Geostiba (Tropogastrosipalia) kastamonuensis PACE 1983

Assing, V., 2010, A revision of Geostiba of the Western Palaearctic region. XX. Four new species from Turkey and Albania, and additional, Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (2), pp. 1125-1138 : 1126

Geostiba (Tropogastrosipalia) kastamonuensis PACE 1983

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Turkey: 7 exs., Kastamonu, 37 km SE Kastamonu, 15 km N Tosya, Ilgaz geçidi, 41°08'N, 34°04'E, 1660 m, litter under pine trunk sifted, 23.III.2010, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 16 exs., same data, but sifted from the nest of Formica sp. ( MNHUB, cAss, cFel) ; 1 ex., Kastamonu, 48 km SW Kastamonu, ca. 30 km S Araç , 41°07'N, 33°20'E, 1690 m, fir forest, under bark of fir trunks, 24.III.2010, leg. Assing (cAss) .

Most of the above material was collected close to the locality where numerous specimens were found in the previous year ( ASSING 2009). Once again, most specimens were sifted from a Formica nest.