Pseudomedon dido ( SAULCY 1865)

Assing, V., 2008, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some Palaearctic Paederinae and Xantholinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2), pp. 1237-1294 : 1256

Pseudomedon dido ( SAULCY 1865) (Fig. 28, Map 1 )

Lithocharis dido SAULCY 1865: 651 .

A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Greece: 1, Lesbos, Labou Mili, 39°08'N, 26°23'E, 110 m, leg. Meybohm (cAss). Turkey: 2 exs., Çamlıyayla , 10.V.-3.VI.1963, leg. Schubert ( NHMW, cAss) ; 4 exs., Antalya, 2 km NW Arif , 36°31'N, 30°01'E, 800 m, 26.III.2001, leg. Rose (cAss, cRos) ; 1 ex., Antalya, Yarbaşı , 36°45'N, 30°20'E, bank of stream, under stone, 29.III.2001, leg. Rose (cAss) ; 1 ex., Antalya, E Kumluca , 36°22'N, 30°22'E, 390 m, 3.IV.2002, leg. Assing & Wunderle (cAss) ; 1 ex., Burdur, Çeltikçi , 850 m, 5.V.1975, leg. Besuchet & Löbl ( MHNG, cAss) .

C o m m e n t: The original description is based on a female holotype from "le Sahel syrien, prés de Soûr (Tyr)" ( SAULCY 1865). Based on the distributional data presented above, it seems most likely that the examined material, which is in perfect agreement with the original description, is conspecific with the holotype. In external appearance, it is practically indistinguishable from the " apfelbecki " morph of P. obscurellus , but the aedeagus is completely different (Fig. 28). The known distribution ranges from the Greek island Lesbos across southern Anatolia to Lebanon ( Map 1 ). The species is herein reported from Turkey for the first time.

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Map 1: Distribution of Pseudomedon dido (Saulcy). Filled circles: examined records; open circle: type locality.