Cephennium giachinoi, Kahlen & Eckelt, 2024

Kahlen, Manfred & Eckelt, Andreas, 2024, Contribution to the knowledge of the Italian species of the genus Cephennium MÜLLER & KUNZE, 1822 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 56 (1), pp. 69-109 : 84

Cephennium majus REITTER, 1881 ( Figs 11-15 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Italy / Treviso: 5♁♁ 2♀♀ Cansiglio , Vallorch , 1200-1350 m, 46.0517°N, 12.3655°E, 14– 16.6.1974. Italy / Vercelli: 1♀ Val Sesia , Scopello, Alpe di Mera N-side, 1200 m, 45.756°N, 8.0847°E, 22.6.1984. Italy / Torino: 1♁ Valchiusella, Issiglio, Bric di Muraglio N-slope, 550 m, 45.4402°N, 7.7454°E, 27.6.1984 ; 1♁ 3♀♀ Castelnuovo Nigra N, Monte Calvo Wslope, 1150 m, 45.4632°N, 7.6878°E, 21.5.2010 - here syntopic with C. giachinoi nov.sp. All specimens leg. & det. Kahlen.

This species is widely distributed in the central and eastern parts of Europe.

Habitus: Fig. 11 , Genitalia: Dorsal Fig. 12 ., lateral Fig. 15 . (See differential diagnosis of C. giachinoi ).

Figures

Figs 11-15: Cephennium majus. (11) male habitus, sb: 0.5 mm; (12) aedeagus dorsal view, sb: 0.1 mm; (13) ventral view of metaventrite; (14) male front tibia; (15) aedeagus lateral, sb: 0.1 mm.