Besuchet leg. (MHNG); IZMIR: 2 ♂♂: environs of Gamlik. 08.05.1975. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl leg. (MHNG); 25 ♂♂, 18 ♀♀: Meryemana, Selçuk. 500 m a.s.l. 09.05.1975. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl leg. (MHNG); 1 ♂: Algamemnon. 28.05.1975. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl leg. (MHNG); MANISA: 6 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀: Salihli. 500 m a.s.l. 29.04.1975. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl leg. (MHNG); 1 ♂: Alaşehir, Dağarlar. Berlese trap, from tree hole. 16.03.2017. E. Yağmur leg. (cA); MUĞLA: 1 ♂: 10 km NO Muğla. 30.05.1975. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl leg. (MHNG); 1 ♂, 1 ♀: Bayir, 25 km NE de Kemer. 950 m a.s.l. 03.05.1975. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl leg. (MHNG); BOLU: 1 ♀: 9 km N Mengen. 750 m a.s.l. 23.05.1976. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl leg. (MHNG); 1 ♂: Ömerler near Bolu. 800 m a.s.l. 21.05.1976. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl leg. (MHNG); ISPARTA: 6 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀: Eğridir-Gandir. 950 m a.s.l. 06.05.1975. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl leg. (MHNG); ZONGULDAK: 1 ♀: 17 km N Safranbolu. 1000 m a.s.l. 16.05.1976. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl (MHNG); KONYA: 1 ♂, 1 ♀: 18 km SO Beyşehir. 1200 m a.s.l. 07.05.1978. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl leg. (MHNG); 1 ♀: Beyşehir, Kurucuova, Dumanli 5 km N, 37°40'41''N 31°21'51''E. 1256 m a.s.l., pitfall trap. 10.10.2018 - 12.07.2019. E. Yağmur & S. Örgel leg. (cA); MERSIN: 13 ♂♂, 12 ♀♀: Mersin-Yeniköy. 650 m a.s.l. 29.04.1978. C. Besuchet & Löbl leg. (MHNG); YOZGAT: 1 ♂, 1 ♀: Akdağmadeni, 39°34'28''N 35°40'02''E. 1874 m a.s.l. pitfall trap. E. Yağmur & S. Örgel leg. 07.04- 20.11.2018. (cA); HATAY: 5 ♂♂, 10 ♀♀: Antakya, Kişlak-Şenköy. 800-850 m a.s.l. 02.05.1978. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl leg. (MHNG); 2 ♀♀: Sağukoluk. 700 m a.s.l. 03.05.1978. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl leg. (MHNG); LEBANON: 4 ♂♂: Jeita. 26.03.1975. C. Besuchet leg. (MHNG); 1 ♂: ca 4.5 km W Kfardebian, near Qalaa. 12.2012. 1400 m a.s.l., pitfall trap, mixed oak forest. C. Reuter leg. (NME); SYRIA: 1 ♂: Jabal an Nusayriyah [=Jabal al-Ansariya]. 03.05.2006. V. Skoupy leg. (cSk); ISRAEL: 3 ♀♀: Galilee, below Safad. 500 m a.s.l. 04.06.1973. I. Löbl leg. (MHNG); 2 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀: same data, 30.05.1973 (MHNG); 5 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀: same data, 500 m a.s.l. 26.04.1982. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl leg. (MHNG); 1 ♀: Tel Dan. 24.04.1982. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl leg. (MHNG); 1 ♂: Eilon, Nahal Betzet. 22.04.1982. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl leg. (MHNG); 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀: near Mt. Carmel. 100-500 m a.s.l. 17.04.1982. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl (MHNG); 7 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀: Montfort. 19.04.1982. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl leg. (MHNG); 10 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀: Mt. Meron. 27.05.1973. I. Löbl leg. (MHNG); 4 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀: Golan Banias. 24.04.1982. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl leg. (MHNG);

Remarks. Omalium cinnamomeum is known from south-eastern Europe and western part of Western Asia (Schülke & Smetana 2015; Shavrin & Khachikov 2023). It is here recorded from Bulgaria, Hatay (Turkey), Lebanon and Syria for the first time.

Notes

Published as part of Shavrin, Alexey V., 2025, On some western Palaearctic species of the genus Omalium Gravenhorst, 1802 (Coleoptera: Omaliinae: Omaliini), pp. 188-200 in Zootaxa 5729 (1) on pages 196-197, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5729.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/17908104

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References

  • Kraatz, G. (1857) Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands. Erste Abtheilung Coleoptera. Zweiter Band. Lieferung 3 - 6. Nicolai, Berlin, 704 pp. [pp. 377-1080]
  • Schulke, M. & Smetana, A. (2015) Staphylinidae. In: Lobl, I. & Lobl, D. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 2. Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Revised and Updated Edition. Brill, Leiden, pp. 304-1134.
  • Shavrin, A. V. & Khachikov, E. A. (2023) Faunistic and diagnostic notes on some species of the genus Omalium Gravenhorst, 1802 of Caucasus, Turkey and Iran (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Omaliini). Zootaxa, 5227 (4), 443-458. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5227.4.3