Gyrophaena (Gyrophaena) joyioides Wüsthoff, 1937

Enushchenko, Ilya V. & Semenov, Viktor B., 2016, A review of the genus Gyrophaena Mannerheim 1830 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Gyrophaenina) of the Caucasus and adjacent territories, Zootaxa 4126 (3), pp. 301-337 : 316-317

[ Gyrophaena (Gyrophaena) joyioides Wüsthoff, 1937 ]

(Figs. 28–30)

Gyrophaena joyioides Wüshhoff, 1937: 146 Gyrophaena joyioides ; Seevers, 1951: 732

Additional material examined: RUSSIA: VORONEZH AREA: 2 Ƌ, 1 ♀: Voronezhskiy Biosphere Reserve, VIII.1962, K.V. Arnoldi leg. (cVS); ROSTOV AREA: Millerovskiy District: 3 Ƌ, 3 ♀: Ternovoi, Ivanovka, 6– 18.VIII.2013, E.A. Khachikov leg. (cIE); Sholokhovskiy District: 1 Ƌ, 2 ♀: Veshnikovskaya, 17.VI.2002, E.A. Khachikov leg. ( ZMM).

Distribution. Europe, Turkey ( Assing 2006, 2014), W Siberia ( Enushchenko & Shavrin 2012b, Bukhkalo & al. 2012).

Remarks. Seevers (1951) recorded five specimens of G. joyioides from Croatia and Caucasus; Tichomirova (1973) cited G. j o y i o i d e s for Caucasus with a question-mark. Strand (1939) noted that G. joyioides is difficult to distinguish in habitus view ("…die nach äußeren Markmalen kaum von joyioides zu unterscheiden sind…") from G. caucasica . Records of G. joyioides for Caucasus ( Seevers 1951; Tichomirova 1973) are based on a misidentification of G. caucasica . Tichomirova (1973) cited G. caucasica as " incertae sedis ". The record of G. joyioides for Caucasus is not confirmed by new material.

It is herein recorded from Voronezh and Rostov Area for the first time.

FIGURES 28–33.