Astenus nigromaculatus (MOTSCHULSKY 1858)

Assing, V., Schülke, M., M. R & A. S, 2013, On the Staphylinidae of Saudi Arabia, with descriptions of two new species (Insecta: Coleoptera), Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (1), pp. 141-154 : 145

Astenus nigromaculatus (MOTSCHULSKY 1858)

Material examined: Saudi Arabia: 2♀♀, Al Bahah, Al Mukhwah Dhi Ayn Arch. vill., 19°55'46''N, 41°26'30''E, 740 m, 15.V.2011, leg. Sharaf ( cAss) ; 1♀, same data, but 11.V.2011 ( cAss) ; 1♀, Al Bahah, W Elzaraeb , 20°04'24''N, 41°23'12''E, 2090 m, 9.V.2011, leg. Sharaf ( cAss) ; 1♀, Al Urdiyah, Wadi Gonouna , 19°25'46'N, 41°36'18''E, 350 m, 12.V.2011, leg. Sharaf ( cAss).

Comment: The distribution of A. nigromaculatus ranges from the Canary Islands and the Iberian Peninsula across North Africa to the Middle East ( SMETANA 2004). The species had already been recorded from Saudi Arabia by COIFFAIT (1981, 1982).