Published December 30, 2014 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Articerodes syriacus

  • 1. Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Department of Forest Protection and Game Management, Kamýcká 1176, CZ- 165 21 Praha 6 - Suchdol, Czech Republic; e-mail: peterclaviger @ gmail. com
  • 2. Moravian Museum, Department of Entomology, Hviezdoslavova 29 a, Brno, CZ- 627 00, Czech Republic; e-mail: petrbanar @ seznam. cz

Description

Articerodes syriacus (Saulcy, 1865)

(Figs 6–7)

Material examined. 2 JJ 1 ♀: (p) ‘ YEMEN, SOCOTRA, Al Haghier Mts., wadi Madar, 1180-1230 m 12°33.2’N, 54°00.4’E, 12-14.xi.2010, J. Batelka leg.’ (NMPC, PHCP).

Biology. This species usually lives with ants of the genus Lasius Fabricius, 1804 (JEANNEL 1949: 31). Socotran specimens have been collected on grassy slope in nests of Lepisiota spinisquama Kuznetsov, 1929 (B. Taylor det. 2010), which are found beneath stones.

Distribution. This species is known from a relatively large area (Ethiopia, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan). First record from Socotra Island.

Notes

Published as part of Hlaváč, Peter & Baňař, Petr, 2014, A review of the Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Socotra Island, pp. 121-132 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 54 on page 125, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5312650

Files

Files (1.1 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:d15389acdc23d3d5eabcbb9534d33747
1.1 kB Download

System files (7.8 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:ae2074237c7dfc4cc3d77f121831375b
7.8 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Saulcy
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Articerodes
Species
syriacus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Articerodes syriacus (Saulcy, 1865) sec. Hlaváč & Baňař, 2014

References

  • JEANNEL R. 1949: Les Pselaphides de l'Afrique orientale. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Serie 29 (1): 1 - 226.