Carpelimus (s. str.) insularis (Kraatz, 1858)

Gildenkov, Mikhail Yu., 2014, On taxonomy and distribution of the genus Carpelimus Leach, 1819 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae) of Nepal, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 14 (1), pp. 21-31 : 21-31

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 .