Leptobium paivae (WOLLASTON, 1865)

Assing, Volker, 2017, A revision of Leptobium CASEY. VIII. A new species from Iran, a new synonymy, and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (1), pp. 275-284 : 280

Leptobium paivae (WOLLASTON, 1865)

Material examined: Portugal: Selvagens Grande : 2♂♂, 4♀♀, SE Levada, Suaeda, 24.IV.2014, leg. Putzer ( MNB, cAss) ; 2♀♀, Levada do Norte , Suaeda, 14.IV.2014, leg. Putzer ( MNB) ; 3♂♂, 7♀♀ [partly teneral], Levada do Norte , Suaeda, 17.IV.2014, leg. Putzer ( MNB, cAss, cFel) ; 6♂♂, 8♀♀ [partly teneral], Tornozelos , 20.IV.2014, leg. Putzer ( MNB, cAss) ; 1♂, 3♀♀ [teneral], same data, but 19.IV.2014 ( MNB) ; 6♂♂, 5♀♀ (4 teneral], SE-Levada, 27.IV.2014, leg. Putzer ( MNB, cFel, cAss) ; 2♂♂, 5♀♀ [partly teneral], locality not specified, IV.2014, leg. Putzer ( MNB, cFel, cAss) ; 1♀ [teneral], locality not specified, 13.IV.2014, leg. Putzer ( MNB) ; 3♀♀ [1 teneral], locality not specified, 19.IV.2014, leg. Putzer ( MNB) ; 1♀ [teneral], locality not specified, 24.IV.2014, leg. Putzer ( MNB) ; 2♂♂ [teneral], locality not specified, 15.IV.2014, leg. Putzer ( MNB, cFel) ; 1♂, 2♀♀ [teneral], locality not specified, 17.IV.2014, leg. Putzer ( MNB) .

Comment: The distribution of this species is confined to Selvagens Grande. All the above specimens were collected from under stones. Nearly half of them are teneral.