Medon dilutus pythonissa (SAULCY 1864)

Assing, V., 2009, A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2), pp. 1253-1268 : 1256-1257

Medon dilutus pythonissa (SAULCY 1864)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Bulgaria: 1 ex., W-Pirin, E Kresna, 41°43'N, 23°14'E, 800 m, dry oak forest, 9.IV.2005, leg. Zerche & Behne ( SDEI). Cyprus: 1 ex., Troodos, 34°54'N, 32°52'E, 1200 m, 11.IV.2008, leg. Lompe (cAss). Turkey: 4 exs. [partly teneral], Amasya, Sakarat Dağı , 8.5 km E Amasya, 40°40'N, 35°56'E, 1060 m, stream bank, sifted from moist leaves, 18.VII.2008, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, cSch) ; 1 ex., Kahramanmaraş, Imalı , 37°21'N, 36°44'E, 850 m, 21.IV.2009, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) .

C o m m e n t: This subspecies is common and widespread in the Eastern Mediterranean region; for maps illustrating its distribution see ASSING (2004a, 2006).