Medon despectus (FAIRMAIRE 1860)

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 : 1260

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5278638
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scientific name	Medon despectus (FAIRMAIRE 1860)
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M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Algeria: 1 ex., Algier (MHNG).

C o m m e n t: The distribution of M. despectus is confined to Algeria, Tunisia, and the Italian island Pantelleria ( ASSING 2005a, 2006). Previous records from Spain and Morocco (see SMETANA 2004) are evidently based on a confusion with the similar M. cauchoisi .

References

ASSING V. (2005 a): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. IV. A new species and new records from Iran, and a catalogue of species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Paederinae). - Linzer biologische Beitrage 37 (2): 1027 - 1034.

ASSING V. (2006): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon: the species of the Atlantic Islands, the Western Mediterranean, and Europe, except for the southeast (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). - Bonner zoologische Beitrage 54 (2005): 25 - 95.

SMETANA A. (2004): Subfamily Paederinae FLEMING, 1821. - In: LOBL I. & A. SMETANA (eds), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 2. Hydrophiloidea - Histeroidea - Staphylinoidea. - Apollo Books, Stenstrup: 579 - 624.