Rugilus (Rugilus) angustatus (Geoffroy, 1785)

Ferreira, Raul Nascimento, 2021, The genus Rugilus Leach, 1819 in the Portuguese fauna (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Arquivos Entomolóxicos 24, pp. 243-248 : 244

Rugilus (Rugilus) angustatus (Geoffroy, 1785)

Material examined: Minho, Braga, Vieira do Minho, Serra do Gerês , 12-X-1971, 2 ex.

Distribution: See Sch̡lke & Smetana (2015). Distribution in Portugal: Braga.

Remarks: Length: 5.5-6.5 mm. Head, elytra and abdomen brown-blackish with posterior margins of elytra grayish. Pronotum red or reddish-yellow. Legs, antennae and mouthparts brown-blackish or brown-reddish. Head slightly longer than wide, pronotum oblong narrower than head and elytra slightly longer than wide but wider than the head. For a more complete description see Coiffait (1984). Aedeagus as in Fig. 1. This species has during the year two peaks, one from March to June and other from October to December. The larvae were described by Rey (1880) and Xambeu (1911). Adults found under loose bark in wood piles, among composted wood chips and decaying plant materials, flood debris on river margins and in general in moist, muddy places near water and wet fields and meadows. One specimen with no locality is represented in Padre Ramiro Neves collection with the № 57 ( FerreirA, 2021). Not mentioned for PortugAl in the PAlAeArctic CAtAlogue ( Schülke & Smetana, 2015).