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 3. Tribalus ( Tribalus ) minimus (P. Rossi) Literature data. “ Sardinia ” ( Bargagli 1871 ; Bertolini 1904 ; Porta 1926 ; Luigioni 1929 ; Barajon 1966 ; Vienna 1980 ; Audisio et al . 1995 ; Yélamos & Lackner 2004 ). Unpublished records. Cagliari prov. : San Vito , IV.1872 , RG, 2 ex ( MSNG ) . Chorotype. 1.10 TUE (Turano-European). Italian distribution. Lombardy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Venetia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Latium, Campania (?), Sicily and Sardinia . Ecology. Occurs under stones and vegetable detritus, under bark, at the base of Tamarix bushes, often in association with ants of many genera. Notes. Penati and Vienna (2005 , 2006a ) recorded two specimens of this species collected at Fonni and Nuoro, kept under this name in the Binaghi collection (CGB). Having examined the actual specimens, I was able to assess that they belong to Kissister minimus (Laporte) ; therefore, the occurrence on the island of Tribalus minimus seems to be based only on the two specimens collected at San Vito in 1872.