Campsicnemus magius (Loew, 1845)

magius (Loew, 1845): 392 ( Medeterus) (Loew, 1857: 26). Type locality: Italy: Sicily. Distribution: Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Israel, Morocco, The Netherlands,? Slovenia, Spain, Romania, Russia (Astrakhan, Ekaterinburg, Kabardino-Balkaria, Krasnodar, Rostov), Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, UK, Ukraine (Odessa), Uzbekistan, “ Yugoslavia ”, St Helena (?introduced).

Material

1 ♂, St Helena: Extrémité supérieure Rural Retreat Gut, 2000 ft, 11-21 Apr. 1967 [RMCA; examined].

Remarks

The species inhabits mainly temperate and subtropical belts of the Palearctic Region from Spain and UK to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. A male identified by Vanschuytbroeck (1976) as C. magius, if not mislabeled, should be considered accidental introducent in the fauna of the St. Helena island.