Omalium falsum Eppelsheim, 1889

(Figs. 4, 19–20, 36, 42)

Omalium falsum Eppelsheim, 1889: 21

Material examined. RUSSIA: DAGeSTAN: 1 ♁: Kurush. 1850 m a.s.l. 05.07.1991. J. Martens & W. Schawaller leg. (SMNS); GEORGIA: TBILISI: 1 ♁, 1 ♀: Tskhneti. 1150–1300 m a.s.l., forest with Fagus, Carpinus, Acer etc., in litter. 16, 18.05.1987. S.I. Golovatch & K.Yu. Eskov leg. (cSh); AZERBAIJAN: BAKU: 1 ♁: NW Baku. Altiagak. 1200 m a.s.l. 21– 23.06.1996. W. Schawaller leg. (SMNS); TURKEY: RIZe: 1 ♀: ca. 25 km S Ardeşen, 40°59′30′′N 40°58′42′′E. 03.08. 2006. 830 m a.s.l., mixed forest with Rhododendron . M. Schülke leg. (cSh); IRAN: ÂZARBẲIẲN-e SHARQI: 1 ♁: Arasbaran Biosphere Reserve. 1650–1800 m a.s.l. 04– 15.06.1978. J. Martens & R. Pieper leg. (SMNS).

Published records. AZERBAIJAN: Eppelsheim 1889: 21, Bernhauer 1903: 190 (as O. excellens Bernhauer, 1903); GEORGIA: Schülke & Smetana 2015: 346; TURKEY: Zanetti 2002: 55.

Distribution. Omalium falsum is known from the Caucasus (Georgia, Azerbaijan) and Turkey (Zanetti 2002, Schülke & Smetana 2015). The distribution as in Fig. 42.

Remarks. Habitus as in Fig. 4. Aedeagus as in Figs. 19–20. Female genital segment as in Fig. 36.

It is here recorded from Russia and Iran for the first time.