Sunius melanocephalus (FABRICIUS 1793) M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Turkey: 2 exs., Isparta, Sultan Dağları, 15 km SSW Akşehir, Cankurtaran, 38°15'N, 31°24'E, 1860 m, under stones, 22.IV.2011, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ex., Afyon, Sultan Dağları, 15 km SE Çay, 38°31'N, 31°09'E, 1810 m, cedar forest, sifted, 18.IV.2011, leg. Assing (cAss). C o m m e n t: Sunius melanocephalus, the most widespread species of the genus, has a trans-Palaearctic distribution and is adventive in North America. In Turkey, it has been recorded from numerous localities, but was previously unknown from Afyon province (ASSING 2008, 2011a). For maps illustrating its distribution see ASSING (2008).

Published as part of Assing, V., 2011, A revision of Palaearctic Sunius XIV. Three new species from Turkey and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), pp. 1159-1168 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 43 (2) on page 1160, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5325995