Chlaenius ( Epomis ) dejeanii (Dejean, 1831)

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

10. Chlaenius ( Epomis) dejeanii (Dejean, 1831)

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Habitat and general distribution.

Chlaenius dejeanii is an East European-Mediterranean species with its distribution reaching Middle East (e. g. Syria, Iraq) ( Arndt et al. 2011; Kirschenhofer 2017).

Material examined.

• Heraklion: Aposelemis, Sfentyli Dam , 35.234204°N, 25.420799°E, 211 m elev., 24.III.2017 – 25.IV.2017, pitfall traps, 1 spm, leg. Amyntas A. ( NHMC) ; • same data but 25.IV.2017 – 30.V.2017, 1 spm ; • same data, but 30.V.2017 – 19.X.2017, 21 spms ; • Tympaki , salt-lake, 35.075001°Ν, 24.745918°Ε, 2 m elev., 15.IV.2022 – 2.VI.2022, pitfall traps, 4 spms, leg. Bolanakis G. ( NHMC) ; • same data, but 2.VI.2022 – 4.VII.2022, 2 spms ; • same data, but 15.IV.2022, handpicking, 1 spm ; • Lasithi: Bramiana artificial lake , 35.043096°N, 25.706700°E, 76 m elev., 4.I.1999 – 3.III.1999, pitfall traps, 1 spm, leg. Papadimitrakis M. ( NHMC) ; • same data, but 3.III.1999 – 4.V.1999, 13 spms ; • same data, but 4.V.1999 – 22.VII.1999, 13 spms .

Comments.

Chlaenius dejeanii is a prominent and scarce ( Austin et al. 2008) carabid that was first reported from Greece by Schaum (1857) from Peloponnese (“ Morea ”) and Athens. Apfelbeck (1904) expanded the distribution of the species beyond the Greek mainland in the Ionian islands, by the reporting of specimens from Corfu. This is the first time the species is recorded from Crete. Several populations were captured through pitfall trapping, in the central-east part of the island, from the north (e. g. Aposelemis) to the south (e. g. Tympaki). The species was found in natural (Tympaki) and artificial wetlands (Aposelemis, Bramiana), with different gradients of salinity.

Figures

Figure 3. Α. Chlaenius dejeanii; B. Anaulacus ruficornis; C. Masoreus aegyptiacus; D. Cymindis andreae; E. Cymindis ornata; F. Trichis maculata; G. Anisodactylus intermedius; H. Ophonus puncticeps; I. Parophonus hirsutulus. Scale bars: 4 mm (A); 1.75 mm (B); 1.75 mm (C); 2.55 mm (D); 2 mm (E); 1.8 mm (F); 3 mm (G); 2.2 mm (H); 2.1 mm (I).