Carpelimus (Trogophloeus) transversicollis (Scheerpeltz, 1947)

Material: 1 male “ Portugal mer.reg. Faro Trafal /1/ 19.03.2017 Mantič lgt., salt marshessweeping” “37°03΄20˝N 08°04΄34˝W to 10 m ” (cMM) ; 2 males, 1 female “ Portugal mer.reg. Faro Quarteira /1/- prosev, 14.11.2012, Mantič lgt., brakický močal-” “vyplaveni z bahna 37°03΄34˝N 08°04΄58˝W” (cMM) . 2 females, 1 specimen “ Cyprus mer. /1/ Akrotiri 18.05.2012 Mantič lgt., slaniště-na bahně” “34°36΄13˝N 32°57΄19˝E” (cMM) . 1 specimen, France, Corsica “Corse” “60” “ Carpelimus exiguus ?” (cMT) .

Remarks. A Little-known species. It is quite widespread in southern Europe and North Africa (Gildenkov 2015; Schülke & Smetana, 2015). For the Asian part of the Palaearctic Region, it is reliably known (Gildenkov 2015) from Israel, Turkey, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. It is here recorded from Portugal and Cyprus for the first time. It was known from the south of France (Gildenkov 2015), where it was identified as C. punctipennis (matching labels in the collection of G.A. Lohse – MHNG); the species is recorded here for Corsica for the first time.