Tribalus (Tribalus) minimus (P. Rossi)

Penati, Fabio, 2009, An updated catalogue of the Histeridae (Coleoptera) of Sardinia, with faunistic, zoogeographical, ecological and conservation remarks *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 197-280 : 209

publication ID	1175-5326
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5315234
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scientific name	Tribalus (Tribalus) minimus (P. Rossi)
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3. Tribalus (Tribalus) minimus (P. Rossi) View in CoL

Literature data. “ Sardinia ” ( Bargagli 1871; Bertolini 1904; Porta 1926; Luigioni 1929; Barajon 1966; Vienna 1980; Audisio et al. 1995; Yélamos & Lackner 2004).

Unpublished records. Cagliari prov. : San Vito, IV.1872, RG, 2 ex ( MSNG) .

Chorotype. 1.10 TUE (Turano-European).

Italian distribution. Lombardy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Venetia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Latium, Campania (?), Sicily and Sardinia.

Ecology. Occurs under stones and vegetable detritus, under bark, at the base of Tamarix bushes, often in association with ants of many genera.

Notes. Penati and Vienna (2005, 2006a) recorded two specimens of this species collected at Fonni and Nuoro, kept under this name in the Binaghi collection (CGB). Having examined the actual specimens, I was able to assess that they belong to Kissister minimus (Laporte) ; therefore, the occurrence on the island of Tribalus minimus seems to be based only on the two specimens collected at San Vito in 1872.