Hister bissexstriatus Fabricius, 1801

Penati, Fabio, 2009, An updated catalogue of the Histeridae (Coleoptera) of Sardinia, with faunistic, zoogeographical, ecological and conservation remarks *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 197-280 : 258

Hister bissexstriatus Fabricius

Literature data. “All of Italy ” ( Bertolini 1904; Porta 1926). “ Sardinia ” ( Luigioni 1929; Barajon 1966; Vienna 1980; Audisio et al. 1995; Yélamos & Lackner 2004; Penati & Vienna 2005, 2006a). Cagliari prov.: Villaputzu, “presso Gibbas, sotto le pietre” [“near Gibbas, under stones”], [26.IV.1882, ACo], 1 ex ( Costa 1883).

Notes. Apart from the record published by Costa (1883), this species is known from Sardinia only based on very generic literature citations (see above) and no Sardinian specimen was found in the examined collections. Therefore, it is highly probable that all records from Bertolini (1904) onwards are based on Costa’s (1883) one, which I consider at least doubtful, also considering the lack of data for Hister bissexstriatus from neighbouring Corsica ( Yélamos & Lackner 2004). Having not examined the specimen collected by Achille Costa, which I presume is still found in his collection at the “Museo Zoologico” of the University of Naples ( Poggi & Conci 1996), I consider the presence of this species on the island as doubtful, as already stated by Penati and Vienna (2002).