Leptobium syriacum (SAULCY)

Assing, V., 2006, A revision of Leptobium CASEY. Supplement I (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 38 (1), pp. 381-384 : 382

Leptobium syriacum (SAULCY)

A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Turkey: 1 ex. [det. Feldmann], Gaziantep, Sof Dağı, Şahinbey , 1300 m, 9.IV.2005, leg. Yagmur (cFel) . Israel: 1 ex. [det. Feldmann], Birel env., Maksur , 32°45.901'N, 35°13.883'E, 23.II.2005, leg. Starke (cSta) ; 3 exs. [det. Feldmann], Galil, Mt. Meron, Ya'ar Bar'am , 33°02.369'N, 35°25.438'E, 22.II.2005, leg. Starke (cFel, cSta) ; 4 exs. [det. Feldmann], Khermon, ridge Har, Khavushit N Majdal e-Shams, 33°17N, 35°46E, 1500 m, leg. Starke (cFel, cSta) .

C o m m e n t s: The species is rather common and widespread in the Middle East, from southern Anatolia and Cyprus to Israel; for a distribution map see ASSING (2005).