Medon apicalis (KRAATZ 1857)

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 : 1255

Medon apicalis (KRAATZ 1857)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Morocco: 2 exs., Ar Rif, Oued Laou env., 35°29'N, 05°07'W, 200 m, 7.-9.VI.2007, leg. Hlaváč (cAss). Spain: 1 ex., Castilla-La Mancha, Sierra de Segura , Rio Zumeta valley, 38°11'N, 2°27'W, 900 m, 16.III.2008, leg. Andújar (cAss) ; 1 ex., Valencia, Alicante, NW El Castell de Guadalest, Beniarda , 38°41'N, 00°13'W, 400 m, river bank, 9.VIII.2008, leg Forcke (cAss). France: 6 exs., Landes , Retjons , IX.1998, leg. de Rougemont (cRou) ; 1 ex., Landes, Mont de Marson , VII.1999, leg. de Rougemont (cRou) ; 1 ex., Landes, Mont de Marson, at light source, VI.1999, leg. de Rougemont (cRou). Germany: 10 exs., Rheinland- Pfalz , Pirmasens , Eppenbrunn , car-net, 12.V.2008, leg. Renner (cAss, cFel) ; 1 ex., Sachsen-Anhalt, Thale am Harz , window, 20.V.1955, leg. Dorn ( MNHUB) ; 1 ex., same data, but 20.VI.1953 (cAss). Hungary: 2 exs., Budapest, XII.ker., Petnehazy ret., car-net, 26.V.2002, leg. Merkl ( HNHM) ; 2 exs., Bács-Kiskun county, Kunpeszér , car-net (evening), 22.IV.2006, leg. Merkl ( HNHM, cAss) ; 1 ex., Pest county, Örkény , car-net, 23.IV.2000, leg. Merkl ( HNHM) .

C o m m e n t: Medon apicalis is an expansive Atlanto-Mediterranean element. Its distribution is mapped by ASSING (2006).