On taxonomy and distribution of the genus Carpelimus Leach, 1819 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae) of Nepal Author Gildenkov, Mikhail Yu. text Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 2014 14 1 21 31 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.10667397 1407-8619 10667397 Carpelimus (s. str.) insularis (Kraatz, 1858) (spec. propr. nigrita auct. nec Wollaston, 1857 – in Schülke, 2004: 398 ; calidus Bernhauer 1943 – syn. in Gildenkov, 2007: 1076; oculatus Wollaston 1865 – syn. in Gildenkov, 2007: 1078; meridioafricanus Scheerpeltz 1974 – syn. in Gildenkov, 2007: 1078) Coiffait, 1982: 43 (as nigrita Wollaston, 1857 ) Remarks. The species was described from Greece ; the neotype was designated from southern Spain (Gildenkov, 2007: 1076). It is well known from the Palaearctic: Morocco , Algeria , Tunis , Sudan (on border with Egypt ), Spain , France , Italy (including Sicily and Sardinia ), Greece , Bulgaria , Moldova , Lebanon , Turkey , Iran , Iraq , Afghanistan , Russia (southern Dagestan ), Azerbaijan, Georgia, Tadjikistan , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan ( Gildenkov, 2001: 94 ; 2009: 29). It is known from the Tropical Africa (Gildenkov, 2007: 1078; 2007b: 898): Angola , Botswana , Chad , Congo, Ethiopia , Ghana , Kenya , Madagascar , Mali , Namibia , Nigeria , the Republic of South Africa , Reunion, Senegal , Sudan , Tanzania , Uganda , Zambia , Zimbabwe . Recently it was recorded from Pakistan , Portugal and Kirghizia (our data). Any data about the distribution of this species in south-eastern Asia are not present. The record of C. insularis based on a single specimen by Coiffait (1982: 43) from Nepal cannot be confirmed herein and it seems to be doubtful, it more probably belonged to the widely distributed in Nepal and rather variable C. peregrinus .