Medon abantensis BORDONI 1980

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 : 1262-1263

Medon abantensis BORDONI 1980 ( Map 3 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Turkey: T u n c e l i: 6 exs., Halvoru su kaynağı, 2 km E Karşılar, 39°11'N, 39°28'E, 965 m, 13.IX.2007, leg. Anlaş (cAnl, cAss). A m a s y a: 6 exs., Sakarat Dağı, 8.5 km E Amasya, 40°40'N, 35°56'E, 1060 m, stream bank, sifted from moist leaves, 18.VII.2008, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, cSch). T o k a t: 1 ex., 7 km NE Tokat, 40°21'N, 36°38'E, 600 m, flood plain forest (predominantly Alnus), litter sifted, 16.VII.2008, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 3 exs., 16 km ENE Tokat, 40°22'N, 36°44'E, 915 m, mixed deciduous forest (predominantly Quercus), moist litter sifted, 16.VII.2008, leg. Schülke (cSch). S a m s u n: 14 exs. [partly teneral], 31 km NE Havza, 41°12'N, 35°52'E, 670 m, Fagus forest , litter sifted, 19.VII.2008, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 27 exs. [partly teneral], 41 km W Samsun, 27 km S Bafra, 41°19'N, 35°51'E, 220 m,stream valley, Fagus forest with scattered Alnus, litter sifted, 21.VII.2008, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, cFel, cSch). Georgia: 3 exs., Abkhazia, W-Caucasus, Novyi Afon, Fagus orientalis forest, 26.VII.2002, leg. Koval (cTro, cAss) .

C o m m e n t: The distribution of M. abantensis ranges from western Anatolia (Izmir) to Georgia ( ASSING 2004a, 2004b, 2007b). An updated illustration is given in Map 3. A considerable proportion of the Turkish specimens collected in July are teneral.

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Map 3: Distributions of Medon abantensis BORDONI (filled circles), M. solitarius nov.sp. (open circles), and M. meybohmi ASSING (squares), based on revised records.