Megalinus flavocinctus (HOCHHUTH, 1849)

Assing, Volker, 2017, Taxonomic and faunistic notes on some West Palaearctic and Middle Asian Xantholinini, with a revalidation and new synonymies (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (1), pp. 235-252 : 239

Megalinus flavocinctus (HOCHHUTH, 1849)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Turkey: 1 ex. [det. Feldmann], Hatay, 15 km WSW Antakya, Batıayaz, Musa Dağı , ca 500 m, 6.IV.2014, leg. Reuter (cFel). Lebanon: 1 ex. [det. Feldmann], 27 km NE Beirut, Kfardebian env., ca 1100 m, mixed oak forest, pitfall trap, 30.X.2012, leg. Reuter (cFel) ; 1 ex. [det. Feldmann], same data, but 16.X.2013 (cFel) ; 1 ex. [det. Feldmann], ca 48 km NE Beirut, Chatine river near Arz Tannourine , ca 1500 m, river bank, 9.VI.2013, leg. Reuter (cFel) ; 1 ex. [det. Feldmann], same data, but 29.IV.2014 (cFel) ; 1 ex. [det. Feldmann], same data, but 24.V.2014 (cFel) ; 1 ex. [det. Feldmann], Ehmej , ca. 34°08'N, 35°47'E, ca. 1300 m, 25.V.- 9.VI.2013, leg. Reuter (cFel) ; 1 ex. [det. Feldmann], Rachaya, Tannoura, ca 33°29'N, 35°48'E, oak forest and shrubs, 900 m, IV.2015, leg. Reuter (cFel). Israel: 2 exs., North District , Upper Galilee , northern shore of Sea of Galilee , tamarisk flood plain forest between Kfar Nakhum (Capernaum) and mouth of Jordan river, - 200 m, 31.III.-1.IV.2008, leg. Wrase ( MNB, cAss) ; 1 ex. [det. Feldmann], Sea of Galilee, mouth of Jordan river near Capernaum , ca 32°54'N, 35°37'E, - 220 m, tamarisk forest, 19.III.2011, leg. Hetzel (cFel) ; 1 ex. [det. Feldmann], Upper Galilee, Ziv'on Batha , 8.III.2008, leg. Buse (cFel) ; 1 ex. [det. Feldmann], 13 km S Haifa, Lower Nahal Oren , ca 32°43'N, 34°59'E, flight interception trap, 8.IV.2009, leg. Buse (cFel) ; 2 exs. [det. Feldmann], Haifa, Mt. Carmel, Ya'ar Ha'arbaim , 32°45'N, 35°01'E, 13.IV.2009, leg. Buse & Pavlicek (cFel) .