Quedius curtidens, Assing, 2017

Assing, Volker, 2017, On the Staphylinidae of the Greek island Kos, with an appendix on Carabidae and additional records from other islands (Insecta Coleoptera), Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (1), pp. 191-205 : 199-200

Quedius curtidens SMETANA, 1967 ( Map 2 )

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Holotype 3: "Suluhan, Toros, Anat. 11.VIII.47, Exp. N. Mus. ČSR. / Holotypus Quedius curtidens / 1965 Smetana det. / Quedius curtidens n. sp., Smetana det. 1965 / Mus. Nat. Pragae, Inv. 19644" ( NMP).

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: Turkey:13, Artvin, 800 m, 7.VI.1986, leg. Besuchet & Löbl ( NMP) ; 13, Samsun, 33 km SW Samsun, road Kavak to Asarcık, 7 km SE Kavak, 41°03'N, 36°07'E, 470 m, Quercus-Carpinus forest , litter sifted, 20.VII.2008, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 333, 2♀♀, Samsun, 41 km W Samsun, 27 km S Bafra , 41°19'N, 35°51'E, 220 m, stream

valley, beech forest with scattered alder, litter sifted, 21.VII.2008, leg. Assing (cAss); 13, Izmir, Meryemana - Selçuk ["Gelçuk"], 500 m, 9. V.1975, leg. Besuchet & Löbl ( NMP) ; 1♀, Kahramanmaraş, 34 km SSW Kahramanmaraş, Doluca , 37°24'N, 36°42'E, 940 m, 4. V.2005, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; 1♀, Hatay, 19 km S Antakya, SW Şenköy , 36°02'N, 36°07'E, 880 m, pasture, 5.IV.2004, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1♀, Hatay, Kislak ["Kislah"] - Şenköy , 800-850 m, 2.V.1978, leg. Besuchet & Löbl ( NMP). Syria: 13, Slumfeh, "Jabal al Musaryah" [=Nusairi range, = Jibal an Nusayriyah; 35°15'N, 36°17'E], 25.V.2002. leg. Skoupý (cAss) ; 13, Jabal al Ansariyah mts., E Latakia, Slinfeh env., 1500 m, 28.IV.2000, leg. Benedikt ( NMP) ; 1♀, Hermon mts., Burqush env., 1800-2200 m, 5. V.2000, leg. Benedikt ( NMP). Lebanon: 333, Ehmej , ca 34°08'N, 35°47'E, 1300 m, 25. V.-9. VI.2013, leg. Reuter (cFel, cAss) ; 13, Raifoun , 33°58'N, 35°42'E, 990 m, mixed oak forest, pitfall traps, 9.-12. VI.2016, leg. Reuter (cFel) ; 13, 27 km NE Beirut, Kfardebian env., ca 1100 m, mixed oak forest, 10-26. V.2016, leg. Reuter (cFel). Israel: 233, 1♀, Har Meron , 33°00'N, 35°25'E, 1110 m, forest, pitfall trap, 31.VII.2010, leg. Drees (cAss) ; 1♀, same data, but 13.XI.2010 (cAss) ; 13, Upper Galilee, Ziv'on , 33°01'N, 35°25'E, 710 m, open land, pitfall trap, 27.XI.2005 (cFel) .

C o m m e n t: The original description is based on a unique male from "Suluhan,

Toros" ( SMETANA 1967). According to ANLAŞ (pers. comm.), this locality is in Adana

province: Kozan, environs of Dağlıca village, ca 37°36'N, 35°50'E. The male listed in

Tab. 1 and the additional material listed above represent the first records since the

original description and the first records from Greece, Lebanon, Syria, and Israel

( HERMAN 2001). The currently known distribution is illustrated in Map 2 .

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Map 2: Distribution of Quedius curtidens.