18. Parophonus (Ophonomimus) hirsutulus (Dejean, 1829)

Figs 3 I, 5 H

Habitat and general distribution.

Parophonus hirsutulus has a Turano-Mediterranean distribution (Kataev and Wrase 2017).

Material examined.

• Rethymno: Petres River mouth, 35.351030°N, 24.358000°E, 2 m elev., 15.V.2015 – 9.VII.2015, pitfall traps, 9 spms, leg. Pavlou Chr. (NHMC) ; • same data, but 9.VII.2015 – 2.XI.2015, 30 spms; • Amari, Potamon Dam, 35.275710°N, 24.581507°E, 206 m elev., 4.IV.2017, handpicking, 1 spm, leg. Amyntas A. (NHMC) ; • same data, but 8.VI.2017, 2 spms, leg. Pavlou Chr. (NHMC); • same data, but 8.VI.2017 – 17.X.2017, pitfall traps, 1 spm, leg. Amyntas A. (NHMC) .

Comments.

Parophonus hirsutulus has a Turano-Mediterranean distribution (Kataev and Wrase 2017). In Greece, the species has been reported from the Greek mainland and Peloponnese (Apfelbeck 1904; Arndt et al. 2011). This is the first record of P. hirsutulus from Crete. The species appears to be restricted in central Crete.