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Présence en Corse d’un coléoptère thermophile appartenant au complexe d’espèces « Canthydrus diophthalmus » à l’Holocène moyen, possible témoin d’un optimum climatique vers 6 500 ans BP (île Cavallo, Corse-du-Sud, France)

Philippe PONEL, Yoann POHER, Frédéric MÉDAIL & Frédéric GUITER

fr Comptes Rendus Palevol 22 (31) - Pages 623-633

Published on 30 October 2023

Occurrence in Corsica of a thermophilous Coleoptera belonging to the “Canthydrus diophthalmus” species-­complex in the Middle Holocene, possible witness of a climate optimum at c. 6 500 yrs BP (Cavallo island, Corse-du-Sud, France)

The discovery of subfossil fragments of Canthydrus Sharp, 1882 (Coleoptera, Noteridae) in Holocene sediments (c. 6 500 yrs BP) from the coastal retrodunal Greco pond, on Cavallo island (Lavezzi archipelago, Corse-du-Sud, France), is the first French citation for this thermophilous water beetle genus. This discovery raises issues about the factors that led to the probable extinction of this taxon at a local scale.


Keywords:

Canthydrus, Noteridae, Holocene, Cavallo island, Corsica, France

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