Caloderina hierosolymitana (SAULCY, 1865)

Assing, V., 2014, On the Staphylinidae of Israel II, with a revision of some species of Dinusa SAULCY (Insecta: Coleoptera), Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (2), pp. 1179-1210 : 1190

Caloderina hierosolymitana (SAULCY, 1865)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Israel: 1, Har Hermon , 33°18'N, 35°46'E, 1780 m, S-slope, pitfall, 2.IV.2011, leg. Drees (cAss) ; 1, 1, Gilboa , 200-400 m, open pine forest, 1.IV..2011, leg. Drees (cAss). Malta: 1, Bongiemma, 240 m, 4.IV.1993, leg. Sprick (cAss). Iraq: 1 ex. [det. Feldmann], N Mosul, Al-Amadiya, 1200 m, 28.IV.2007, leg. Reuter (cFel) .

C o m m e n t: According to SMETANA (2004), C. hierosolymitana is widespread in the East Mediterranean, but was previously unknown from Malta and Iraq. Remarkably, the species is not listed for Israel, although its original descriptions is based on a unique specimen from " Jérusalem " ( SAULCY 1865a).