Carpelimus (Troginus) atomus (Saulcy, 1864)

Gildenkov, Mikhail Yu., 2020, New data on the New Guinea fauna of Carpelimus Leach, 1819 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae), Amurian Zoological Journal XII (3), pp. 369-377 : 375

Carpelimus (Troginus) atomus (Saulcy, 1864)

( Bledius atomus Saulcy 1864 ; = Trogophloeus discolor Baudi di Selve, 1870 ; = Trogophloeus (Troginus) formosanus Cameron, 1940 ; = Trogophloeus variegatus Cameron, 1944 ; = Trogophloeus ruandanus Cameron, 1956 ; = Trogophloeus (Paraboopinus) travei Coiffait, 1982 ; = Trogophloeus atomarius Coiffait, 1983 ; = Carpelimus maroccanus Gildenkov, 2004 ).

Material. Indonesia: 1♂, 1♀, 11 ex. “INDONESIA, West Papua, Batanta Island, valley of Forum River , 19.II.2016, at light,” “ S 00°52'26.5'', E 130°27'45.4'', leg. T. Kovács, R. Horváth, P. Juhász ” ( HNHM) ; 1 ex. “INDONESIA E, West Papua, Tamarau mts, Fef vill. 6.5 km NW, S 00°47'04'', E 132°22'27'', 480 m, 11.II.2012, river valley, leg. D. Telnov ” ( NKME) ; 18 ex. “ West-Papua, Manokwari N 01°18.41', E 134°14.24' | Pr., 14 km NE Ransiki cut. area, Lichtfalle Warbiati (Oransbari) leg. A. Weigel 2.III.2005 ” “Collection NATURKUNDEMUSEUM ERFURT” ( NKME; 2 ex. — cMG) .

Papua New Guinea: 7 ex. “XI. 78 | PNG/ Morobe Umg. Kaiapit” “ Papua Nlle Guinee W. G. Ullrich ” ( MHNG; 1ex. — cMG) ; 2 ex. “PAPUA N. GUINEA env. Madang Nagada VI. 79 W. G. Ullrich ” ( MHNG) .

Remarks. The species is very widespread in the Oriental region and Tropical Africa, less common in the Palaearctic ( Gildenkov 2015; 2016; 2019b). It is known to us from the following regions: Afghanistan, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Islands, Central African Republic, China (Beijing, Hebei, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hongkong, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Congo Kinshasa, Cote de'Ivoire, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Germany, India, Indonesia (Borneo, Java); Iraq, Israel, Japan (including Okinawa), Laos, Libya, Madagascar, Madeira Islands, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of South Africa, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe. For the island of New Guinea it is given for the first time.