Hypocaccus ( Hypocaccus ) crassipes (Erichson)

Penati, Fabio, 2009, An updated catalogue of the Histeridae (Coleoptera) of Sardinia, with faunistic, zoogeographical, ecological and conservation remarks *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 197-280 : 251

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scientific name	Hypocaccus ( Hypocaccus ) crassipes (Erichson)
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69. Hypocaccus ( Hypocaccus) crassipes (Erichson) View in CoL

Saprinus crassipes E.: Bertolini 1904: 48

Saprinus ( Hypocaccus) crassipes Erich. : Porta 1926: 379

Pachylopus crassipes Er. : Luigioni 1929: 362; Strassen 1954: 269; Barajon 1966

Literature data. “Sardinia” ( Bertolini 1904; Porta 1926; Luigioni 1929; Barajon 1966; Audisio et al. 1995). Nuoro prov.: Sadali, fiume Flumendosa, 10.V .1949 , MBj, 1 ex (CFP). Oristano prov. : Oristano, XII.1898, 1 ex ( CAD). San Giovanni di Sinis , loc. Tharros , 29.X.1977, RPi, ex. pl. (3 CFP, MSNM); idem , 20.X.1979 ( MSNM). Sassari prov. : Olbia , 20–22.IV.1952, 1 ex, found dead on beach ( Strassen 1954). Sassari , loc. Platamona , 19.V .1974 , IB, 1 ex (CPV; Vienna 1980); idem, stagno di Platamona, 19.V.1974, VR, 1 ex (CFP).

Chorotype. 1.12 EUM (Europeo-Mediterranean).

Italian distribution. Piedmont, Trentino-Alto Adige, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Latium, Abruzzi, Apulia, Sicily and Sardinia.

Ecology. Shows obvious morphological adaptations to sandy habitats and lives mainly on coastal dunes among the roots of halophilous plants.

Notes. See Saprinus politus .