A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) Author Assing, V. text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2009 2009-12-18 41 2 1253 1268 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5276595 0253-116X 5276595 Medon brunneus (ERICHSON 1839) M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: France : 5 exs. , Bretagne , Finistère , Quimperle , Forêt de Carnoet , IX.1987 , leg. Frank (cAss) ; 1 ex. , Alpes-Maritimes , Forêt de Albarée , 500-700 m , 24.VI.2004 , leg. Wolf (cSch). Germany : N i e d e r s a c h s e n: 1 ex. , Münden , in mushrooms, 15.IX.1938 , leg. Ihssen ( MNHUB ). B a d e n - W ü r t t e m b e r g: 2 exs. , Emmendingen-Sexau , Hornwald , oak and beech litter, 18.IX.2008 , leg. Wolf (cSch, cAss) ; 1 ex. , Windenreute , 6.X.1952 ( MNHUB ). S a c h s e n - A n h a l t: 1 ex. , Wernigerode , in moss near stream, 16.V.1980 , leg. Martin (cAss).T h ü r i n g e n: 1 ex. , Kreis Heiligenstadt , Uder , 21.-29.VI.1990 , leg. Uhlig ( MNHUB ). S a c h s e n: 1 ex. , Sächsische Schweiz , Schwedenlöcher , 1.IX.1970 , leg. Linke ( MNHUB ) ; 1 ex. , Meissen , Zadel , 9.XI.1963 ( MNHUB ). Austria : 1 ex. , Tirol , Lkrs. Kufstein , S Kössen , Hinterberg , 1000 m , 21.X.2006 , leg. Wolf (cSch) ; 1 ex. , Niederösterreich , Raxalpe , 47°45'N , 15°41'E , 670 m , 3.V.2008 , leg. Assing (cAss) ; 7 exs. , Niederösterreich, 4 km SE Hof am Leithaberge , Franz-Joseph-Warte, 47°56'N , 16°37'E , 480 m , mixed forest, 15.X.1998 , leg. Zerche ( SDEI , cAss). Italy : T o s c a n a: 1 ex. , Toscana , Ris. Nat. Castelvecchio , 43°29'N , 10°54'E , 400 m , 9.X.2007 , leg. Meybohm (cAss) ; 2 exs. , Toscana, Iano , 43°30'N , 10°52'E , 200-300 m , 10.X.2007 , leg. Meybohm (cAss). S a r d e g n a: 1 ex. , Sorgono ( SDEI ). Hungary : 2 exs. , SW Sopron , Brennbergbanya , 47°39'N , 16°29'E , 490 m , mixed forest, 16.X.1998 , leg. Zerche ( SDEI , cAss) ; 1 ex. , SW Sopron , Brennbergbanya , 47°39'N , 16°29'E , 480 m , mixed forest, 16.X.1998 , leg. Zerche ( SDEI ). Poland : 2 exs. , Beskidy mts. , Rytro , beech forest, 9.VIII.1978 , leg. Dieckmann ( MNHUB ). Croatia : 1 ex. , Opatija , VII.1971 , leg. Liebmann ( MNHUB ) ; 1 ex. , Kosinj , leg. Meusel ( MNHUB ). Bosnia-Herzegovina: 1 ex. , Dabarsko polje, Visbaba cave , 17.-22.VI.2003 , leg. Hlaváč (cTro). Yugoslavia : 1 ex. , Serbia , Dimitrovgrad , Petras , 2.V.2002 , leg. Stevanović (cAss). Bulgaria : 15 exs. , 1 ex. , Ograschden mountain , 15 km NW Petritsch , 41°30'N , 23°03'E , 1000 m , beech forest, 8.IV.2005 , leg. Zerche & Behne ( SDEI , cAss). Greece : 1 ex. , Ipiros , N Metsovo , Milia , 39°51'N , 21°14'E , 1150 m , beech forest, 29.IX.2007 , leg. Behne ( SDEI ) ; 1 ex. , E-Makhedonia, Falakró , 41°18'N , 24°00'E , 1200 m , leg. Bahr et al. (cSch) ; 5 exs. , Corfu , 15 km N Kerkira , Pantokratoras mountain , 39°45'N , 19°52'E , 750 m , mixed forest, 22.IX.2007 , leg. Behne ( SDEI , cAss) ; 1 ex. , Corfu , 13 km S Kerkira , Agios Mattheos , 39°29'N , 19°52'E , 430 m , Quercus ilex , 26.IX.2007 , leg. Behne ( SDEI ) ; 4 exs. , Corfu , 18 km N Kerkira , Loutses , Megali Grava , 39°47'N , 19°53'E , 480 m , oak forest, 23.IX.2007 , leg. Behne ( SDEI ). Turkey : 1 ex. , Istanbul , Belgrader Wald ( MNHUB ) . C o m m e n t: In many regions of the Eastern Mediterranean, M. brunneus is the most common representative of the genus. Its expansive Adriato-Mediterranean distribution is mapped by ASSING (2006) .