Geostiba (Sibiota) bituberculata ( EPPELSHEIM , 1878)

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 : 1099

Geostiba (Sibiota) bituberculata ( EPPELSHEIM, 1878) ( Map 1 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Georgia:366, 2♀♀, Shida Kartli, 8 km SW Surami , 42°02'N, 43°30''E, 960 m, 14.V.2016, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; 1♀, Shida Kartli, SE Rikoti pass, 42°03'N, 43°30'E, 1010 m, 14.V.2016, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) .

C o m m e n t: The above material was collected close to the type locality. So far, reliable records of G. bituberculata are known only from the Likhskiy range ( Map 1 ), which connects the Greater with the Lesser Caucasus. The species is illustrated in ASSING (2005).

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).