Margarinotus terricola (Germar, 1824)

Mazur, Sławomir & Byk, Adam, 2017, Coprophilous histerids (Coleoptera: Histeridae) of the Polish Carpathians, Fragmenta Faunistica 60 (1), pp. 15-22 : 19-20

Margarinotus terricola (Germar, 1824)

Central and southern Europe, the Caucasus, Asia Minor, Iran. Rare in Poland, from mountains noted in the Sudetes and Beskids and in the Tatras ( Burakowski et al. 1978). In mountainous regions of northern Italy caught between 630 and 1,850 m ( Penati 1997).

Caught in small numbers in the Western Beskids: Ciężkowickie Foothills (Borowa, 320 m a.s.l.), Low Beskids (Folusz, 262 m), Bieszczady (Łopienka, 592 m, Tarnica, 1,322 m) and Tatras (Upłazińska Kopa, 1,449 m).

Species known from Europe, Asia Minor and western Siberia. Fairly frequent in Poland, noted in the Sudetes and Beskids ( Burakowski et al. 1978).

Caught at nearly all sites. Caught in the elevation range of 213−1,283 m.