Atheta mucronata ( KRAATZ 1859 )

Feldmann, B., 2007, On the identity of Atheta mucronata (KRAATZ 1859) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 39 (1), pp. 57-63 : 58

Atheta mucronata ( KRAATZ 1859) (Figs 1-15, Map 1 )

Homalota mucronata KRAATZ 1859: 29 f.

Atheta (Ceritaxa) vitalei BERNHAUER 1932: 242 f., syn.n.

Type material examined: H. mucronata : Lectotype, here designated: Ceylon, J. Nietner / Homalota mucronata K. / coll. Kraatz / Syntypus / coll. DEI, Müncheberg / Lectotypus Homalota mucronata KRAATZ desig. B. Feldmann 2006 / Atheta mucronata (KRAATZ) det. B. Feldmann 2006 ( DEI). Paralectotypes 3, 2: Ceylon, J. Nietner / coll. Kraatz / Syntypus / coll. DEI, Müncheberg / Paralectotypus Homalota mucronata KRAATZ desig. B. Feldmann 2006 / Atheta mucronata (KRAATZ) det. B. Feldmann 2006 ( DEI). For an illustration of the labels of the lectotype see Fig. 15.

A. vitalei : Holotype: Vignazza, 22.XII.29, F. Vitale / nigritula? / Ceritaxa / vitalei BERNH. Typus un. ( Ceritaxa ) / Chicago NHMus. M. Berhauer Collection / Atheta mucronata (KRAATZ) det. B. Feldmann 2006 ( FMNH).

Additional material examined: Portugal: 2, Madeira, near Prazeres , 2.III.2006, under bark, leg. Hlavac (cAss, cFel) . Spain: 1, 2, Islas Canarias, El Hierro, La Plajas los Cordones , 27°43’N 17°58’W, 10-30 m, 29.XII.1999, leg. V.Assing (cAss) ; 1, Islas Canarias, El Hierro, Las Puntas , 27°48’N 17°59’W, 50 m, in rotting plant debris, 24.XII.1999, leg. V. Assing (cAss) ; 3, 1, Mallorca-East, Son Carrió , VI.2004, in compost, leg. B. Feldmann (cFel.) ; 1, 1, Mallorca-East, Son Carrió , VIII.2005, in compost, leg. B. Feldmann (cFel.) . Italy: 1, Sicily, Pachino (SR), P. d. Forniche , 17.VII.2000, car-net, leg A. Zanetti (cZan) ; 1, Sicilia (CT), bank of Alcantara river near Giardini Naxos , 10.IX.2006, leg. Puthz (cAss) . Turkey: 6, 1, Manavgat env., Kızılot , 36°43N 31°34E, 0-50 m, dog carrion, 2.I.1991, leg. Assing (cAss) . Israel: 1, Upper Galilee, Hurfeish , ca. 675 m, 13.XI.2005, 33°01’N 35°21’E (cFel) ; 1, 1, Upper Galilee, Hurfeish , ca. 664 m, 28.XI.2005, 33°00’N 35°21’E (cFel) ; 1, Upper Galilee, Hurfeish , ca. 675 m, 28.XI.2005, 33°01’N 35°21’E (cFel) ; 2, Upper Galilee, Ziv’on , ca. 773 m, 5.III.2006, 33°02’N 35°25’E ( TAU, cFel) ; 1, Upper Galilee, Ya’ar Baram, ca. 674 m, 11.XII.2005, 33°02’N 35°25’E (cFel). 1, Upper Galilee , Ya’ar Baram , ca. 674 m, 3.XI.2005, 33°02’N 35°25’E ( TAU) .

Figures

Map 1: Distribution of Atheta mucronata in the Mediterranean region and the Atlantic islands, based on revised material (filled circles) and the literature record of WHITEHEAD (2002) (open circle).