taxonID	type	description	language	source
DB666571FFB7FFEAFF65F692FE08FA79.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: This species is widespread from the southern Balkans (Greece, Makedonia) to Middle Asia, Iran, and the Middle East; for a map illustrating its distribution see ASSING (2004 a).	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFB4FFE9FF65F391FDDEFCBA.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: Medon apicalis is an expansive Atlanto-Mediterranean element. Its distribution is mapped by ASSING (2006).	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFB4FFE9FF65F2E9FC1CFEE2.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: Medon bucharicus has been recorded from several localities in Middle Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan) (ASSING 2004 a, 2005 a, 2006).	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFB4FFE9FF65F6FDFBA4FAFE.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: The above specimen represents the first record of M. oromii since the original description, which is based on a single male from Gran Canaria (ASSING 2006).	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFB4FFE9FF65F169FD55FB36.taxon	description	Sicilien, Messina, April 43 / leg. Wolfrum / Type / Medon pernigrum fraudulentum H. Coiffait 1978 / Sammlung Dr. Ulbrich (SMNS). Paratypes: 1 ex.: same data as holotype (SMNS); 2 exs.: Sicilien-Messina, 28. II. 42 (SMNS); 2 exs., same data, but 13.12.42 (SMNS); 2 exs.: same data, but 6.3.43 (SMNS). M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Italy: 1 ex., Toscana, Piombino (NHMW); 1 ex., Calabria, Passo Scalone, 744 m, 31. V. 1951, leg. Busulini (cAss). C o m m e n t: The Adriato-Mediterranean distribution of M. perniger ranges from Sicily in the south to southeastern France and southern Switzerland in the north (ASSING 2006). Previously, only a paratype of M. perniger fraudulentus COIFFAIT 1978, a junior syonym of M. perniger, was examined (ASSING 2006).	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFB4FFE8FF65F7A5FBADFEBF.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: Medon petrochilosi is a rare species previously known only from Greece and Croatia (ASSING 2004 a). The above specimen from Macedonia represents a new country record. The material from Greece was collected with subterranean pitfall traps.	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFB5FFE8FF65F14DFEE4FBD3.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: The Atlanto-Mediterranean distribution of this subspecies is illustrated by ASSING (2006).	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFB5FFE8FF65F0AAFC44FCC6.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: Confirmed records of this extremely rare subspecies, whose distribution is apparently of the Adriato-Mediterranean type (see map in ASSING 2006), have become known only from Italy, southern Central Europe, and Hungary (ASSING 2006).	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFB5FFE8FF65F640FCC5FAD0.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: The distribution of this subspecies includes Northwest Africa, the Canary Islands, and Sicily, possibly also the Azores (ASSING 2006). In the Canarian Islands, M. d. quadriceps was previously known only from Fuerteventura and Lanzarote; the above specimens from Tenerife represent a new island record.	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFB5FFE8FF65F364FEC2FDE4.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: The distribution of M. seleucus is confined to Osmaniye and Hatay provinces, central southern Anatolia, where this species is common (ASSING 2004 a, 2004 b, 2007 c).	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFB5FFEFFF65F75FFC38FE9A.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: This subspecies is common and widespread in the Eastern Mediterranean region; for maps illustrating its distribution see ASSING (2004 a, 2006).	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFB2FFEFFF65F728FD1EFA08.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: The distribution of M. africanus, the sister species of M. rufiventris, is confined to Tunisia and Algeria (ASSING 2006).	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFB2FFEFFF65F051FE3DFD6A.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: This recently discovered cave species is endemic to the Canarian island El Hierro (ASSING 2006).	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFB2FFEFFF65F119FD26FB99.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: The distribution of this nidicolous species is of the expansive Atlanto- Mediterranean type; for a map see ASSING (2006).	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFB2FFEFFF65F609FE30FB7B.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: Medon rufiventris, which is apparently associated with dead wood, has an expansive Ponto-Mediterranean distribution (Assing 2004 a, 2005 a, 2005 b, 2006). For a map see ASSING (2006).	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFB2FFEFFF65F309FC2BFDA2.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: Medon subcoriaceus is endemic to the Canary Islands, where it has been recorded from all the larger islands except Lanzarote (ASSING 2006).	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFB2FFEEFF65F7F7FC1FFAAB.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: Medon ferrugineus, a Ponto-Mediterranean element whose distribution ranges from eastern Turkey to the southeast of Central Europe (Map 1), is apparently rather common in northern Turkey. Map 1: Distribution of Medon ferrugineus (ERICHSON) based on revised records.	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFB3FFEDFF65F758FE4CFCCB.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: In many regions of the Eastern Mediterranean, M. brunneus is the most common representative of the genus. Its expansive Adriato-Mediterranean distribution is mapped by ASSING (2006).	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFB0FFEDFF65F1BBFD9FFA4C.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: The distribution of M. piceus is of the expansive Atlanto-Mediterranean type; for a map see ASSING (2006).	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFB1FFECFF65F2E9FE4CFDDA.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: For a map illustrating the Atlanto-Mediterranean distribution of this species see ASSING (2006).	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFB1FFECFF65F049FE91FCAC.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: The distribution of M. despectus is confined to Algeria, Tunisia, and the Italian island Pantelleria (ASSING 2005 a, 2006). Previous records from Spain and Morocco (see SMETANA 2004) are evidently based on a confusion with the similar M. cauchoisi.	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFB1FFE3FF65F152FC8FFEA4.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: Medon semiobscurus is distributed and common in Anatolia and the Middle East, eastwards to Iran. Its distribution borders parapatrically on that of the closely related M. brunneus. In Greece, M. semiobscurus has been recorded only from the islands Samos, Rhodos, and Lesbos, from where M. brunneus is unknown, and in Turkey, M. brunneus is confined to the very northwest, where M. semiobscurus is absent (ASSING 2004 a, 2005 a, 2005 b, 2006). Several specimens collected in Turkey in April are teneral.	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFBEFFE3FF65F36BFEC6FC48.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: Medon fusculus is the most widespread representative of the M. fusculus group. The expansive Ponto-Mediterranean distribution of this species is mapped by ASSING (2006).	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFBEFFE3FF65F636FEC3FB40.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: The known distribution of this species is confined to Anatolia (ASSING 2004 a, 2005 a).	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFBEFFE3FF65F6CEFEF2F9B0.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: The distribution of M. lydicus ranges from western Anatolia and the Greek islands Rhodos, Samos, Ikaria, and Lesbos across Bulgaria to southeastern Yugoslavia (ASSING 2004 a, 2005 a, 2005 b, 2007 b). The specimen from Serbia represents a new country record and considerably expands the known distribution of the species northwestwards (Map 2).	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFBFFFE2FF65F647FC06FA80.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: The distribution of this species is confined to the Middle East from central southern Anatolia to Israel (ASSING 2004 a, 2004 b, 2005, 2007 a).	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFBFFFE2FF65F2E9FE27FE3F.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: Medon subfusculus was previously known only from southern Anatolia westwards to Antalya (ASSING 2004 a, 2005 a). The specimen from Kós represents the first record from Greece.	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFBFFFE1FF65F767FC45FE07.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: The distribution of M. abantensis ranges from western Anatolia (Izmir) to Georgia (ASSING 2004 a, 2004 b, 2007 b). An updated illustration is given in Map 3. A considerable proportion of the Turkish specimens collected in July are teneral.	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFBCFFE1FF65F758FD99F993.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: The distribution of M. fusculoides ranges from eastern Anatolia to southern and eastern Iran (Map 4).	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFBCFFE1FF65F668FD49FAB3.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: The above specimens were collected at and near the type locality of this recently described species (ASSING 2007 c) (Map 3).	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFBDFFE0FF65F2E9FE6EFBBD.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: Medon serriae has become known only from southwestern Iran (Map 4). Map 4: Distributions of Medon fusculoides COIFFAIT (filled circles) and M. serriae ASSING (open circles), based on revised records.	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFBDFFE7FF65F663FC24FBCA.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: This species is distributed in northern Iran and Azerbaijan, near the coast of the Caspian Sea (Map 5). Unlike M. fusculoides, which too is widespread and common in Iran and which was predominantly found near streams and rivers, M. sparsiventris appears to inhabit the leaf litter layer of forests. Map 5: Distribution of Medon sparsiventris EPPELSHEIM, based on revised records.	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFBAFFE7FF65F6B9FEF7F98E.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: A map illustrating the expansive Atlanto-Mediterranean distribution of M. ripicola is provided by ASSING (2006). The specimens from Macedonia represent a new country record.	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
DB666571FFBBFFE6FF65F2E9FB88F9BA.taxon	description	D e s c r i p t i o n: Body length 5.2 - 6.0 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 1. Coloration: forebody dark reddish; abdomen reddish-brown with paler apex (segments VII / VIII-X); legs and antennae reddish to reddish-brown. Head weakly oblong, 1.02 - 1.06 times as long as wide; punctation very dense, fine, and shallow; interstices very narrow, much narrower than diameter of punctures; surface almost matt (Fig. 2); eyes moderately small (Fig. 3), weakly projecting from contours of head, approximately 0.4 times as long as postocular region in dorsal view. Antennae long (1.9 - 2.0 mm) and slender; antennomere III approximately 3 times as long as wide, X as wide as long or weakly oblong. Pronotum approximately as wide as long; surface, except for a weakly shiny longitudinal rudiment in posterior half of midline, matt due to very coarse microsculpture; punctation dense, fine, and shallow, barely visible in the microsculpture (Fig. 2). Elytra 1.03 - 1.06 times as long as pronotum (Fig. 2); punctation conspicuously dense, fine, and weakly defined; surface with subdued shine, but somewhat more glossy than head and pronotum. Hind wings fully developed. Legs slender, metatibia approximately as long as elytra. Abdomen slightly narrower than elytra; punctation fine and dense; interstices with distinct microsculpture; posterior margin of tergite VII with pronounced palisade fringe. 3: posterior excavation of sternite VII deep and of broadly trapezoid shape, on either side without distinct clusters of thin long setae, and with lateral combs each composed of 9 - 10 palisade setae (Fig. 4); posterior excision of sternite VIII deeply concave (Fig. 5); aedeagus with apex of highly distinctive shape (Figs 6 - 9). C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: Based on the male primary and secondary sexual characters, the new species belongs to the M. fusculus group. The similar shape of the ventral process of the aedeagus suggests that it is most closely related to M. lamellatus ASSING 2004 from central southern Anatolia. The apex of the ventral process also somewhat resembles that of M. meybohmi (known only from Adana province). Medon solitarius is readily distinguished from all other representatives of the M. fusculus group particularly by its large size, the comparatively large and slender head, the long and slender antennae, the conspicuously fine and dense punctation of the forebody, the almost completely matt head and abdomen, as well as by the distinctive morphology of the aedeagus. For illustrations of the male primary and secondary sexual characters of other species of the M. fusculus group see ASSING (2004 a, 2004 b, 2005 a, 2006, 2007 b, 2007 c). E t y m o l o g y: The name (Latin, adjective) refers to the fact that, unlike most other Medon species, M. solitarius has been collected only in single specimens. D i s t r i b u t i o n a n d b i o n o m i c s: The species is known only from two localities in Kahramanmaraş province, central southern Anatolia (Map 3). Its morphology (large size, slender appendages, reddish coloration, relatively small eyes), as well as the fact that only two specimens have been collected in an area repeatedly studied by several colleagues suggest that M. solitarius apparently lives in a cryptic subterranean habitat (mammal nests?). The holotype was discovered under a stone (BRACHAT pers. comm.).	en	Assing, V. (2009): A revision of Western Palaearctic Medon. VII. A new species from southern Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1253-1268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276595
