Staphylinoidea, Staphylinidae (Coleoptera)*
SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE OF THE ENTOMOFAUNA OF THE MADEIRA ARCHIPELAGO AND SELVAGENS ISLANDS STAPHYLINOIDEA, STAPHYLINIDAE (COLEOPTERA)* Vol. II, Part 2 1 2 By VOLKER ASSING & MICHAEL SCHÜLKE With 59 figures ABSTRACT. Based on a revision of the relevant taxonomic and faunistic literature, as well as of previously published and unpublished material, a critical updated catalogue of the Staphylinidae of Madeira and the Selvagens is compiled. 25 species are deleted from the list of Madeiran Staphylinidae, 10 species are recorded from the archipelago for the first time. Seven new synonymies are proposed: Stenus brunneus Puthz, 1978 = S. maderensis Puthz, 1980, syn. n.; Pseudomedon obscurellus (Erichson, 1840) = Lithocharis brevipes Wollaston, 1860, syn. n.; Ocypus pedemontanus (Müller, 1924) = Staphylinus caroli Jarrige, 1943, syn. n.; Tasgius winkleri (Bernhauer, 1906) = Staphylinus maderae Jarrige, 1943, syn. n.; Quedius nigriceps Kraatz, 1857 = Q. nigriceps maderensis Smetana, 1963, syn. n.; Atheta immucronata Pace, 1999 = A. pseudolaticollis Erber & Hinterseher, 1992, syn. n., = A. atlantidum Smetana, 2004, syn. n. For all the species recorded from the archipelagos, the references are listed, additional (i. e. previously unpublished) records, if available, are reported, the distribution in the Atlantic Islands and elsewhere is summarised, and bionomic data are compiled. Disregarding 5 names of doubtful taxonomic status, a total of 210 species and subspecies are reported from the Madeiras, 198 of them from Madeira proper, 52 from Porto Santo, and 11 from the Desertas. Four species, two of them endemic, are recorded from the Selvagens. A zoogeographic analysis revealed that the Madeiran staphylinid fauna is characterised by a high proportion (30%) of endemic species; the remainder is composed mainly of species with West Palaearctic (25%), Cosmopolitan (18%), Holarctic (11%), Palaearctic (4%), and Western Mediterranean (4%) distributions.
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