Leptobium paivae (WOLLASTON 1865)

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 : 1249

Leptobium paivae (WOLLASTON 1865)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Ilhas Selvagens: Selvagem Grande: 533, 3♀♀, SE-part of island, Levada do Cermitério , 24.XI.2008, leg. Putzer (cAss) ; 733, 9♀♀, Levada do Cemitério , 9.XI.2008, leg. Putzer (cAss) ; 433, 1♀, SE-part of island, under stones after rain, 18.XI.2008, leg. Putzer (cAss).

C o m m e n t: Leptobium paivae is one of the two endemic species of Staphylinidae of the Selvagens islands (ASSING & SCHÜLKE 2006). Only recently, it was recorded in larger numbers for the first time after approximately 80 years ( ASSING 2009a).