Cephennium coiffaiti OROUSSET , 2018

Assing, Volker, 2021, On the Cephennium fauna of the Iberian Peninsula and the Atlantic Islands (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 52 (2), pp. 891-931 : 919

Cephennium coiffaiti OROUSSET, 2018 ( Map 2 )

Material from Spain examined by C. Besuchet (unpubl.), identified as C. coiffaiti i.l.: SPAIN: Cataluña: 2♂♂, 2♀♀, Olot env. , Coll de Cannes , 1000 m, leg. Franz ( MHNG, NHMW) ; 1♂, 1♀, Olot env. , Coll de Cannes , leg. Besuchet ( MHNG) ; 1♂, Olot env. , Coll de San Juan , leg. Franz ( MHNG) ; 1♂, 1♀, Gerona , Mollo, leg. Coiffait ( MNHNP) ; 1♂, Sierra de Montseny , 1500 m, leg. Curti ( MHNG) ; 2♂♂, 1♀, Gerona, La Junquera , leg. Comellini ( MHNG) ; 1♂, Barcelona, Santa Maria de Besora , leg. Coiffait ( MHNG) .

This anophthalmous species is distributed in Southwest France (eastern Pyrenees and adjacent regions) and in Northeast Spain (Cataluña) ( Map 2 ). For illustrations of the male sexual characters and numerous records from France see OROUSSET (2018).

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Map 2: Distributions of Cephennium spp. of the C. caecum and C. tensum groups in the Iberian Peninsula and the Baleares, based on Besuchet (unpubl.), OROUSSET (2018), and examined material: C. atomarium (black circles); C. coiffaiti (white circles); C. caecum (black triangles); C. hypogaeum (white diamond); C. minutissimum (white stars); C. catalonicum (black diamonds); C. filabresicum (black star); C. andujari (white triangle).