Cephennium catalonicum DODERO , 1918

Assing, Volker, 2021, On the Cephennium fauna of the Iberian Peninsula and the Atlantic Islands (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 52 (2), pp. 891-931 : 918

Cephennium catalonicum DODERO, 1918 ( Figs 46-47 , Map 2 )

Material examined by C. Besuchet (unpubl.): SPAIN: Cataluña: 1♂ [syntype], Alella, leg. Zariquiey (coll. Dodero) ; 1♂ [syntype], Moncada, leg. Zariquiey ( MCSNG) ; 1♂, Barcelona , Centelles, Mas de Xaxars (coll. Binaghi) ; 1♂, 1♀, N Barcelona, Granollers env., La Roca, leg. Franz ( NHMW) ; 1♂, Prov. Barcelona, Cibidalo [?], leg. Coiffait ( MHNG) .

The original description is based on two males from "Alella et Moncada" ( DODERO 1918). This species has been reported only from Cataluña, Northeast Spain. The aedeagus is illustrated in Figs 46-47 , based on Besuchet (unpubl.).

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Map 2: Distributions of Cephennium spp. of the C. caecum and C. tensum groups in the Iberian Peninsula and the Baleares, based on Besuchet (unpubl.), OROUSSET (2018), and examined material: C. atomarium (black circles); C. coiffaiti (white circles); C. caecum (black triangles); C. hypogaeum (white diamond); C. minutissimum (white stars); C. catalonicum (black diamonds); C. filabresicum (black star); C. andujari (white triangle).

Figs 46-58: Cephennium catalonicum (46-47), C. filabresicum (48), C. espunae (49), C. tensum (50), C. andujari (51), C. tenuissimum (52-53), C. tensum (54-56; 56: C. p. algeciranum), and C. ibericum (57-58): (46, 48-54, 57) aedeagus in lateral and in dorsal view; (47, 55-56, 58) internal structures of aedeagus. Scale bar: 0.1 mm; 47, 55-56, 58: without scale. 46-47, 54-58: based on Besuchet (unpubl.).