Gauropterus sanguinipes Reitter, 1889

Material examined. TURKEY: Kastamonu: 1 ex., 3 km W Helaldı, pond, 26.V.1989, leg. Schönmann & Schillhammer (cAss); Isparta: 2 exs., S Egridir, Kovada Gölü, 12.IV.1984, leg. Brachat (cSch); Konya: 1 ex., Akşehir env., Sultan Daġı, in detritus, 4.V.1960, leg. Petrowitz & Ressl (NHMW). CYPRUS: 1 ex., Gönyeli, 9.IV.1992, leg. Winkelmann-Klöck (cSch). GEORGIA: 2 exs., Tbilisi, osero Lisi, 19.VI.– 13.VII.1988, leg. Wrase (cSch, cAss); 1 ex., Mzcheta near Tbilisi, 4.–23.VI.1987, leg. Schülke & Wrase (cSch); 1 ex., same data, but VI.1986 (cSch). RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Krasnodar Terr.: 1 ex., Sotschi, VII.1985, leg. Croy (cSch).

Comment. The distribution of this species is confined to the Caucasus region, Turkey, Cyprus, and Iran (Herman 2001, Smetana 2004).