Teretrius (Teretrius) fabricii Mazur 1972

39. Teretrius (Teretrius) fabricii Mazur Teretrius picipes F.: Bertolini 1904: 49; Porta 1926: 382; Luigioni 1929: 358; Horion 1949: 318; Barajon 1966 Teretrius (s. str.) picipes (Fabricius): Vienna 1980: 70 Literature data. “Sardinia” (Bertolini 1904; Porta 1926; Luigioni 1929; Horion 1949; Barajon 1966; Vienna 1980; Audisio et al. 1995; Yélamos & Lackner 2004). Cagliari prov.: Geremeas, IX.1999 (CPV). Quartu Sant’Elena, IX.1894, UL, 2 ex (CGB). Unpublished records. Cagliari prov.: Sarrabus, 1877, RG, 1 ex (MSNG). Chorotype. 1.05 SIE (Sibero-European). Italian distribution. Piedmont, Lombardy, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna, Sicily and Sardinia. Ecology. Lives in rotten wood of many broadleaved trees, feeding on the larvae of xylophagous beetles such as Anobiidae, Bostrichidae and Lyctidae, in hilly and montane habitats.Published as part of Penati, Fabio, 2009, An updated catalogue of the Histeridae (Coleoptera) of Sardinia, with faunistic, zoogeographical, ecological and conservation remarks *, pp. 197-280 in Zootaxa 2318 on page 23