Clivina (s. str.) ypsilon Dejean & Boisduval, 1829

Pavlou, Christoforos, Bolanakis, Giannis, Kardaki, Ljubitsa & Trichas, Apostolos, 2025, Forty years of ground-beetle sampling in Crete. A major contribution to the Carabidae (Coleoptera, Adephaga) fauna of Crete (Greece), Contributions to Entomology 75 (2), pp. 269-288 : 269-288

6. Clivina (s. str.) ypsilon Dejean & Boisduval, 1829

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Habitat and general distribution.

Clivina ypsilon has a wide distribution in Europe, North Africa, Near and Middle East ( Balkenohl 2017). The species occurs in saline, surface waters ( Trautner and Geigenmüller 1987; Arndt et al. 2011)

Material examined.

• Chania: Kournas Lake, north bank , 35.336232°N, 24.274637°E, 8.III.2018 – 15.V.2018, pitfall traps, 1 spm, leg. Amyntas A. ( NHMC) ; • Heraklion: Almyros Estuary , salt-marsh, 35.338506°N, 25.061404°E, 2 m a. s. l, 28.XI.2012 – 30.V.2013, pitfall traps, 2 spms, leg. Aspradaki E. ( NHMC) .

Comments.

Clivina ypsilon was noted for the first time in Greece by von Oertzen (1886). Apfelbeck (1904) reports again the species providing two localities (Phaleron, in Attica and Thessaly Province). Arndt et al. (2011) accept this species for Greece, but only for the Greek mainland. This constitutes the first documentation of C. ypsilon in Crete. The species was found in two quite different habitats, i. e., in a salt-marsh and in the sandy banks of a freshwater lake (Kournas).

Figures

Figure 2. A. Calosoma inquisitor; B. Calosoma maderae; C. Carabus graecus trojanus; D. Brachinus plagiatus; E. Brachinus psophia; F. Clivia ypsilon; G. Sirdenus grayii; H. Scarites eurytus; I. Scarites buparius. Scale bars: 5.5 mm (A); 7.75 mm (B); 5 mm (C); 3 mm (D); 2.5 mm (E); 1.75 mm (F); 1.1 mm (G); 6.4 mm (H); 6.8 mm (I).