Diestota guadalupensis PACE 1987

Assing, V., 2010, Four new species and additional records of Staphylinidae from Spain, primarily from the south (Insecta: Coleoptera), Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (2), pp. 1105-1124 : 1111

Diestota guadalupensis PACE 1987

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Spain: M u r c i a: 1 ex., Jumilla , Sierra del Carche, 1050 m, 23.VII.-29. VIII.2009, leg. Lencina (cAss) ; 1 ex., Jumilla , El Portichuelo, 575 m, 6. V.-7. VI.2010, leg. Lencina (cAss) ; 1 ex., Molina de Segura , El Rellano, VIII.2009, leg. Lencina (cAss) ; 1 ex., Molina de Segura , El Rellano, flight interception trap, VIII.2009, leg. Lencina (cAss) ; 1 ex., Molina de Segura , El Rellano, TC, 14.IV.-1. VI.2009, leg. Lencina et al. (cAss) ; 1 ex., Molina de Segura , 38°14'N, 1°14'W, 410 m, flight interception trap, 30. VI.-4.VIII.2009, leg. Lencina (cAss) ; 1 ex., Molina de Segura , 38°13'N, 1°13'W, 515 m, flight interception trap, 30. VI.-4.VIII.2009 leg. Lencina (cAss). A n d a l u c í a: 3exs., left bank of Guadalfeo river , near Orgiva , 1.-4.IV.2010, leg. Shavrin & Anishchenko (cSha, cAss). B a l e a r e s: 1 ex. Mallorca, Son Carrió, compost, IV.2000, leg. Feldmann (cFel) ; 15 ex., E-Mallorca, Son Carrió , compost, VII.2005, leg Feldmann (cAss, cFel) .

C o m m e n t: This adventive species was originally described from Guadeloupe (Caribbean). In Europe, it has been reported only from Italy, where it was first observed in the vicinity of Vicenca in 1982 and is now known from numerous localities, including Sardinia and Sicily (DE MARZO & ZANETTI 2007). The above specimens represent the first records from Spain and the Iberian Peninsula, suggesting that the species is probably widespread in the Western Mediterranean today.