Psallidium (Coeliopus) spinimanum Reiche, 1861

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Psallidium (Coeliopus) spinimanum Reiche, 1861

Material examined. Agios Pávlos, m 80, 26.IV.2015 (1 + several remains).

Distribution. Greece and Israel ( Yunakov 2013). Described from Crete ( Reiche 1861).

Collecting circumstances. Under stones.

Notes. There is some confusion regarding this species, of which two subspecies are listed by Yunakov (2013). He recorded P. spinimanum spinimanum from " Greece ", whereas Reiche (1861) described it from Crete, and P. spinimanum kiesenwetteri Faust, 1889 from Crete, Rhodes, and Israel. Being self-evident that two subspecies cannot live together on the same locality, it is better to consider both names as referring to the same taxon, particularly as the differences invoked by Faust (1889: 76) to distinguish his "variety" kiesenwetteri are quite subtle. Psallidium spinimanum is distributed in the Greek islands of Euboea, Kea, Ikaria, Crete, Rhodes, Karpenissos, Symi, and in Israel ( Faust 1889, Fleischer 1914).