Carpelimus (Trogophloeus) corticinus

Gildenkov, Mikhail Yu., 2014, On taxonomy and distribution of the genus Carpelimus Leach, 1819 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae) of Nepal, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 14 (1), pp. 21-31 : 21-31

Carpelimus (Trogophloeus) corticinus

(Gravenhorst, 1806)

( atratus Stephens, 1834 ; minimus Runde, 1835 ; dispersepunctatus Scheerpeltz, 1947; nanus Wollaston, 1854 )

Material. Nepal : 1 female: “ NEPAL, Kathmandu, N Bagmati River, 1300 m NN, 27.IV.1995, leg. M.Hartman ” ( NKME) .

Remarks. The lectotype was designated from Europe (Gildenkov, 2004: 542; 2004a: 612). The species is widely distributed in Palaearctic region: Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, BosniaHerzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, the Canary islands, Crete, Latvia, Lithuania, Madiera, Morocco, Moldova, Mongolia, Northern Korea, Poland, Russia (all territory, including the European part, Caucasus, Eastern Siberia and the Far East), Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Tadjikistan, Tunis, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan ( Gildenkov, 2001: 176; Gildenkov & Shavrin, 2012: 54), Armenia ( Gildenkov, 2009a: 240), Byelorussia ( Gildenkov & Derunkov, 2012: 61). Recently it was recorded from Afghanistan, China (Heilungkiang, Peking, Shaanxi), Denmark, Egypt, Iran, Kirghizia, Lebanon (our data). It is known from the Oriental area: China (Yunnan), Nepal and Northern India. C. corticinus is here reported for Nepal for the first time.