Pseudobium cypriacum JARRIGE 1949

Assing, V., 2007, On the genus Pseudobium MULSANT & REY II. A new species from Pakistan and additional records (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 39 (1), pp. 15-21 : 16

Pseudobium cypriacum JARRIGE 1949 (Map 1)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Turkey: 1ex., Muğla, ca. 15 km ENE Muğla, 37°15'N, 28°30'E, 1190 m, N-slope, pasture with shrubs and stones on limestone, grass and stones sifted, under stones, 10.IV.2006, leg. Wunderle (cWun). Iran: 1 ex., Fars province, ca. 50 km SW Shiraz, Richi , 29°30'N, 52°11'E, 1650 m, 9.IV.2006, leg. Frisch & Serri ( MNHUB) ; 1 ex., Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari province, 15 km SE Naghan, Chahartagh , 31°51'N, 50°50'E, 2200 m, 5.VII.2004, leg. Frisch & Serri ( MNHUB) ; 1 ex., Azarbayjan-e Sharqi, road Jolfa-Marand, near road to Oryantappeh , 38°45'N, 45°37'E, 1310 m, 12.VIII.2005, leg. Frisch & Serri (cAss) .

C o m m e n t: The species was previously known only from Turkey and Cyprus ( ASSING 2006); it is here reported from Iran for the first time (Map 1). Interestingly, the specimen from Muğla was collected by sifting stones and grass roots at the margin of a pasture, far away from the nearest river bank, where Pseudobium is usually found.

Map 1: Distributions of Pseudobium cypriacum JARRIGE (filled circles) and P. hellenicum ASSING (open circles), based on revised records.