Lithocharis ochracea ( GRAVENHORST 1802)

Assing, V., 2008, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some Palaearctic Paederinae and Xantholinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2), pp. 1237-1294 : 1247

Lithocharis ochracea ( GRAVENHORST 1802)

Paederus ochraceus GRAVENHORST 1802: 59 .

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Lectotype, present designation: "6385 / ochracea, Paed. ochr. Gr. / Syntypus Paederus ochraceus Gravenhorst, 1802 , labelled by MNHUB 2008 / Hist.-Coll. ( Coleoptera ), Nr. 6385, Lithocharis ochracea Gravenhorst, 1802 , Europa - Amerika, Zoo. Mus. Berlin / Lectotypus Paederus ochraceus Gravenhorst , desig. V. Assing 2008 / Lithocharis ochracea (Gravenhorst) , det. V. Assing 2008" (MNHUB). Paralectotypes: 5 exs.: same data as lectotype (MNHUB). A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d [see also ASSING (2000)]: Spain, Canary

Islands: 1 ex., La Palma, La Grama, 5.IX.2000, leg. García (cAss); 2 exs., La Palma, San Antonio

del Monte, 5.XII.2004, leg. García (cAss); 1 ex., Tenerife, Puerto de la Cruz, seaweed, 21.IX.1965,

leg. Benick (cAss). Spain, mainland: 1 ex., Castilla-La Mancha, Madrigueras (AB), Rio Júcar,

1.VII.2005, leg. Lencina (cAss); 1 ex., Valencia, Alicante, Pinoso, Saladar del Rodriguillo , light ,

26.VII.2008, leg. Lencina & Sánchez (cAss). Germany: 1 ex., Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dambroich,

dung heap (horse), 28.XII.1985, leg. Siede & Wunderle (cAss); 1 ex., Schleswig-Holstein ,

Travemünde, cow dung, 27.VII.1983, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ex., Niedersachsen, NW Hannover ,

Berenbostel, dung and compost, 5.VIII.1984, leg. Assing (cAss); 3 exs., Göttinger Wald,

Westerberg , 26.VI.1990, leg. Borcherding (cAss) ; 1 ex., Thüringen, Erfurt , 11.IX.1943, leg .

Heidenreich (NHMW). Italy: 1 ex., Puglia, Ris. WWF Le Cesine, S. Cataldo (LE), VI.1995, leg.

Angelini (cAss); 1 ex., Puglia, Prom. del Gargano , 25.VIII.-6.IX.1986 (cAss) ; 1 ex., Sardegna ,

Siniscola, at light source, 21.IX.1987, leg. Wunderle (cAss). Czech Republic: 6 exs., Praha, leg.

Skalitzky (NHMW, cAss). Israel: 1 ex., Hagalil, Aksiv Beach, 18.VI.1981, leg. Kiener (MHNG).

Egypt: 1 ex., 23 km S Cairo, Dahshur , 29°48'N, 31°14'E, light trap, 29.V.1996, leg. Ullrich (cAss) ;

1 ex., Cairo env., Maadi, light trap, 18.X.1996, leg. Ullrich (cAss). Kazakhstan: 1 ex., Syrdaria

river, Djetysai, 5.V.1980, leg. Kastcheev (cAss).

C o m m e n t: The original description is based on an unspecified number of syntypes. A male from the type series in the collections of the MNHUB, which is composed of six specimens, is designated as the lectotype. It is in agreement with the interpretation of LOHSE (1964) and COIFFAIT (1984).