An updated catalogue of the Histeridae (Coleoptera) of Sardinia, with faunistic, zoogeographical, ecological and conservation remarks * Author Penati, Fabio text Zootaxa 2009 2009-12-22 2318 197 280 journal article 1175-5326 61. Hypocacculus ( Colpellus ) praecox (Erichson) Literature data. Cagliari prov. : Capoterra , foce del rio Santa Lucia , 6.VIII.1987 , on decomposing ox carcass, CM , 4 ex ( Penati & Vienna 2002 ; 2 CCMe, 2 CPV ). Pabillonis, loc. Is Arenas, 3.X.1986 , under stone in sandy terrain, CM , 1 ex (CCMe) . Unpublished records. Cagliari prov. : Cagliari, 12.III.1884 , AD, 1 ex ( CAD as Saprinus Mocquerysi Marseul, 1862 ) . Chorotype. 4.02 AFM (Afrotropical-Mediterranean) (see also Penati & Vienna 2006b ). Italian distribution. Apulia, Sicily and Sardinia . Ecology. Psammobiotic or psammo-halobiotic species found on coastal dunes near the roots of halophilous plants or in small animal carcasses. Notes. See comments under Hypocacculus ( Colpellus ) solieri (Marseul) in the chapter “Excluded and/or doubtful species”.