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Tóth, L.: New and little known Xantholinus Dejean, 1821 species from Hungary (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)

Xantholinus (Acanthophallus) azuganus REITTER, 1908 There are two specimens under this name in the collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. I have found that their identification is also faulty, they belong to X. (Acanthophallus) laevigatus JACOBSEN, 1847 which is not common but widely distributed in Hungary. The prepared male genitalia were damaged and

—in my humble opinion

—this was the circumstance which led to the misidentification. X. azuganus REITTER lives in the Carpathian Basin, but only on the high mountains of Transylvania and in the Carpathians as a subalpine, alpine element with low ecological tolerance. The suitable habitats for this species absent in present-day Hungary so there is little likelihood of its occurrence within our present borders. The species has to be removed from our faunistical checklist as former misidentification. References BORDONI, A. (1972): Revisione degli Xantholinus della Fauna Italiana—Redia 53: 151-237. BORDONI, A. (1972): Note sugli Xantholinus dell'Ungheria (Col. Staphylinidae) e descrizione di due Nouve Specie

—Estr. dal. Bolletino delVAssociazone Romana di Entomologia 27(3-4): 44-51. BORDONI, A. (1973): Notes sur les Xantholinus de Roumanie et description de nouvelles espèces (Col. Staphylinidae).

—Annale Stiintificale aie Universitatii "Al. I. Cuza" din lasi (série noua) 19(1): 149-157. COIFFAIT, H. (1966): Xantholininae (Col. Staphylinidae) d'Asie Mineure 2.—Istanb. Univ. Fen. Fak. Mecm. 31 (ser. B): 21-24. COIFFAIT, H. (1972): Coléoptères Staphylinidae de la région Paléarctique occidentale II. (Xantholininae

—Leptotyphlinae).

—Publ. de laNouv. Rev. d"

1 Entomologie (suppl.) Toulouse 2(2): 1-651. FRANZ, H. (1966): Zur Kenntnis der Xantholinus-Arten Österreichs.

—Ent. Bl. Biol. Syst. Käfer 62(3): 175-176. HORION, A. (1965) : Faunistik der Mitteleuropäischen Käfer. Staphylinidae 2.—Überlingen-Bodensee, 10: 1-335. JANÁK, J. (1978): Faunistic records from Czechoslovakia. Coleoptera. Staphylinidae.

—Acta. ent. bohemoslov. 75: 421. LOHSE, G. A. (1965): Faunistik Mitteleuropäischen Käfer. Staphylinidae I.

—In: FREUDE, H., HARDE, K. W., LOHSE, G. A. (eds): Die Käfer Mitteleuropas.

—Krefeld, 4: 1-264. SMETANA, A. (1966): Systematische und faunistische Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Staphylinidenfauna der Tschechoslowakei VII.—Acta ent. bohemoslov. 63: 231-340. SZUJECKI, A. (1980): Coleoptera. Staphylinidae 2.—In: Catalogus Faunae Poloniae, Warszawa, 23(7): 1-271. Author's address : DR. LÁSZLÓ TÓTH Zoological Department Hungarian Natural History Museum H1088 Budapest, Baross utca 13 Hungary 12 Természettudományi Múzeum Évkönyve 1985