Monograph of the Staphylinidae of Crete (Greece). Part I. Diversity and endemism (Insecta: Coleoptera)
Author
Assing, Volker
text
Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology
2019
2019-12-23
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journal article
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10.21248/contrib.entomol.69.2.197-238
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Leptomastax bipunctata
REITTER, 1881
Material examined:
Greece
:
Crete
:
2♀♀
[det.
M eybohm]
,
Chania
,
S Vrises
,
35°21'41"N
,
24°11'44"E
,
130 m
, calcareous olive grove,
8.IV.2012
, leg.
Germann
(
NHMB
)
.
Unlike the other
Leptomastax
species
recorded from Crete,
L. bipunctata
is not endemic, its distribution including
Turkey
and the Balkans from the Pelopónnisos northwards to
Croatia
. It appears likely that the species was introduced to Crete recently, as is suggested by the local occurrence in Crete and by the observation that other non-endemic
Scydmaeninae
known from Crete are widespread in the island (MEYBOHM pers. comm.).