Medon lydicus ASSING 2004

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 : 1261

Medon lydicus ASSING 2004 ( Map 2 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Serbia: 1 ex., Pirot env., meadow, under stone, 30.IV.2002, leg. Hlaváč (cAss). Greece: S a m o s: 2 exs., SW Karlovasi, 100 m, stream in forest, 13.VII.2007, leg. Bulirsch (cRou) ; 4 exs., Manolates , 100-400 m, 7.-16.VII.2007, leg. Bulirsch (cRou, cAss) ; 1 ex., Karlovasi, 11.-16.IX.1996, leg. Wendt & Hieke ( MNHUB) .

C o m m e n t: The distribution of M. lydicus ranges from western Anatolia and the Greek islands Rhodos, Samos, Ikaria, and Lesbos across Bulgaria to southeastern Yugoslavia ( ASSING 2004a, 2005a, 2005b, 2007b). The specimen from Serbia represents a new country record and considerably expands the known distribution of the species northwestwards ( Map 2 ).

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Map 2: Distributions of Medon lydicus BORDONI (filled circles) and M. subfusculus FAGEL (open circles) based on revised records.