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Biodiversity Journal, 2017, 8 (1 ): 185-192 MONOGRAPH

Pselaphinae (Coleoptera Staphylinidae) from Sicily and Cala-

bria (ltaly). Results from a short entomological expedition in

Aprii, 2015

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Giorgio Sabella *, Rostislav Bekchiev & Rumyana Kostova 3

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Department of Biologica!, Geologica! and Environmental Sciences, Animai Biology Section, via Androne 81, 95124 Catania,
Italy; e-mail: sabellag@ unict.it
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N ational M useum of N a turai H istory, l Tsar O svoboditel B lv d, l 000 Sofia, Bulgaria; e-m ai!: bekchiev@ n m nhs.com
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Department of Zoology and Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University, 8 Dragan Tsankov Bvld., Bulgaria; e-mail:
rkostova@ biofac.uni-sofia.bg
*corresponding author

ABSTRACT The study presents the results from an entomologica! expedition in Southern ltaly. Two rare

sp e c i es' Batrisodes adnexus (C o H a m p e' l 8 6 3) an d Chennium siculum Fiori, l 9 14' w ere
collected in Sicily and three species, PanaphantusatomusKiesenwetter, 1858, Bibloplectus

pusillus (D enny, 1825), an d Bibloplectus delhermi (Guillebeau, 1888), are record ed for the
first time from Calabria.

KEYWORDS ltaly; Pselaphinae; faunistics; taxonomy; new record.

Received 09.09.2016; accepted 24.10.2016; printed 30.03.2017
Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress "Biodiversity, Mediterranean, Society", September 4th-6th 2015, Noto-
Vendicari (ltaly)

INTRODUCTION 08.IV.2015 in the region of Sicily and from 09

to 12.IV.2015 in the region of Calabria. The main
A short entom ological expedition w as con d uc- visited habitats were mountain and piane forests so
ted in Aprii 2015 as a result of the collaboration as wet zones in Sicily and mainly coastal dunes in

between Catania University (Italy), National Mu- Calabria (Figs. 1-5).
seum of Natural History of Sofia (NMNHS) and The following collection methods were used: l.

Sofia University (Bulgaria). While the region of Si- Sifting with litter reducer (mesh diameter 6x6 m m).
cily is relatively well studied about Pselaphinae The beetles were sorted up manually directly from
fauna (Sabella, 1998), in the contrary the coastal re- the sifted leaf litter or rotten w o od or w ere extracted

gion of Calabria is stili poorly investigated. The aim using Winkler/Moczarski selectors from 2.5-3 kg
of this expedition w as to collect m aterial from spe- soil samples; 2. Light trap with a 160W MBTF
cific habitats for Southern Italy with scarce inform- lamp and a F8T5 - 365 nm black light tube; 3.

ation about the Pselaphinae species composition. Sweeping on the vegetation with an entomologica!
net and with a one-hand blower (Partner GB V 325).
4. Collection at sight under stones and among the
MATERIAL AND METHODS roots of herbaceous vegetation.

D eterm ination of the species w as m ade by dis-

The m aterial w as collected from O l to sections using standard techniques: genitalia and