Medon maronitus (SAULCY 1864)

Assing, V., 2007, A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. V. A new species from Iran and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 39 (1), pp. 23-32 : 24

Medon maronitus (SAULCY 1864)

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: Greece: 3 exs., Kárpathos, Spoa, 500 m, 23.IV.1994, leg. Frisch ( MNHUB): 4 exs., Rhódos , Petaloudes ( Butterfly valley ), 15.IV.1994, leg. Frisch ( MNHUB, cAss). Turkey: I z m i r: 2 exs., Karaburun , 38°35N, 26°29E, 550 m, 26.IV.2006, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; A y d ı n: 3 exs., Dilek Dağı, Kanyon, 37°41N, 27°10E, 100 m, 27.IV.2006, leg. leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss). Iran: 1 ex., Azarbayjan-e Sharqi, Aras valley at Qara Dagh, Mardanghem, 38°50N, 46°33E, 500 m, 10.VIII.2005, leg. Frisch & Serri ( MNHUB) .

C o m m e n t: The presence of this widespread species in Iran was previously uncertain ( ASSING 2004a). For a map illustrating the distribution see ASSING (2004a).