Leptusa (Stictopisalia) caucasica EPPELSHEIM, 1878

Assing, Volker, 2017, On the Leptusa fauna of the Caucasus region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (2), pp. 1049-1074 : 1052-1053

Leptusa (Stictopisalia) caucasica EPPELSHEIM, 1878 ( Map 1 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Georgia: R a c h a: 1 ex., northslopesofRatchinskyiMts.,SE Bokva , 42°32'N, 43°24'E, 1245 m, 5.VII.2015, leg. Pütz (cAss) ; 5 exs., Ratchinskyi Mts. , 5 km NW Nakerala pass, Tkibuli env., 42°23'N, 42°59'E, 1440 m, 6.VII.2015, leg. Pütz (cPüt, cAss) ; 233, 3 ♀♀, 4 km N Nakerala , 42°24'N, 43°02'E, 1150 m, 18. V.2016, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss, MNB) ; 1♀, 4 km NW Nikortsminda, 42°29'N, 43°06'E, 1395 m, 23. V.2016, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss). I m e r e t i: 1433, 18 ♀♀, 6 km W Nakerala , 42°23'N, 42°57'E, 1450 m, 17. V.2016, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss, MNB).S h i d a K a r t l i:13, 1♀, Kvishkheti, 41°57'N, 43°29'E, 1300 m, 24.VII.2016, leg. Meybohm (cAss) .

C o m m e n t: The distribution of L. caucasica includes both the Greater and the Lesser Caucasus ( Map 1 ). For additional, mostly old records without specified locality see PACE (1989).

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Map 1: Distributions of the species of the subgenus Stictopisalia in the Caucasus region: L. fibula (black circles), L. artviniensis (white circles), L. caucasica (black diamonds), L. pseudocaucasica (white diamond), and L. armeniaca (triangles). The doubtful L. subcaucasica is omitted.