Hypocaccus (Hypocaccus) rugiceps (Duftschmid)

Penati, Fabio, 2009, An updated catalogue of the Histeridae (Coleoptera) of Sardinia, with faunistic, zoogeographical, ecological and conservation remarks *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 197-280 : 266

Hypocaccus (Hypocaccus) rugiceps (Duftschmid)

Saprinus 4- striatus Hoffm. : Bargagli 1871: 41

Saprinus quadristriatus H.: Bertolini 1872 –1878: 84, 1904: 48

Saprinus (Hypocaccus) quadristriatus Hoffm. : Porta 1926: 379

Hypocacculus rugiceps Dft. : Horion 1949: 342

Literature data. “ Sardinia ” ( Bargagli 1871; Bertolini 1872 –1878, 1904; Porta 1926; Luigioni 1929; Horion 1949; Barajon 1966; Vienna 1980; Audisio et al. 1995; Penati & Vienna 2002; Yélamos & Lackner 2004; Penati & Vienna 2005, 2006a).

Notes. Rare Sibero-European species, mainly associated in Italy with freshwater sandy habitats (cf. Penati & Vienna 2005, 2006a). It was first recorded from Sardinia by Bargagli (1871) and later uncritically reported by several other authors, albeit with doubt by Vienna (1980), Audisio et al. (1995) and Penati and Vienna (2002). The absence of specimens from Sardinia in the examined collections, together with its absence from Corsica (cf. Secq 2000b), suggests that this species was recorded from Sardinia due to a misidentification and is thus absent from the Sardinian fauna.