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Sunius melanocephalus

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Description

Sunius melanocephalus (FABRICIUS 1793)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Turkey: 2 exs., Isparta, Sultan Dağları, 15 km SSW Akşehir, Cankurtaran, 38°15'N, 31°24'E, 1860 m, under stones, 22.IV.2011, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ex., Afyon, Sultan Dağları, 15 km SE Çay, 38°31'N, 31°09'E, 1810 m, cedar forest, sifted, 18.IV.2011, leg. Assing (cAss).

C o m m e n t: Sunius melanocephalus, the most widespread species of the genus, has a trans-Palaearctic distribution and is adventive in North America. In Turkey, it has been recorded from numerous localities, but was previously unknown from Afyon province (ASSING 2008, 2011a). For maps illustrating its distribution see ASSING (2008).

Notes

Published as part of Assing, V., 2011, A revision of Palaearctic Sunius XIV. Three new species from Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), pp. 1159-1168 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 43 (2) on page 1160, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5325995

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Biodiversity

Event date
2011-04-18 , 2011-04-22
Verbatim event date
2011-04-18 , 2011-04-22
Scientific name authorship
FABRICIUS
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Sunius
Species
melanocephalus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Sunius melanocephalus (FABRICIUS, 1793) sec. Assing, 2011

References

  • ASSING V. (2008): A revision of the Sunius species of the Western Palaearctic region and Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). - Linzer biologische Beitrage 40 (1): 5 - 135.
  • ASSING V. (2011 a): The Sunius species of the Palaearctic region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). - Linzer biologische Beitrage 43 (1): 151 - 193.