Medon ferrugineus (ERICHSON 1837)

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 : 1257-1258

Medon ferrugineus (ERICHSON 1837) (Map 1)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Slovakia: 1 ex., Nitra env., Jelenec, 6.VI.1978, leg. Dieckmann ( MNHUB). Greece: 1 ex., Ipiros, 36 km SE Igoumenitsa, N Gliki, 39°21'N, 20°37'E, 570 m, Quercus ilex, 2.X.2007, leg. Behne (cAss) ; 2 exs., Corfu, 18 km N Kerkira, Loutses, Megali Grava , 39°47'N, 19°53'E, 480 m, oak forest, 23.IX.2007, leg. Behne ( SDEI). Turkey: K a s t a m o n u: 1 ex., 30 km E Taşköprü , SE Hanönü , 41°36'N, 34°33'E, 860 m, mixed pine and oak forest, litter and soil between stones, sifted, 29.III.2009, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 3 exs., 30 km SE Inebolu, Hasan Dağı, S Yaralıgöz geçidi, 41°46'N, 34°03'E 1370 m, calcareous slope, under stones, 10.IV.2009, leg. Assing (cAss). S i n o p 1 ex., NNE Boyabat , 41°36'N, 34°52'E, 960 m, pasture, under stones, 29.III.2009, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1 ex., SSW Sinop, 41°43'N, 34°55'E, 660 m, oak forest, sifted, 29.III.2009, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 23 exs., 30 km NNE Boyabat, Dıranaz geçidi, 41°38'N, 34°52'E, calcareous grassland, under stones, 5.IV.2009, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 7 exs., same data, but litter of beech and willow, and grass roots sifted (cAss). S a m s u n: 2 exs., 26 km NNE Havza, 41°11'N, 35°46'E, 800 m, Quercus-Carpinus forest , litter sifted, 19.VII.2008, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 4 exs., 33 km SW Samsun, road Kavak-Asarcık, 7 km SE Kavak, 41°03'N, 36°07'E, 470 m, Quercus-Carpinus forest , litter sifted, 20.VII.2008, leg. Assing (cAss). O r d u: 2 exs., ca. 60 km S Ordu, 18 km SSE Gölköy , 40°32'N, 37°41'E, 970 m, N-slope with bushes and small trees, dry litter sifted, 14.VII.2008, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 13 exs., road Ünye-Akkuş, 18 km NE Akkuş, 40°56', 37°07', 920 m, mixed deciduous forest (predominantly Fagus ), litter sifted, 15.VII.2008, leg. Assing (cAss, cFel) .

C o m m e n t: Medon ferrugineus , a Ponto-Mediterranean element whose distribution ranges from eastern Turkey to the southeast of Central Europe (Map 1), is apparently rather common in northern Turkey.

Map 1: Distribution of Medon ferrugineus (ERICHSON) based on revised records.