Drusilla canaliculata (FABRICIUS 1787)

Assing, V., 2010, Two new species and additional records of Lomechusini from the Palaearctic region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (2), pp. 1093-1104 : 1094

Drusilla canaliculata (FABRICIUS 1787)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Albania: 14 exs., Korçë, 19 km N Korçë, Pllaja e Pusit, 40°47'N, 20°49'E, 1040 m, partly flooded pasture, under stones, 24. V.2010, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, cSch). Greece: 1 ex., Lithochoro , Olympos , 2.IX.1986, leg. Feldmann (cFel). Russia: 1 ex., Altai, Barnaul town area, 83.8'N, 53.5°E, 12. VI.1992, leg. Jakowlew (cPüt) ; 8 exs., Krasnodarskiy Kray, Centralniy District, right side of Psakhe river , 18.-19.IX.2008, leg. Enustschenko (cSha, cAss). Turkey:K a r a b ü k: 1ex.,passWEskipazar, 40°58'N, 33°24'E, 1450 m, fir forest, litter sifted, 26.III.2010, leg. Assing (cAss). K a s t a m o n u 1 ex., 40 km N Kastamonu, S Kayneak geçidi, 41°42'N, 33°41'E, 1250 m, calcareous slope, under stones, 10.IV.2009, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 24 exs., 40 km NW Kastamonu, NE Azdavay, W Yeúilpınar , 41°42'N, 33°28'E, 1090 m, calcareous flooded field, under stones, 22.III.2010, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 3 exs., 48 km SW Kastamonu, ca. 25 km S Araç , 41°08'N, 33°19'E, 1490 m, pasture near stream, under stones, 24.III.2010, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 6 exs., ca. 65 km W Kastamonu, 20 km W Eflani, 41°28'N, 33°13'E, 1090 m, calcareous arable land, under stones, 25.III.2010, leg. Assing (cAss). S i n o p: 2 exs., 15 km SW Sinop, S Kılıçlı , 41°57'02"N, 35°02'06"E, 80 m, grassy road margin, grass between shrubs, sifted, 3.IV.2009, leg. Assing & Wunderle (cAss, cWun) ; 1 ex., ca. 30 km SSE Ayancık, Çangal Da ÷ı, 41°50'N, 34°42'E, 350 m, pasture, under stones, 4.IV.2009, leg. Assing (cAss). S i v a s: 1 ex., Sivas, Kurba ÷alı geçidi, 13 km S ùerefiye, N Zara, 1900 m, 29. VI.- 1.VIII.1992, leg. Heinz (cSme) .

Although a winged morph is unknown, D. canaliculata has a trans-Palaearctic distribution. According to SMETANA (2004), this species was previously unknown from Albania.