Trichis maculata Klug 1832

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

15. Trichis maculata Klug 1832

Fig. 3 F

Habitat and general distribution.

Trichis maculata is a Turano-Mediterranean species ( Kabak 2017). The species occurs in coastal saline habitats ( Arndt et al. 2011).

Material examined.

• Chrysi isl., Vages Beach , salt-lake, 34.874799°N, 25.728071°E, 1 m elev., 23.III.2023 – 13.VII.2023, pitfall traps, 6 spms, leg. Bolanakis G. ( NHMC) .

Comments.

Trichis maculata has been reported from Greece by von Oertzen (1886) from Attiki. In his 1904 report, Apfelbeck also cites T. maculata from Attiki, attributing this information to Krüper. In addition to the record of Apfelbeck (1904), no further documentation pertaining to this species occurs for Greece. This is the first documentation of the genus in Greece for a period of 150 years and, moreover, this signifies the inaugural record of the species in Crete. Trichis maculata was found in a small salt-lake in the southern coast of Chrysi islet. The species occurs in North Africa and near East ( Kabak 2017) and has not been found yet anywhere else in Crete. Further research is required in order to confirm whether the species is also present in other parts of Crete or Greece.

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).