Aeletes (Aeletes) atomarius (Aubé)

Penati, Fabio, 2009, An updated catalogue of the Histeridae (Coleoptera) of Sardinia, with faunistic, zoogeographical, ecological and conservation remarks *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 197-280 : 233

36. Aeletes (Aeletes) atomarius (Aubé)

Acritus atomarius Aub. : Bertolini 1904: 49; Horion 1949: 330; Barajon 1966

Acritus (Aeletes) atomarius Aubé : Porta 1926: 383; Luigioni 1929: 360

Literature data. “Sardinia” ( Bertolini 1904; Porta 1926; Luigioni 1929; Horion 1949; Barajon 1966; Vienna 1980; Audisio et al. 1995; Yélamos & Lackner 2004). Cagliari prov.: Cagliari, loc. Pixinas, XI.1939, UL, 1 ex (CUL). Nuoro prov.: Esterzili, Rifugio [= mountain refuge] Betilli, 15.V.1902, AD, 6 ex (CGB). Sassari prov.: Tempio Pausania, 21.IV.1903, AD, 1 ex ( CAD).

Unpublished records. “ Turrisdecas” [?], IX.1898, 1 ex ( CAD). Cagliari prov. : Monti dei Sette Fratelli, X.1894, UL, 1 ex ( CAD) .

Chorotype. 1.12 EUM (Europeo-Mediterranean).

Italian distribution. Trentino-Alto Adige, Tuscany, Umbria, Latium, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily and Sardinia.

Ecology. Detriticolous species, like most of the Acritini, habitually found in rotten wood lying on the ground, but also under bark.

Notes. In Penati and Vienna (2005, 2006a) the data referring to the specimen from Pixinas (CUL) are erroneously given as “Monti dei Sette Fratelli, coll. Museo Genova” (see “Data collection”).