Quedius hermonensis COIFFAIT, 1963

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 : 1188

Quedius hermonensis COIFFAIT, 1963

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Israel: 1, 3, Hula N.R., 33°04'N, 35°36'E, 65 m, shore of pond, 8.IV.2010, leg. Drees (cAss) ; 2, same data, but 30.I.2011 (cAss). Iraq: 8 exs. [det. Feldmann and Solodovnikov], Rawanduz env., 36°30'N, 44°36'E, 1200-1400 m, pitfall, XI.2007 - III.2008, leg. Reuter (cFel) .

C o m m e n t: Quedius hermonensis was previously known only from Lebanon and Israel ( SMETANA 2004). The above specimens from Iraq represent a new country record.