15. Cryptops (Cryptops) trisulcatus Broelemann, 1902

Cryptops trisulcatus Broel.: Kraepelin 1903: 44. (1)

Cryptops trisulcatus Brolemann: Jeannel 1926: 188. (2)

Cryptops (Cryptops) trisulcatus Bröl .: Attems 1930: 225, figs 289-292. (3)

Cryptops trisulcatus Brolemann [sic], 1902) [sic]: Brölemann 1930: 211, figs 344-350. (4)

Cryptops trisulcatus corsicus Verhoeff 1943: 13, fig. 17. (5)

Cryptops hortensis Leach, 1815: Minelli 1978: 156 [pars]. (6)

Cryptops trisulcatus Brölemann, 1902: Minelli 1978: 156. (7)

Cryptops trisulcatus Brölemann, 1902: Foddai et al. 1996: 360, Tab. I. (8)

Cryptops trisulcatus ( Brölemann, 1902) [sic]: Iorio and Geoffroy 2008: 86, fig. 2e, 5b. (9)

Cryptops (Cryptops) trisulcatus Brölemann, 1902: Geoffroy and Iorio 2009: 681. (10)

Literature records.

General. Sardinia-Corsica (6, 7). Corsica (2, 3, 4, 8, 10). Epigeic. Corse-du-Sud, 2A (9) - Ajaccio (1) [I]. Haute-Corse, 2B (9) - Erbalunga (5, loc. typ. of Cryptops trisulcatus corsicus Verhoeff, 1943) [I].

Material examined.

Epigeic. Corse-du-Sud, 2A - Bonifacio, la Citadelle, collector unknown, 1 ex EI det. (MNHN) [I]. Evisa, falls of Aitone, 1000 m: 3.VIII.1997, MZ, 1 ex MZ det. (CMZ) [II]. Evisa, Castanea sativa wood above the village, 850 m: 13.IV.2004, MZ, 4 exx MZ det. (CMZ) [II]. Porto, between Col de la Croix and Plage de Tuara, low maquis, 200-250 m: 14.IV.2004, MZ, 1 ex MZ det. (CMZ) [I].Tizzano, 7 km NE: 10.VIII.1997, MZ, 1 ex MZ det. (CMZ) [I]. Haute-Corse, 2B - Cap Corse, Col St. Lucia, Tour de Seneca, Quercus ilex wood, 450 m: 11.IV.2004, MZ, 1 ex MZ det. (CMZ) [I]. Macinaggio, Route du Douanier, low maquis, 30 m: 9.IV.2004, MZ, 1 ex MZ det. (CMZ) [I].

General distribution.

Europe: France (mainland, Corsica), Greece (Ionian Is., Southern Sporades, Crete), Italy (mainland, Sicily, Sardinia), Maltese Archipelago, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Spain (mainland, Balearic Is., Canary Is.); North Africa: Algeria, Tunisia; West Asia: Turkey ( south–east).

Chorotype.

Mediterranean.

Ecological notes.

30-1000 m; thermophilous species; all records originate from the Mesomediterranean and Supramediterranean belts, in Quercus ilex woods (1 site), Castanea sativa woods (1 site), maquis (1 site), low maquis (1 site).