Leptobium venustum (BAUDI DI SELVE 1848)

Assing, V., 2009, A revision of Leptobium CASEY. III. A new species from Iran and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2), pp. 1247-1252 : 1250

Leptobium venustum (BAUDI DI SELVE 1848)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Israel: 4 exs., ca. 70 km SW Tel Aviv, Bitronot Be'eri Reserve , 35°26'N, 34°29'E, leg. Assmann (cFel, cAss) ; 1 ex., Negev , S Beér-Sheva, 31°09'N, 34°48'E, II.2005, leg. Assmann (cFel) ; 1 ex., Galilee , Karmil-el, 32°55'N, 35°19'E, 18.II.2005, leg. Assmann (cFel) ; 1 ex., Wadi Rhumver , 30.XII.1911, leg. Brühl ( MNHUB) .

C o m m e n t: The distribution of L. venustum is confined to the Middle East from Lebanon to the Sinai Peninsula ( ASSING 2005).