Geostiba (Sibiota) kobrisensis PACE , 1996

Assing, Volker, 2016, A revision of Geostiba of the West Palaearctic region. XXIII. On the Sibiota species of the Caucasus region exclusive of Turkey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 48 (2), pp. 1097-1117 : 1100

Geostiba (Sibiota) kobrisensis PACE, 1996 ( Figs 1-4 , Map 1 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Georgia: 1♀, Kvesheti , 42°27'N, 44°32'E, 1500 m, 22.VII.2015, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; 16, Kachetia, Tsiv-Gombori Mts. , 5 km W Telavi, 41°54'N, 45°24'E, 1090 m, Fagus orientalis forest, 8.VII.2015, leg. Pütz (cAss) .

C o m m e n t: A revision of the specimens previously recorded as G. kobrisensis in ASSING (2016a) revealed that, except for the the above male from Kachetia, they belong to other species described below ( G. recta , G. largata , G. artifistula ). The female from Kvesheti was collected near the type locality. The currently known distribution is shown in Map 1 . The genitalia of the revised specimens are illustrated in Figs 1-4 .

Figures

Map 1: Distributions of Geostiba zerchei PACE (white triangle), G. medea PACE (black triangle), and of the species of the G. bituberculatus group: G. recta nov.sp. (white circles), G. largata nov.sp. (black circles), G. artifistula nov.sp. (white asterisk), G. bituberculata (EPPELSHEIM) (black squares), G. kobrisensis PACE (white squares).

Figs 1-14: Geostiba kobrisensis PACE (1-4) and G. recta nov.sp. (5-14): (1-2, 5-8) median lobe of aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view; (3-4, 11-14) spermatheca; (9) median portion of male abdominal tergite VII; (10) female sternite VIII. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.