Sunius bicolor
Creators: name: Ferreira, Raul NasCimento
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Sunius
Sunius bicolor

description: Sunius bicolor (Olivier, 1795)
Paederus bicolor Olivier, 1795: [44]: 7
Lithocharis ruficollis Kraatz, 1858: 717
Oliveira (1893) recorded it as Lithocharis ruficollis Kraatz from Guarda (Beira Alta). Ferreira (1971) records the species in Eirol (Beira Litoral). Reported from Portugal with no precise localities by Horion (1965). Gamarra & Outerelo (2020) reported the species only from Beira Alta. Ferreira (2021a) refers 2 ex. from Monte Córdova, 1 ex. from PenAmAior And 1 ex. with the № 46.
New data: Minho, Braga, Vieira do Minho, Serra do Gerês, 2/07/1969, 2 ex., leg. R. N. Ferreira (cRNF). Beira Litoral, Aveiro, Aveiro, Eirol, 29/07/1969, 1 ex., leg. R. N. Ferreira (cRNF); Coimbra, Coimbra, Bairro Marechal Carmona, 2/11/1968, 1 ex., leg. R. N. Ferreira (cRNF); Santo António dos Olivais, 2/09/1968, 1 ex., leg. R. N. Ferreira (cRNF); Leiria, Ansião, Avelar, 11/07/1969, 1 ex., leg. R. N. Ferreira (cRNF), 18/07/1969, 1 ex., leg. R. N. Ferreira (cRNF).
Distribution: Widespread in Europe (Sch̡lke & Smetana, 2015).
Sunius melanocephalus (Fabricius, 1792) Paederus melanocephalus Fabricius, 1792: 538
Barros (1924) reported it from S. Martinho de Anta as Medon [sic!] melanocephalus (F.). Not reported from Portugal by Sch̡lke & Smetana (2015) or Gamarra & Outerelo (2020), it is recorded again by Ferreira (2021a) from Barroselas, 1 ex.
New data: Minho, Viana do Castelo, ValenÇa, São Pedro da Torre, 30/06/1966, 2 ex., leg. R. N. Ferreira (cRNF). Alto Alentejo, Évora, Évora, public garden, 4/11/1963, 1 ex., leg. R. N. Ferreira (cRNF); 7/11/1963, 11 ex., leg. R.N. Ferreira (cRNF).
Distribution: Widespread in Europe, and also known in some Asian countries and the Nearctic Region, where it"s introduced (Schülke & SmetAnA, 2015).
Sunius meybohmi Assing, 2003 Sunius meybohmi Assing, 2003: 680
Assing (2003) described this species from Serra de Montesinho, Montesinho, 1069 m, under stones, 41°56"13"" N 6°45 "31""W, 21/03/2002, 1 ♂ (Holotype), leg. Meybohm (cAss); Serra da Estrela, NW Manteigas, 1207 m, under stones, arable land, 40°25"23""N, 7°31"24""W, 19/03/2002, 1 ♂ and 2 ♀♀ (Paratypes), leg. Lompe (cAss); Lusitania (= Portugal), Guarda, Nabainhos, 8-16/11/1997, 1 ♂, leg. P. Poot (cWun). Gamarra & Outerelo (2020) reported this species from Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro and Beira Alta.
Distribution: Only known from Portugal and Spain (Sch̡lke & Smetana, 2015).
Sunius ovaliceps (Fauvel, 1878) Lithocharis ovaliceps Fauvel, 1878: 110
AnlAŞ (2018) recorded this species from Faro, Aljezur, 10/09/1969, 1 ♂ and 2 ♀♀, leg. Senglet (cMHNG). Not reported from Portugal by Gamarra & Outerelo (2020).
Distribution: Only known in Europe from France and Spain, but also present in Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and the Afrotopical Region (Sch̡lke & Smetana, 2015). It has been recently recorded in Portugal (AnlAŞ, 2018).
Sunius propinquus (Brisout, 1867) Lithocharis propinquus Brisout, 1867: 116
Oliveira (1893) reports this species from BuÇaco, Coimbra, Espinho and LeÇa. Borchert (1938) and Horion (1965) refer Coimbra. Boieiro et al. (1999), from Serra da Arrábida (Estremadura), Pavia (Alto Alentejo), Lagos and Castro Marim (Algarve). Assing (2008a) recorded this species in: 1 ex., Vila Real, Lilela/ValpaÇos, 28/08/1969, leg. Senglet (cAss); 1 ex., Vila Real, ValpaÇos, 28/08/1969, leg. Senglet (cAss); 1 ex., Lisboa, 04-05/1910, leg. Schatzmayr (cDEI); 1 ex., Beja, S Luiz/Odemira, 9-10/09/1969, leg. Senglet (cAss); 1 ex., Beja, Monte de Cavaleiro, Almodôvar, 15/09/1969, leg. Senglet (cAss); 1 ex., Beja, Alvito, 12/1997, leg. Poot (cWun); 3 ex., Lisboa, Loures, 5/08/1971, leg. Senglet (cAss); 2 ex., Faro, Bordeira/Aljezur, 11/09/1969, leg. Senglet (cAss); 3 ex., Faro, Norinha, 4/09/1969, leg. Senglet (cAss); 1 ex., Algarve, 10 km N São Brás de Alportel, 400 m, 4/06/1992, leg. Wunderle (cWun); 1 ex., Algarve, Loulé, 25/02/2002, leg. Hetzel (cFel). Assing (2008b) recorded 1 ex. from Coimbra, leg. Paulino (cNHMW). Assing (2015) recorded it in Algarve, Armacão de Pera, coast, 3.V.1998, 2 ex., leg. Hieke & Wendt (MNHUB, cAss); Algarve, Serra Monchique, Fóia Mt., 800 m, 1.V.1998, 1 ex., leg. Hieke & Wendt (MNHUB). AnlAŞ (2018) recorded the species from BraganÇa, Moncorvo, 27/08/1969, 1 ♂, leg. Senglet (MHNG). Gamarra & Outerelo (2020) reported the species from Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Douro Litoral, Beira Litoral, Estremadura, Alto Alentejo, Baixo Alentejo and Algarve.
New data: Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Sabrosa, S. Martinho de Anta, 10/10/1969, 1 ex., leg. R. N. Ferreira (cRNF).
Distribution: Known from Belgium, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Sweden, and also from Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Madeira Island (Sch̡lke & Smetana, 2015).
description: Published as part of Ferreira, Raul NasCimento, 2024, On some genera of Paederinae from the Portuguese fauna (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), pp. 3-26 in Arquivos Entomolóxicos 30 on pages 15-16