Stenus clainpanaini BERNHAUER , 1912

Feldmann, Benedikt, 2020, A new species of Stenus from Syria and additional records of the genus from the Middle East (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Steninae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 52 (1), pp. 245-251 : 249

Stenus clainpanaini BERNHAUER, 1912

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: LEBANON: 3 exs., Rayfoun , ca. 33°58'N, 35°42'E, ~ 990 m, mixed oak forest, pitfall trap, 30.III.-15.IV.2013, leg. Reuter (cFel) ; 2 exs., same data, but III.2014 (cFel) ; 2 exs., same data, but III.2014 (cFel) ; 1 ex., same data, but 28.III.-29.IV.2014 (cFel) ; 2 exs., same data, but III.2014 (cFel) ; 2 exs., same data, but III.2015 (cFel) ; 2 exs., same data, but 14.II.- 23.III.2016 (cFel) ; 1 ex., same data, but 24-31.III.2016 (cFel) ; 1 ex., same data, but 31.III.-9.IV.2016 (cFel) ; 1 ex., same data, but 22.IV.-10. V.2016 (cFel) ; 4 exs., same data, but 24.I.-18.II.2017 (cFel) ; 1 ex., same data, but 18-28.II.2017 (cFel) ; 2 exs., same data, but 28.II.-5.III2017 (cFel) ; 1 ex., same data, but 14-30.IV.2017 (cFel) ; 2 exs., same data, but 9-18.XII.2017 (cFel) ; 3 exs., same data, but 18.XII.2017 - 11.I.2018 (cFel) ; 1 ex., same data, but 11-23.I.2018 (cFel) ; 4 exs., same data, but 11- 28.II.2018 (cFel) ; 1 ex., same data, but 20.III.-20.IV.2018 (cFel) ; 1 ex., same data, but XI.2018 (cFel) ; 2 exs., same data, but 3-14.XII.2018 (cFel) ; 2 exs., Rachaya , Tannoura, ca. 33°29'N, 35°48'E, 900 m, oak forest, V.2016, leg. Reuter (cFel) .

Described based on a unique female from the environs of Beirut ( BERNHAUER 1912), this species was previously known only from Lebanon ( HERMAN 2001, SCHÜLKE & SMETANA 2015). Previously, only one subsequent record had been reported ( FAGEL 1968).