Hypocacculus (Nessus) puncticollis (Küster)

Penati, Fabio, 2009, An updated catalogue of the Histeridae (Coleoptera) of Sardinia, with faunistic, zoogeographical, ecological and conservation remarks *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 197-280 : 248-249

66. Hypocacculus (Nessus) puncticollis (Küster)

Saprinus puncticollis: Küster 1849 : [30]

Saprinus puncticollis Küst. : Marseul 1855: 755, 1857: 501; Gemminger & Harold 1868: 790; Stein & Weise 1877: 65; Heyden et al. 1883: 92; Bertolini 1904: 48

Saprinus Kusteri = puncticollis Küst. : Marseul 1863a: 715

Saprinus Kusteri Mars. : Marseul 1863b: 97; Bargagli 1871: 41; Marseul 1882 –1889: 180

Saprinus Küsteri Müll. : Bertolini 1872 –1878: 84

Saprinus (Hypocaccus) curtus Rosenh. : Porta 1926: 378

Hypocacculus curtus Rosh. : Luigioni 1929: 362; Barajon 1966

Hypocacculus (Nessus) curtus (Rosh.) : Reichardt 1932: 122; Porta 1934: 153

Literature data. “Sardinia” ( Marseul 1857, 1863 a, 1863b; Bargagli 1871; Bertolini 1872 –1878, Stein & Weise 1877; Marseul 1882 –1889; Bertolini 1904; Porta 1926; Luigioni 1929; Porta 1934; Barajon 1966; Mazur 1984; Audisio et al. 1995; Mazur 1997, 2004; Yélamos & Lackner 2004). Cagliari prov.: Assemini, 1891, UL ( Reichardt 1932; Vienna 1980); idem, sd, UL, 1 ex ( CAD). Cagliari ( Küster 1849; Marseul 1855; Vienna 1980); idem, loc. Poetto, III.1940, UL, 1 ♂ and 1 ♀ (CUL); idem, Saline di Stato, 10.V.1989, sieving at the base of Chenopodiaceae, CM , 5 ex (3 CCMe, 2 CPV); idem, stagno di Molentargius, 31.I.1979, on remains of gull, CM, 2 ex (CCMe, CPV); idem, 29.V.1988, sieving at the base of Chenopodiaceae, CM , 1 ex (CCMe); idem, stagno Santa Gilla, 28.III.1983, on dead rat, CM, 2 ex (CCMe). Quartu Sant’Elena, sd, UL, 2 ex (CGB). Nuoro prov.: Macomer, stagno di Bara, 29.V.1988, CM, 1 ex (CFP).

Unpublished records. Cagliari prov.: Assemini, rio Flumini Mannu, 21.VI.2007, at black light, S/C/L, 1 ex (CDS). Serdiana, 8.VI .2003 , LF, 14 ex (CFP); idem, 2.VI .2006 , LF, 2 ex (MSNG); idem, pond, 2.VII.1995, roaming along the bank, CM , 1 ex (CCMe).

Chorotype. 3.01 MED (Mediterranean).

Italian distribution. Tuscany, Sicily and Sardinia.

Ecology. Occurs under detritus, in sands on sea and pond shores close to the roots of various plants, and on small carcasses.

Notes. In Penati and Vienna (2005, 2006a) the data referring to the specimens from Poetto (CUL) are erroneously indicated as “Quartu Sant’Elena, coll. Museo Genova” (see “Data collection”).