Carpelimus (Trogophloeus) punctipennis ( Kiesenwetter, 1850 )

Gildenkov, Mikhail Yu. & Mantič, Marion, 2020, New Records Of The Genus Carpelimus Leach, 1819 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae) From The Palaearctic Region, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 20 (1), pp. 13-20 : 18

Carpelimus (Trogophloeus) punctipennis ( Kiesenwetter, 1850)

Material: 2 males, 3 females, 9 specimens, Canary Islands “ Spain, Fuerteventura , Barranco de la Torre 5 km S of Caleta de Fuste, 18.12.2018 ” “28°21΄26˝N 13°52΄46˝W Mantič lgt. to 10 m -dry river bed sifting under Tamarix sp. ” (cMM; 1 male, 1 female, 2 specimens – cMG) .

Remarks. A little-known species. It was described from France ( Kiesenwetter, 1850). Known to us ( Gildenkov 2015) only from Spain, Morocco and Tunisia. It is here recorded for the Canary Islands for the first time. The indications for the countries of Central Europe, Ukraine, Turkey, and Uzbekistan ( Schülke & Smetana, 2015) are obviously erroneous due to the complex identification of the species. We studied the specimens from Spain, Morocco, and Tunisia which had monochromatic, red-brown, and rather long elytra. Specimens from the Canary Islands have shortened elytra with light front margins, which is more consistent with the original description ( Kiesenwetter, 1850). The species can be reliably identified only by the structure of the aedeagus ( Gildenkov 2015: fig. 23: 6).