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Megalinus glabratus Gravenhorst 1802

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Description

Megalinus glabratus (Gravenhorst, 1802)

Material examined. United Kingdom: Scotland, Sutherland, Stoer., H.Stenram 9–13. VII.1953, 1 ex. (MZLU); Balachladoch., H.Stenram 15. VII.1953, 2 exx. (MZLU), 1 ex. (cB); Lewis, Isle of Scarp, C.H.Lindroth VIII.1946, 2 exx. (MZLU); 1 ex. (cB). Spain: Marbella, T.Palm 1–21. VII.1962, 1 ex. (MZLU); 10– 30. IV.1960, 12 exx. (MZLU), 7 exx. (cB); Fuengirola, T.Palm 3–16. I.1965, 4 exx. (MZLU). T.Palm IV.1957, 4 exx. (MZLU), 2 exx. (cB); Lloret de Mar, T.Palm 17.IX–6. X.1961, 2 exx. (MZLU), 1 ex. (cB); Benidorm, T.Palm 12–16. X.1970, 1 ex. (cB). Majorca, Palma, S.Berdén 15.IV–19. V.1952, 3 exx. (MZLU), 1 ex. (cB); Canary Islands, Gran Canaria, T.Palm XII.1968, 1 ex. (cB). Tunisia: Tunis, T.Palm 3–22. II.1959, 1 ex. (MZLU), 1 ex. (cB).

Distribution. Megalinus glabratus is known from Russia, Europe (not common in northern Britain), Azores, North Africa, Sudan, Libya, Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey (Herman 2001).

Notes

Published as part of Bordoni, Arnaldo, 2007, Palaearctic Xantholinini of the Museum of Zoology in Lund, Sweden, with description of two new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 182 ° contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae, pp. 59-68 in Zootaxa 1624 on pages 61-62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179260

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Gravenhorst
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Megalinus
Species
glabratus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Megalinus glabratus Gravenhorst, 1802 sec. Bordoni, 2007

References

  • Herman, L. H. (2001) Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1758 to the end of the second millennium. VI Staphylinine group (part 3). Staphylininae: Staphylinini (Quediina, Staphylinina, Tanygrathinina, Xanthopygina), Xantholinini. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 265, 3021 - 3840.