Medon piceus (KRAATZ 1858)

Assing, V., 2009, A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2), pp. 1253-1268 : 1259

Medon piceus (KRAATZ 1858)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Portugal: 2 exs., Minho, Covas / Caminha , IX.2000, leg. Messutat ( SDEI, cAss). Spain: G a l i c i a: 1 ex., 2 km S Viana do Bolo, 42°10'N, 7°07'W, 700 m, chestnut litter, 5.VIII.2002, leg. Behne ( SDEI). C a s t i l l a - L e ó n 1 ex., S Ponferrada , Montes Aquilianos , Peñalba de Santiago , 42°26'N, 6°33'W, 1000 m, 7.VIII.2002, leg. Behne (cAss).C a s t i l l a - L a M a n c h a: 2exs., SierradeSegura , ColladoTornedo , 38°22'N, 2°27'W, 850 m, 30.VII.2002, leg. Behne ( SDEI) ; 8 exs., Sierra de Segura, ca. 15 km W Yeste, Calar de Sima, 38°21'N, 02°29'W, 1430 m, deep canyon with Corylus , grass, moss, and ferns, sifted, 15.III.2008, leg. Assing (cAss). A n d a l u c í a: 12 exs., Estepona , road to Ronda , 1000 m, X.1968, leg. Benick ( MNHUB) ; 2 exs., W Almeria, Sierra de Gádor, Padules, 36°59'N, 02°46'W, 620 m, barranco, litter near small stream sifted, 18.III.2008, leg. Assing (cAss). France: 1 ex., Bretagne, Morbihan , Groix , 22.VI.1998, leg. Tiberghien (cTro) ; 3 exs., Hte. Garonne, Bagneres de Luchon, Juzet -> Sode / Artigue , 700-900 m, 17.VI.2004, leg. Wolf (cSch, cAss) ; 3 exs., "La Neuville", II.1918, leg. Salchert ( MNHUB). Germany: B r a n d e n b u r g / B e r l i n: 1 ex., Oderberg , 8.VII.1971, leg. Uhlig ( MNHUB) ; 3 exs., Potsdam, NSG Moosfenn, 13.VII.1975, leg. Uhlig ( MNHUB). T h ü r i n g e n: 4 exs., Kyffhäuser , Wüstes Kalktal , 7.IX.1964, leg. Dorn ( MNHUB, cAss) ; 1 ex., Bad Frankenhausen, Kosakenberg , 8.V.1962, leg. Dorn ( MNHUB) ; 2 exs., Naumburg a. S., 5.III.1961, leg. Dorn ( MNHUB, cAss). S a c h s e n: 1 ex., Erzgebirge, Schwarzenberg , 1974, leg. Uhlig ( MNHUB). B a y e r n: 1 ex., Aschaffenburg , 27.IV.1975, leg. Elbert (cAss) .

C o m m e n t: The distribution of M. piceus is of the expansive Atlanto-Mediterranean type; for a map see ASSING (2006).