Leptusa (Neopisalia) confinis PACE 1982

Assing, V., 2009, On the Leptusa species of Turkey. VII. Notes on distribution, a new species, a new synonymy, and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (1), pp. 427-436 : 430

Leptusa (Neopisalia) confinis PACE 1982 ( Map 3 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Turkey: S a m s u n: 15 exs., 31 km NE Havza, 41°12'N, 35°52'E, 670 m, Fagus forest , litter sifted, 20.VII.2008, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1 ex., 40 km W Samsun, 41°16'25"N, 35°51'46"E, 890 m, Fagus forest , litter sifted, 21.VII.2008, leg. Schülke (cSch) ; 67 exs., 41 km W Samsun, 27 km S Bafra, 41°19'N, 35°51'E, 220 m, stream valley, Fagus forest with scattered Alnus, litter sifted, 21.VII.2008, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, cFel, cSch, cWun) .

C o m m e n t: This species has become known only from Sinop and Samsun provinces; for previous records see PACE (1989) and ASSING (2007). The eastern limit of its distribution is apparently identical to the western limit of the vicariant L. diecki ( Map 3 ). Several of the above specimens, all of them collected in July, are teneral.

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Map 3: Distributions of L. confinis PACE (open circles) and L. diecki PACE (filled circles) in northeastern Turkey.