Quedius (Microsaurus) crassus FAIRMAIRE 1860

Assing, V., 2010, Four new species and additional records of Staphylinidae from Spain, primarily from the south (Insecta: Coleoptera), Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (2), pp. 1105-1124 : 1109

Quedius (Microsaurus) crassus FAIRMAIRE 1860

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Spain: C a s t i l l a y L e ó n 1 ex., Salamanca , Sancti Spiritus, flight interception trap, 19.VIII.2009, leg. Gonzalez (cAss) ; 1 ex., Ponferrada , Molaniseca , 1. VI.1995, leg. Starke (cAss). M u r c i a: 1 ex., Jumilla, Sierra del Carche, 1050 m, 23.VII.- 29.VIII.2009, Lencina (cAss) ; 7 exs., Jumilla , Sierra del Carche, 38°25'N, 01°09'W, 1365 m, flight interception trap, 12.-27. V.2006, leg. Lencina (cAss) ; 1 ex., Jumilla , Peña Rubia, 852 m, flight interception trap, VI.2009, leg. Gallego (cAss) ; 1 ex., Jumilla , El Portichuelo, Olmeda, 38°30'N, 1°23'W, 575 m, flight interception trap, 27. VI.-6. V.2010, leg. Lencina (cAss) ; 2 exs., Totana , Sierra de Espuña , 1436 m, flight interception trap, VI.2009, leg. Gallego (cAss). A n d a l u c í a: 1 ex., Jaén , Siles, Cueva Nacimiento de San Blas, 23.XII.2007, leg. GEV (cAss) ; 4 exs., Malaga , Tolox, Sima GESM, 27.VII.2006, leg. GEV (cAss) ; 2 exs., Granada , Sierra de Maria, 1300 m, 27. V.1992, leg. Günther (cAss) .

C o m m e n t: The distribution of this rarely collected species is confined to the Western Mediterranean, from Italy to the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa ( Algeria, Tunisia) ( HERMAN 2001, SMETANA 2004).