Othius lapidicola MÄRKEL & KIESENWETTER, 1848

Assing, Volker, 2015, On the Staphylinidae of the Greek island Chios (Insecta Coleoptera), Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (1), pp. 43-55 : 50

Othius lapidicola MÄRKEL & KIESENWETTER, 1848

C o m m e n t: The vast, discontinuous distribution of O. lapidicola ranges from the western Alps to Siberia. In the East Mediterranean, this species is by far the most common representative of the genus. Macropterous specimens of this wing-dimorphic species have been recorded primarily from some islands such as Rhodes (e.g., ASSING 1997b).

In Chios, the species was present in all the samples from shrub and forest habitats. In all, 98 specimens (4933, 49♀♀) were recorded. Four males and three females are macropterous (all of them from samples 2 and 18; see Tab. 1); the remainder is micropterous. Eleven males and five females are infested with Laboulbeniales.