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
Saprinus
(
Saprinus
)
lautus
Erichson
Literature data.
“
Sardinia
” (
Bertolini 1904
;
Porta 1926
;
Luigioni 1929
;
Horion 1949
;
Barajon 1966
;
Vienna 1980
;
Audisio
et al
. 1995
;
Yélamos & Lackner 2004
).
Notes.
The specimen of
Saprinus algericus
present in the Baudi di Selve collection under the name “
S
.
lautus
” proves, in my opinion, that the first record of
S
.
lautus
for
Sardinia
, later reported by several authors, was probably based on a misidentification. In reality, as already stated by
Penati and Vienna (2002)
,
S
.
lautus
is absent from
Sardinia
.