Aleochara (Ceranota) claviculata ASSING, 2009 (Map 3)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Turkey: 1♀, Erzurum, 35 km NW Tortum, Mescit Dağları, ca. 40°30'N, 41°25'E, 2100 m, poplar forest, 18.VI.1998, leg. Solodovnikov (cAss). Russia: 1♀, W- Caucasus, 15 km ENE Krasnaya Polyana, near Pseashkha pass, 43°43'N, 40°23'E, 2040 m, moist subalpine forest (Betula, Acer), 16.VII.2011, leg. Assing (cAss); 1♂, W-Caucasus, 15 km ENE Krasnaya Polyana, S-slope of Pseashkha range, 43°43'N, 40°24'E, 2040 m, subalpine beech forest with rhododendron, sifted, 17.VII.2011, leg. Assing (cAss) .

C o m m e n t: The previously known distribution was confined to Northeast Anatolia (Ordu and Rize provinces) (ASSING 2009b). The above specimens from the West Cauca-

sus represent the first records from Russia and the Greater Caucasus. The known distribution is illustrated in Map 3.