Leptusa (Stictopisalia) knappeorum SCHEERPELTZ , 1964

Assing, Volker, 2017, On the Leptusa fauna of the Caucasus region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (2), pp. 1049-1074 : 1070-1071

Leptusa (Stictopisalia) knappeorum SCHEERPELTZ, 1964

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Macedonia: 1133, 5♀♀, Bistra Mts., Mavrovo env., 1540 m,

sifted, 15.VI.2011, leg. Hlaváč (cAss); 13 exs., Bistra Mts. , road from Mavrovo to Mt. Galičnik, 41°39'N, 20°43'E, 1540 m, beech forest, 16.VI.2011, leg. Jałoszyński (cJal, cAss) ;.

C o m m e n t: Leptusa knappeorum was originally described from the Galicica range "unmittelbar südlich des Ochrid-Sees in Nordwest-Macedonien" ( SCHEERPELTZ 1964). The genitalia of this species are highly similar to those of L. peristerica , whose original description is based on four type specimens from "Perister, Perka, Macedonia " ( PACE 1989) and which was subsequently reported also from several localities in northern Greece ( ASSING 2006; ASSING & WUNDERLE 2001; ZERCHE 2002). It does not seem unlikely that these differences will eventually have to be attributed to intra- rather than interspecific variation.

The specimens listed above significantly expand the known range of L. knappeorum further to the north.