Tetartopeus paeneinsularum BORDONI 1982

Assing, V., 2008, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some Palaearctic Paederinae and Xantholinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2), pp. 1237-1294 : 1262-1263

Tetartopeus paeneinsularum BORDONI 1982

Tetartopeus paeneinsularum BORDONI 1982b: 46 .

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Italy: T r e n t i n o - Alto Adige : 6 exs., Coredo ( TN), Laghi Palu , 21.IV.1987, leg. Zanetti (cZan, cAss). L o m b a r d i a: 4 exs., Endine (BG), P.te di Caria, 300 m, swamp, base of Salix, 18.I.1998, leg. Zanetti (cZan, cAss). T o s c a n a: 1 ex., ca. 50 km W Firenze, Padule del Fucecchio, 16.VI.1992, leg. Assing (cAss). B a s i l i c a t a: 1ex., Laghi di Monticchio ( PZ), Rionero in V. Atelia, Lago Grande, palude, 660 m, 19.IV.2003, leg Zanetti (cZan) ; 5 exs., Oasi WWF "Lago Pantano di Pignola", 770 m, 29.V.1991, leg. Angelini (cAss) .

S i c i l i a 1 ex., Monti Nebrodi, Mistretta ( ME), L Quattrocchi, 1030 m, quercetum, 15.VI.1993, leg. Angelini (cSch) ; 1 ex., Monti Nebrodi, Mistretta, VI.1961 (cZan). Spain: 2 exs., Asturias, Playa de Concho de Artedo , 3 km W Cudillero, 43°34'N, 06°11'W, swamp behind dunes, 14.VI.2000, leg. Wrase (cSch, cAss). Greece: 3 exs., Pelopónnisos, W Nemea, lake Stymphalia , 37°51'N, 22°27'E, 620 m, arable land and lakeshore, 29.IV.2007, leg. Schnitter & Neumann (cApf, cAss) .

C o m m e n t: The illustrations of the aedeagus provided in the original description ( BORDONI 1982b) are highly misleading. For more accurate figures see BORDONI (2004). The species was previously known only from Italy and Spain ( SMETANA 2004). The above new record from Greece suggests that T. paeneinsularum is much more widespread than currently known and that it has a holo-Mediterranean distribution.