Leptobium gracile (GRAVENHORST 1802)

Assing, V., 2009, A revision of Leptobium CASEY. III. A new species from Iran and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2), pp. 1247-1252 : 1248

Leptobium gracile (GRAVENHORST 1802)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Turkey: K a s t a m o n u 12 exs., 25 km SE Tosya, Domkayatepe geçidi, 40°56'N, 34°14'E, 1600 m, partly flooded loamy meadow and road margin, under stones, 6.IV.2009, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1 ex., 40 km N Kastamonu, S Kayneak geçidi, 41°42'N, 33°41'1E, 1250 m, calcareous slope, under stones, 10.IV.2009, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 11 exs., 12 km SE Tosya , 41°00'N, 34°E, 520 m, pasture with shrubs, under stones, 8.IV.2009, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 30 exs., 40 km NW Kastamonu, NE Azdavay, W Yeşilpınar, 41°42'N, 33°28'E, 1090 m, flooded field, under stones, 9.IV.2009, leg. Assing (cAss). S i n o p: 5exs.,15kmSW Sinop, S Kılıçlı, 41°57'N, 35°02'E, 80 m, grassy road margin, grass between shrubs, sifted, 3.IV.2009, leg. Assing, Wunderle (cAss, cWun). S a m s u n: 2 exs., 15 km NW Bafra, Karaboğaz Gölü , 41°40'N, 35°48'E, 0 m, swampy meadow with Juncus, 30.III.2009, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1 ex., 9 km WNW Bafra, 41°35'N, 35°50'E, 55 m, mixed deciduous forest with oak, Hedera and Rubus undergrowth, sifted, 30.III.2009, leg. Assing (cAss). V a n: 1 ex., Guzeldere geçidi, 2200 m, 5.VI.1998, leg. Sama ( MNHUB). Israel: 1 ex. [det. Feldmann], Hadera , ca. 5 km SW Hadera, Derekhat Ya'ar reserve, 28.III.2008, leg. Assmann (cFel). Kazakhstan: 13, Ural river , Dzhangala , 20.IV.1982, leg. Kastcheev (cAss) .

C o m m e n t: Leptobium gracile is the most widespread and common species of the genus, its distribution ranging from the Canary Islands to Middle Asia; for a map illustrating its distribution see ASSING (2005). It was only recently reported from Kazakhstan for the first time ( ASSING 2009a).