Thorictus pilosus Peyron, 1857

Nardi, Gianluca & Hava, Jiri, 2013, Italian Dermestidae: notes on some species and an updated checklist (Coleoptera), ZooKeys 360, pp. 45-81 : 50

Thorictus pilosus Peyron, 1857

Thorictus pilosus Peyron, 1857: Audisio et al. 1995: 12.

Material examined.

None.

Chorotype.

Turanian-E-Mediterranean: Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey and Uzbekistan ( John 1963, Löbl 2007).

Italian distribution.

“S?” [= peninsular Italy?] ( Audisio et al. 1995).

Remarks.

The above doubtful record for peninsular Italy has already been ignored by other authors ( Löbl 2007, Zhantiev 2011a); this species is excluded from Italy here, since when considering its geographical distribution, its occurrence in this country is improbable. A doubtful record from Corsica (cf. Bertolini 1874: 96, as Thorictus piliger Schaum[, 1858], Luigioni 1929: 1022, as Thorictus pilosus Peyr., Porta 1929: 204, as Thorictus pilosus Peyron) has also never been confirmed ( Löbl 2007, Zhantiev 2011a), and must be referred to Thorictus grandicollis grandicollis Germar, 1842 ( Háva, unpublished data).