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Medon dilutus subsp. cephalus KOCH 1938

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Medon dilutus cephalus KOCH 1938

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Spain: M u r c i a: 2 exs., Calasparra, Cueva de la Sierra del Puerto, 27.III.1986, leg. Lencina (cAss, cLen); 3 exs., same data, but 16.II.1987, leg. Lencina & Díaz (cAss); 17 exs., Abarán, Cueva de la Maraña - Yeso, 11.& 18.XII.1994, leg. Lencina (cLen, cAss); 1 ex., Lorca, Zarcilla, 903 m, flight intercept trap, V.2009, leg. Gallego (cAss); 1 ex., Jumilla, Sierra del Carche, flight intercept trap, 9.VIII.-13.IX. 2008, leg. Lencina (cAss); 1 ex., Caravaca, El Gavilan, 864 m, flight intercept trap, V.2009, leg. Gallego (cAss).

C o m m e n t: Previously examined material of this Atlanto-Mediterranean subspecies was mainly sifted from deep layers of leaf litter, with few records also from caves or subterranean traps (ASSING 2006, 2007c, 2009). The above records suggest that it is apparently a regular in caves. Three specimens were collected on the wing in flight intercept traps in May and August/September.

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Published as part of Assing, V., 2010, A revision of Palaearctic Medon. VIII. A new species from Nepal and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), pp. 489-498 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (1) on page 491, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5332281

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Biodiversity

Event date
1986-03-27 , 1987-02-16 , 1994-12-18 , 2008-08-09
Verbatim event date
1986-03-27 , 1987-02-16 , 1994-12-18 , 2008-08-09/09-13
Scientific name authorship
KOCH
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Medon
Species
cephalus
Taxon rank
subSpecies
Taxonomic concept label
Medon dilutus subsp. cephalus KOCH, 1938 sec. Assing, 2010

References

  • ASSING V. (2006): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon: the species of the Atlantic Islands, the Western Mediterranean, and Europe, except for the southeast (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). - Bonner zoologische Beitrage 54 (2005): 25 - 95.
  • ASSING V. (2007 c): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VI. A new species from Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Paederinae). - Linzer biologische Beitrage 39 (2): 791 - 797.
  • ASSING V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). - Linzer biologische Beitrage 41 (2): 1253 - 1268.