Pseudomedon obscurellus (ERICHSON 1840)

Assing, V., 2011, Luzea and Pseudomedon in the Eastern Palaearctic region, with additional records from the West Palaearctic (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 43 (1), pp. 245-252 : 249

Pseudomedon obscurellus (ERICHSON 1840)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Spain: 1 ex., Murcia, Moratalla , 38°21'N, 1°46'W, 373 m, at light, 21.VII.2006, leg. Lencina (cAss) ; 1 ex.., Andalucía, Cádiz, 20 km N Tarifa, 36°09'N, 5°38'W, 100 m, loamy shore of reservoir, flood debris, sifted, 29.XII.2009, leg. Assing (cAss). France: 1 ex., Avignon, 5.III.1953 ( NHMD). Italy: 1 ex., Puglia, Ris. Nat. Le Cesine ( LE), light trap, VII.1995, leg. Angelini ( NHMD). Greece: 9 exs., Drama , Kato Nevrokopi , 4.VI.2007, leg. Angelini ( NHMD) ; 1 ex., Pelopónnisos, Ahaia, Kalogria , 1.-2.V.2004, leg. Angelini ( NHMD, cAss) ; 1 ex., Pelopónnisos, Lafka, Lake Stimfalia , 6.V.1999, leg. Angelini ( NHMD) .

C o m m e n t: This species is widespread in the West Palaearctic exclusive of Middle Asia and adventive also in South America ( Chile).