Parophonus ( Ophonomimus ) hirsutulus (Dejean, 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

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.

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).

Figure 5. Aedeagii. Α. Brachinus plagiatus; B. Brachinus psophia; C. Sirdenus grayii; D. Anaulacus ruficornis; E. Cymindis andrae; F. Ophonus puncticeps; G. Dicheirotrichus obsoletus; H. Parophonus hirsutulus; I. Pterostichus anthracinus; J. Calathus cinctus. Scale bars: 0.53 mm (A); 0.41 mm (B); 0.28 mm (C); 0.72 mm (D); 0.49 mm (E); 0.61 mm (F); 0.47 mm (G); 0.56 mm (H); 1.17 mm (I); 0.63 mm (J).