Habrocerus capillaricornis, (GRAVENHORST)

Assing, Volker, 2008, A revision of the Habrocerinae of the world. IV. A new species of Habrocerus from China and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 58 (1), pp. 135-144 : 136-137

H. capillaricornis (GRAVENHORST)

Additional material examined:

Tunisia: 4 exs., ca. 30 km E Siliana, Bou Saadia , 36°02'N, 09°38'E, 550 m, N-slope with macchia, litter and grass sifted, 25.XII.2004, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1 ex., ca. 2 km S Aïn Draham , 36°44'N, 08°41'E, 670 m, oak forest, litter sifted, 28.XII.2004, leg. Assing (cAss) .

Morocco: 4 exs., Beni Snassen Mts. , 10 km S Berklane, Zegzel, 34°50'N, 2°22'W, 400 m, arable land, 30.XII.2001, leg. Bayer (cSch, cAss) ; 1 ex., Haut Atlas , 40 km SSE Marrakech, Arhbalou, 31°19'N, 07°45'W, 1030 m, edge of stream, 28.XII.2002, leg. Assing (cAss) .

Spain: mainland: 1 ex., País Vasco, 60 km SE Bilbao, Sierra de Urquilla, SE Arantzazu , 42°58'N, 02°23'W, 860 m, beech forest, 10.VII.2003, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1 ex., Vera de Bidasoa, Col d'Ibardin , 200 m, 19.V.1990, leg. Hartmann ( DEI) ; 1 ex., Galicia, Sierra de Ancares, ENE Degrada , 42°50'N, 6°54'W, 970 m, mixed deciduous forest with very old Castanea sativa , 14.VII.2004, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 2 exs., Galicia, Sierra do Courel, Rio de Rofión , 23.V.2000, leg. Valcárcel (cSch) ; 1 ex., Girona, 7 km S Vidreres, 41°43'N, 2°51'E, 150 m, oak wood with Ilex , 10.X.1997, leg. Zerche ; 1 ex., Andalucía, Cerro de la Novia , barranco at km 6 of A-375, 36°37'N, 5°30'W, ca. 700 m, collected together with H. ibericus , 19.II.2000, leg. Lompe (cAss).

Canary Islands: Gran Canaria : 1 ex., Gran Canaria, S El Cortijo, S Fontanales , 28°03'N, 15°37'W, 1120 m, 31.I.1998, leg. Zerche ( DEI) ; 1 ex., Bco. Oscuro , 12.VI.1984, leg. Machado (cMac) . La Gomera: 103 exs., NE Arure, Araña , 1000-1100 m, moist litter in laurisilva, 24.XII.1998, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 6 exs., 4 km NE Arure, S Zarza , 1000 m, laurisilva, 25.XII.1998, leg. Assing (cAss) . La Palma: 5 exs., Tagoja , 3.II.1994, leg. García (cGar, cAss) ; 2 exs., Bco. del Carmen , 5.I.1982, leg. García (cGar) ; 1 ex., Tagoja , 24.III.1990, leg. Machado (cMac).

Portugal: 1 ex., Algarve, Serra de Monchique , NW Picota, 22.II.1999, leg. Meybohm (cAss) .

France: 1 , Haute-Corse , Fontane de Padula, 3 km W Vezzani, 42°11'N, 9°13'E, 900 m, moss, 29.VII.1998, leg. Zerche & Ruch ( DEI); 1 , Haute-Corse, Castagniccia, San Nicolao, 11.V.2001, leg. Wolf (cSch) .

Italy: 1 , Sardegna, Cagliari, Torredelle , 13.-18.VII.1998, leg. Menzel ( DEI); 1 ex. , Sicilia, 40 km W Siracusa , NE Buccheri, 37°08'N, 14°53'E, 580 m, oak forest, sifted, 23.XII.2007, leg. Assing (cAss) .

Malta: 2 , Wied il-Luq, 15.IV. & 1.V.1990, leg. Mifsud (cMif) ; 1 , Buskett Gardens , 30.XII.1994, leg. Zerche ( DEI) .

Slovakia: 4 exs., E Banovice, E Ostrý Vrach peak, 48°44'N, 18°22'E, 520 m, fagetum, 3.VIII.2001, leg. Zerche ( DEI) .

Hungary: 5 exs., SW Aggtelek, 2 km E Imola , 48°25'N, 20°35'E, 300 m, oakwood, 31.VII.2001, leg. Zerche ( DEI, cAss) .

Slovenia: 5 exs., Žiče, Sotensko , 23.IV.1998, leg. Drovenik (cDro, cAss) ; 1 ex., Police, Gor. Radgona , 28.III.1998, leg. Drovenik (cDro) ; 2 ex., Podorad, Mura, G. Radgona , 17.IV.1996, leg. Drovenik (cDro, cAss) ; 1 ex., Kamnik, Volčji potok, 6.IV.1996, leg. Drovenik (cDro) ; 1 ex., Zasip, Sava , 12.IV.1996, leg. Drovenik (cDro) ; 2 exs., Kocevje, Kocevski Rog, Globocica near Podturn , 500 m, doline, 7.VII.1996, leg. Zerche ( DEI) .

Croatia: 8 exs., Plitvice , Supljara doline, 510 m, 15.VII.1996, leg. Zerche ( DEI) .

Romania: 1 ex., Neauesti , 25 km SE Piatra Neamt., 500 m, 18.VI.1996, leg. Prudek (cSch) .

Bulgaria: 1 ex., Stara Planina , Aprilzi, N Monastery, 42°51'N, 24°55'E, 480 m, Carpinus-Ulmus forest, 26.V.2000, leg. Zerche & Behne ( DEI) .

Greece: 5 exs., Thessalia, NE Ossa Oros, W Stómio, ca. 20 m, flood plain forest, 5.IV.1998, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1 ex., Katara pass, 1500 m, 13.V.1997, leg. Wolf (cSch) ; 1 ex., Pelopónnisos, 20 km S Tripoli, Vlachokerasia , 27.IV.1999, leg. Wolf (cSch) .

Turkey: 3 exs., Antalya, between Antalya and Alanya, Incekum , 16.IV.-2.V.1984, leg. Brachat (cSch) .

Azerbaijan: 2 exs., Astara, Istisu W Astara, 100 m, 2.-6.VI.1996, leg. Schawaller ( SMNS, cAss) .

South Africa: 1 , Cape Province: Wilderness NP, 33°59'S, 22°38'E, car-net, 13.-14.XI.1997, leg. Uhlig ( MNHUB) .

The species is most likely of Western Palaearctic origin, but has an almost cosmopolitan distribution today. Outside the Palaearctic region, it has been introduced in the Australian region ( New Zealand), as well as in South America ( Colombia) and North America ( ASSING & WUNDERLE 1995); recently it was also reported from South Africa for the first time ( NEWTON 2006).

For additional records from La Palma, Canary Islands, where the species is very common in various biotopes, see ASSING & WUNDERLE (1999). The species is apparently absent from El Hierro, where it was not found in spite of extensive field work in December and January 1999 /2000. The records by FRANZ (1996), according to whom H. capillaricornis is quite common in the island, refer to H. canariensis ; the corresponding material from the Franz collection was examined (see section on H. canariensis ).