Geostiba (Sibiota) kobrisensis PACE, 1996

Assing, Volker, 2016, A revision of Geostiba of the West Palaearctic region. XXII. Two new species from Jordan and the Caucasus, and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 48 (1), pp. 221-228 : 223

Geostiba (Sibiota) kobrisensis PACE, 1996

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Georgia: 13 exs., Kvemo Svanetia, north slopes of Svaneti Mts., NW Tsanashi , 42°48'N, 42°40'E, 1360 m, 4.VII.2015, leg. Pütz (cPüt, cAss) ; 1 ex., Kvemo Svanetia, Lechkhumi Mts., Sasashi , Muashi , 42°47'N, 42°59'E, 1390 m, 1.VII.2015, leg. Pütz (cPüt) ; 6 exs., Ratcha, south slopes of Letchkhumskiy Mts., Likheti env., 42°36'N, 43°14'E, 760 m, 4.VII.2015, leg. Pütz (cPüt, cAss) ; 8 exs., Ratcha, Ratschinskyi Mts., 5 km NW Nakerala pass, Tkibuli env., 42°23'N, 42°59'E, 1440 m, 6.VII.2015, leg. Pütz (cPüt, cAss) ; 1 ex., 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: This microphthalmous species was previously known only from two localities to the north of Tiflis in the Central Caucasus ( ASSING 2005). The above records reveal that it is rather widespread across the southern slopes of the Central Caucasus.