Micrillus testaceus
Creators: name: Assing, V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Micrillus
Micrillus testaceus

description: Micrillus testaceus (ERICHSON 1840)
Material examined Tunisia: 1 ex., Kairouan, leg. Nordmann (MHNG); 2 exs. [det. Feldmann], Béja, Mt. Teboursouk, W Djebba, 36°28'N, 9°05'E, 640 m, wet field, under stones, 4.III.2012, leg. Hetzel (cFel). Algeria: 1 ex., Annaba (cAss). Spain: Murcia: 1 ex., Jumilla, Cañada del Águila, 4.VI.2008, leg. Lencina (cAss); 1 ex., Jumilla, El Portichuelo, 38°31'N, 1°22'W, 575 m, 4.VI.2009, leg. J. Lencina (cAss). Andalucía: 4exs., Cádiz,4 kmNNW Tarifa, 36°03'N, 5°37'W, 10 m, road margin, flooded meadow, under stone, 26.XII.2009, leg. Assing & Wunderle (cAss, cWun); 1 ex., Cádiz, 20 km NNE Tarifa, Pto. de Ojén, 36°11'N, 5°34'W, 190 m, loamy pasture, under stone, 30.XII.2009, leg. Assing (cAss); 2 exs., Cádiz, 20 km NNE Tarifa, Pto. de Ojén, 36°11'N, 5°34'W, 200 m, loamy pasture, under stones, 30.XII.2009, leg. Wunderle (cWun); 1 ex., Cádiz, 20 km NW Tarifa, Bolonia, 36°06'N, 5°48'W, 180 m, pasture, under stone, 1.I.2010, leg. Assing (cAss). France: 1 ex., Hérault, Palavas, XII.1953 (cBor); 1 ex., Hérault, Lattes (cBor); 2 exs., Var, Hyères (MHNG); 1 ex., Var, Roquebrune-sur-Argens, flood, IX.1960, leg. Bordoni (cBor); 1 ex., Béziers, Portiragnes Plage, 8.X.1996, leg. Ziegler (cAss); 1 ex., Corsica, locality not specified (MHNG). Italy: Emilia - Romagna: 2exs., Ferrara, IV.1970 (cBor). Lazio: 1 ex., Roma, inundation of Aniene river, leg. Luigioni (MHNG); 1 ex., Roma, Monte della Tolfa Rota, 16.III.1969, leg. Vigna (cBor). Basilicata: 1 ex., Accettura (MT), Gallipoli-Coganto, 14.IV.1996, leg. Angelini (ZMUC). Puglia: 2 exs., estuary of Lato river, 14.IX.2003, leg. Angelini (ZMUC). Calabria: 2 exs., Africo (RC), meadow, 11.III.2000, leg. Angelini (ZMUC, cAss); 1 ex., San Luca (RC), 12.III.2000, leg. Angelini (ZMUC). Sardegna: 1ex., Sassari, Chilivani, 25.IV.1979, leg. Pavesi (MCSNM); 1 ex., Cagliari, Elmas env., 26.I.1979, leg. Meloni (cBor); 1 ex., locality not specified, leg. Dodero (cBoh). Sicilia: 1 ex., Monti Iblei, Vizzini (CT), 650 m, 26.IV.2007, leg. Angelini (ZMUC); 1 ex., Maletto (ME), ctr. S. Venera, 8.V.2007, leg. Angelini (cAss); 1 ex., Lago di Lentini, 26.III.1942 (cAss); 1 ex., Castelbuono, 21.III.1942 (NHMW); 1 ex., locality not specified (MNHUB). Locality ambiguous: 1 ex., " Bazzano ", leg. Sekera (cBoh). Yugoslavia: 1 ex., Serbia, Rudnik, 1914, leg. Rambousek (cBoh). Albania: 1 ex., Lum i Tiranes, 1936, leg. Bischoff (MCSNT); 1 ex., Pogradec, 18 km NNW Pogradec, S Q. e Hanës, 41°03'N, 20°37'E, 1000 m, pasture, under stones, 24.V.2010, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ex., Korçë, 35 km W Korçë, Mali i Ostrovikës, 40°41'N, 20°23'E, 520 m, pasture, under stones, 26.V.2010, leg. Assing (cAss). Greece: Mainland: 1ex., Aitoloarkanania ["Aetolia"] (cBoh). Corfou: 1 ex., locality not specified, leg. Reitter (MHNG). Zakinthos: 1 ex., Kalamaki, 1909, leg. Hilf (MHNG). Rhódos: 1, 5 km SW Embonas, Attaviros, 36°12'N, 27°49'E, 600 m, calcareous pasture, under stones, 7.III.2013, leg. Assing (cAss). Turkey: Sinop: 1ex., 15kmSWSinop, S KÕlÕçlÕ, 41°57'N, 35°02'E, 80 m, grassy road margin, grass between shrubs, sifted, 3.IV.2009, leg. Assing (cAss). Kastamonu: 1ex., 40 kmNWKastamonu, NE Azdavay, W YeúilpÕnar, 41°42'N, 33°28'E, 1090 m, calcareous slope and flooded field, under stones, 9.IV.2009, leg. Assing (cAss). Ankara 1 ex., S Ankara, E Kulu, Düden Gölü, 39°04'N, 33°08'E, 970 m, salty lakeshore, 2.VII.2005, leg. Schnitter (cApf). Adana: 1ex.,Adana,1906 (cBoh); 3 exs., Adana (cBoh). Gaziantep 1 ex., Nurda÷Õ geçidi, 1000 m, 16.V.1997, leg. Sama (MNHUB). Diyarbak Õ r: 3 exs., DiyarbakÕr, 26.VII.1977 (EU, cAss); 1 ex., Karacada ÷, 28.V.1987, leg. Schönmann & Schillhammer (NHMW). Cyprus: 4 exs., Larnaka, Oroklini, salt lake, at light, 11.VI.2010, leg. Ziegler (cAss); 1 ex., Pafos, Arodes, 24.II.2011, leg. Ziegler (cAss). Syria: 1 ex., muh Al Ladhqiyah, Aqra mts., 6 km SW Al Basit, 35°49'N, 35°47'E, at light, 21.VI.2006, leg. Rahmé et al. (HNHM). Israel: 1 ex., Jordan Valley, Tirat Zvi, at UV-light, 17.VIII.-2.IX.1988, leg. Shahak (ZMUC); 1 ex., Haifa, leg. Reitter (cAss); 1 ex. [det. Feldmann], ca. 5 km SW Hadera, Ha-Sharon Park, 27.XI.2007, leg. Assmann (cFel); 1 ex. [det. Feldmann], Golan Heights, Bental Reservoir, near Merom Golan, 33°08'N, 35°47'E, ca. 940 m, 25.III.2008, leg. Assmann (cFel); 4 exs., Jordan Valley and Southern Golan, Bet Zaida Nat. Res., Bet haBek, 3.VII.2003, leg. Orbach (ZMUC, cAss); 1 ex., Lower Galilee, Allonim Hills, 8.VIII.2001, leg. Orbach (ZMUC); 1 ex., Allonim Hills, 19.VII.2000, leg. Orbach (ZMUC); 1 ex., Kiryat-Tivon, at light, 8.VIII.1997, leg. Orbach (ZMUC). Iran: 1 ex., Sah Jahan mts., Mareshk, 36°48'N, 59°33'E, 1800 m, 26.V.2006, leg. Frisch & Serri (MNHUB). Russia: 1 ex., Kurskaya oblast, Kursk-strel., steppe, leg. Arnoldi (cAss); 1 ex., Rostov / Don, 27.VI.1972 (cBoh). Locality illegible: 1 ex. (MNHUB).
Comment: The vast distribution of Micrillus testaceus is of the Holo-Mediterranean type and ranges from the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco in the west to South European Russia and the Middle East in the east. The currently known distribution is illustrated in Map 1. For a detailed account of the taxonomy, distribution, and natural history see ASSING (2008).
description: Published as part of Assing, V., 2013, On the Palaearctic and Oriental species of Scymbalium and Micrillus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), pp. 1479-1520 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (2) on pages 1488-1489, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5301289