Drusilla puncticollis MOTSCHULSKY, 1845: 360 New species and additional records of Lomechusini from the Palaearctic region, primarily from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) Assing, Volker Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 2015 2015-12-21 65 2 243 262 37TBP (FABRICIUS, 1787) FABRICIUS 1787 [831,1225,1203,1230] Insecta Staphylinidae Drusilla Animalia Coleoptera 1 244 Arthropoda species canaliculata      Drusilla puncticollis MOTSCHULSKY, 1845: 360; syn. nov.   Material examined:   Turkey: 1 ♂, Nevşehir, Göre,  21.IV.1992, leg. Kocian(cKoc).   Iran: 1 ♀, Ardabil province,  20 kmNE Khalkhal, 37°41'N, 48°23'E,  1480 m,  13.X.2011, leg. Frisch( MNHUB); 1 ♀,  Gilan province, Bandar-e Anzali, Bashm, 37°30'N, 49°21'E, 0 m, marshland,  1.V.2012, leg. Weipert( NME).    Kyrgyzstan: 1 ♀, Issyk-Kul, Tyup, 42°45'N, 78°23'E,  1620 m,  28.VI.2011, leg. Frisch( MNHUB); 1 ♀, IssykKul, Balykchy - Cholpon-Ata, Semenovka, 42°46'N, 77°32'E,  1860 m,  30.VI.2011, leg. Frisch(cAss).    Japan: 1 ex., Hokkaido, Sapporoenv., Nopporovirgin forest,  15.V.2010, leg. Lackner(cAss);  2 exs., Hokkaido, Sapporo, Hokudai Campus,  VII.2011, leg. Lackner(cAss).   Comment:  Drusilla puncticollis, whose descriptions is based on two syntypesfrom “Kamtschatka” ( MOTSCHULSKY 1845), was previously treated as a subspecies of  D. canaliculata( SMETANA 2004). According to MOTSCHULSKY (1845), who already expressed doubts regarding the status of this taxon (“Je propose cette espèce avec doute”),  D. puncticollisis distinguished from  D. canaliculataby larger body size, darker coloration, and a more deeply impressed pronotum. Examined material from the eastern East Palaearctic region indeed tends to be darker and of slightly larger size than material from West Europe; for previous records see  ASSING(2005a, b, 2006b, 2008a, 2009, 2010). However, similar character conditions have been observed also in specimens from some regions in Middle Asia and the West Palaearctic region (particularly Iran), suggesting that these differences should be interpreted as intraspecific, possibly clinal variation. Moreover, the presence of a distinct subspecies in Kamchatka appears most unlikely. Hence the synonymy proposed above. The previously known trans-Palaearctic distribution of  D. canaliculataextended from West Europe to the Russian Far East ( SMETANA 2004). The above specimens from Hokkaidorepresent the first records from Japan. 3447238367 1992-04-21 Kocian Turkey Gore 1 244 1 Nevsehir 3455077302 2011-10-13 MNHUB Frisch Iran 1480 37.683334 Khalkhal 1180 48.383335 1 244 1 Ardabil province 3447238374 2012-05-01 NME Weipert Iran 37.5 Bashm 1181 49.35 Bandar-e Anzali 1 244 1 Gilan province 3447238315 2011-06-28 2011-06-30 2011-06-28 MNHUB Frisch Kyrgyzstan 1620 42.766666 Issyk-Kul 1147 77.53333 Tyup 1 244 1 3447238312 2011-06-28 2011-06-30 2011-06-28 MNHUB Frisch Kyrgyzstan 1620 42.766666 Issyk-Kul 1147 77.53333 Tyup 1 244 1 3447238317 2010-05-15 Lackner Japan Nopporo Sapporo 1 244 1 Hokkaido 3447238303 2011-07 Lackner Japan Hokudai Campus Sapporo 1 244 2 Hokkaido