Oxypoda (Thliboptera) referens KRAATZ 1855 (Figs 3-4) Material examined France: Corsica 9, 7, 30 km W Corte, Col de Vergio, 1600 m, pine litter sifted, 9.IV.1990, leg. Assing (cAss); 1, Col de Vergio, 1500 m, 3.IV.2001, leg. Wolf (cSch); 2, 2, Mt. Renoso, Campanelle, 1650 m, 10.IV.1990, leg. Assing (cAss); 1, 2, Mt. Renoso, Campanelle, 1800-1900 m, leaf litter sifted, 10.IV.1990, leg. Assing (cAss); 1, Corte env., Val de la Restonica, 1000 m, stream bank, 6.IV.1990, leg. Assing (cAss); 1, Col de Vizzavona, Pylo. Telekom, 1200 m, 3.V.2001, leg. Wolf (cAss); 1 ex., Bocognano, VI.1933, leg. Peschel (MHNG); 1 ex., locality not specified (MHNG). Comment: The type material of this species, which was originally described from Corsica, was revised by ZERCHE (1994) and moved to the subgenus Thliboptera by ASSING (2009). According to SMETANA (2004), O. referens has been reported also from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Algeria. At present, all these records must be considered doubtful, as they most likely refer to other, similar species. Confirmed records are known only from Corsica. The median lobe of the aedeagus is illustrated in Figs 3-4.

Published as part of Assing, V., 2012, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some Oxypoda species of the West Palaearctic region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), pp. 365-399 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (1) on page 372, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5327440