Sternocoelis puberulus (Motschulsky)

Penati, Fabio, 2009, An updated catalogue of the Histeridae (Coleoptera) of Sardinia, with faunistic, zoogeographical, ecological and conservation remarks *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 197-280 : 260-261

Sternocoelis puberulus (Motschulsky)

Literature data. “ Sardinia ” ( Bertolini 1904; Winkler 1925; Porta 1926; Barajon 1966; Vienna 1980; Mazur 1984; Audisio et al. 1995; Yélamos 1995; Mazur 1997, 2004; Yélamos & Lackner 2004).

Notes. Despite being frequently recorded from Sardinia (see above) and Corsica, this species is endemic to mainland Sicily and the Egadi Islands (Sicily) ( Luigioni 1929; Penati & Vienna 2002, 2005, 2006a). In fact, its presence in Sardinia (and Corsica) is not documented by any precise locality name in the literature (cf. Yélamos 1995), nor was it confirmed by any specimens in the examined collections; thus, the species should, without a doubt, be considered as absent from Sardinia.