Ochthephilum jacquelinii (BOIELDIEU 1859)

Assing, V., 2009, On the Western Palaearctic and Middle Asian species of Ochthephilum STEPHENS, with notes on Cryptobium koltzei EPPELSHEIM (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae: Cryptobiina), Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (1), pp. 397-426 : 413-414

Ochthephilum jacquelinii (BOIELDIEU 1859) (Figs 40-41, Map 5)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Tunisia: 13, Radès , IV.1937, leg. Grosclaude (cTro). Spain: G a l i c i a: 2♀♀, Braño, leg. Franz ( NHMW). C a t a l u ñ a: 2 exs., Gerona, Playa de Aro, 3.IV.1972, leg. Lohse ( MHNG) ; 1 ex., Barcelona , Prat del Llobrigat, 2.III.1952, leg. González ( MHNG) ; 5 exs., Tarragona , Laguna Encanizada, 9.V.1966, leg. Besuchet ( MHNG) ; 1 ex., Tarragona , Ebro delta, 28.III.1988, leg. Starke (cAss). C a s t i l l a - L a M a n c h a: 4exs. [partly teneral], Ciudad Real, Manzanares, 6.VIII.1969, leg. Comellini ( MHNG) ; 1 ex. [teneral], Albacete , Hellín, 29.VI.1971, leg. Comellini ( MHNG). V a l e n c i a: 2 exs. [1 teneral], La Albufera, 17.VI.1971, leg. Comellini ( MHNG) ; 1 ex., Castellón , Peñiscola, 4.V.1966, leg. Besuchet ( MHNG) ; 5 exs. [teneral], Alicante , Santa Pola, 1.& 3.VII.1971, leg. Comellini ( MHNG) ; 5 exs., Alicante , Elda, 20.VI.1971, leg. Comellini ( MHNG) ; 1 ex., Alicante , La Mata, 3.V.1988, leg. Sprick (cAss) ; 8 exs., Alicante , Altea, Rio Algar, 38°36'N, 0°02'W, 0 m, 31.VII.2008, leg. Forcke (cAss, cSch) ; 1♀, Alicante , VII.1971, leg. Senglet (cTro). M u r c i a: 1 ex., Bullas, 4.VII.1971, leg. Comellini ( MHNG) ; 2 exs., Archena , 30.VI.1971, leg. Comellini ( MHNG). A n d a l u c í a 1♀, Cádiz, Tarifa, III.1991, leg. Poot (cWun) ; 1 ex., Sevilla, leg. Franz ( NHMW).B a l e a r e s: 2♀♀, Mallorca , S'Avall, 8.V.1965, leg. Besuchet ( MHNG) ; 9 exs., Mallorca , Playa de Cañamel, 24.& 29.IV.1965, leg. Besuchet & Comellini ( MHNG) ; 3 exs., same locality, 6.V.1965, leg. Besuchet ( MHNG) ; 6 exs., Mallorca , La Albufera, 28.-29.IV.1965, leg. Besuchet & Comellini ( MHNG) ; 7 exs. [partly teneral], La Albufera , 8.VII.1971, leg. Comellini ( MHNG) ; 3♀♀, Mallorca, Rabassa, leg. Breit ( NHMW) ; 2 exs., Menorca, Playa de Tirant Nou , leg. Franz ( NHMW, cAss). Portugal: 2 exs., Quarteira , 7.IV.1991, leg. Terlutter (cAss). France: 233, 4♀♀, Pyrénées-Orientales, Torreilles, Agly estuary, 20.X.2003, leg. Tronquet (cTro, cAss) ; 13, Torreilles , Gora de l'Avquader, 16.XI.2005, leg. Tronquet (cTro) ; 233, same locality, 11.XII.2003, leg. Tronquet (cTro) ; 13, 1♀, Pyrénées-Orientales , Le Canet, 2.V.2004, leg. Tronquet (cTro) ; 13, 3♀♀, same data, but 21.IV.2004 (cTro) ; 1♀, Pyrénées-Orientales , Saintes- Marie-la-Mer, Bourdigou inundation, 17.IV.2002, leg. Tronquet (cTro) ; 1♀, Pyrénées-Orientales , Perpignan, St. Nazaire, 4.VI.1996, leg. Assmann (cAss) ; 1♀, Pyrénées-Orientales, Port-Vendres ( NHMW) ; 533, 1♀, 1♀, Pyrénées-Orientales, St-Nazaire ( NHMW, cAss) ; 1♀, Hérault , Vias env., Roquehaute, 1.V.1964, leg. Puthz (cAss) ; 13, Hérault, Lattes, leg. Lavagne ( NHMW) ; 1♀, Hérault, Montpellier, leg. Lavagne ( NHMW) ; 233, Hérault ( NHMW) ; 2♀♀, Languedoc- Roussillon , Aude, Peyriac-de-Mer, 1.IV.1970, leg. Nicolas (cTro) ; 1♀, Aude , Port la Nouvelle, 26.III.1970, leg. Nicolas (cTro) ; 13, Camargue , Gard, Albaron, II.1975 (cTro) ; 1♀, Camargue ( NHMW) ; 13, 1♀, Provence , Var, Salins d'Hyères, swamp, 15.VII.1983, leg. Löbl (cAss, cSch) ; 13, Provence , Var , Roquebrune, Argens inundation, leg. Ochs, XII.1960 (cTro) ; 1♀, "Gramenet" [?] ( NHMW) ; 2♀♀ [identification uncertain], " Corsica " ( NHMW) .

C o m m e n t: The aedeagus is characterised by the highly distinctive shape of the apex of the ventral process, by two relatively small and strongly curved apical sclerotised structures, as well as by the absence of a distinct dorso-apical structure (Figs 40-41). The forebody is generally of reddish to brownish coloration.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Based on the revised material, O. jacquelinii , evidently an Atlanto-Mediterranean species, is distributed in Northwest Africa, the Iberian peninsula, and southern France (Map 5). It has also been reported from Great Britain and Libya, but these records require confirmation; at least those from Great Britain appear somewhat unlikely. The above specimens from Portugal and Tunisia represent first national records. On various occasions, this species was collected in the same localities as O. brevipenne .

Map 5: Distribution of Ochthephilum jacquelinii (BOIELDIEU) , based on revised records.