Geostiba (Tropogastrosipalia) khnzoriani PACE , 1983

Assing, Volker, 2017, On the Geostiba fauna of Armenia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (2), pp. 1075-1092 : 1078

Geostiba (Tropogastrosipalia) khnzoriani PACE, 1983 ( Map 4 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Armenia: 1 ex., 20 km SE Goris, Shurnukh , 39°22'N, 46°25'E, 1720 m, Quercus and Carpinus forest, litter and dead wood sifted, 5.VII.2016, leg. Schülke (MNB) ; 13, 1♀, 1 ex., same data, but grassland near forest margin, litter beneath bushes sifted, leg. Schülke (MNB) ; 13, Goris env., Khndzoresk, old cemetery, 39.50°N, 46.43°E, 1400 m, macchia, sifted, 26. V.2015, leg. Kocian (cKoc) ; 13, 1♀, 1 ex., 10 km S Kapan, SE Chakaten , 39°08'N, 46°28'E, 990 m, mixed deciduous forest, litter and debris sifted, 9.VII.2016, leg. Assing & Schülke (MNB) ; 433, 5 ♀♀, NW Goris , W Verishen, 39°32'N, 46°19'E, 1670 m, margin of oak forest, litter, moss, and roots beneath Quercus and Rosa sifted, 12.VII.2017, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, MNB) ; 1♀, E Goris , Khndzoresk env., 39°32'N, 46°24'E, 1590 m, ruderal grassy slope with rose bushes and Rubus, litter and roots sifted, 9.VII.2017, leg. Schülke (MNB) .

C o m m e n t: The original description is based on five specimens from "Goris" and "Kafan" ( PACE 1983). The type material was revised by ASSING (2005). The known records reveal that, compared to most other Tropogastrosipalia species, G. khnzoriani is relatively widespread, its distribution ranging from the environs of Goris to the mountains south of Kapan ( Map 4 ).

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Map 4: Distribution of Sibiota and Tropogastrosipalia species in Armenia: G.unituber (white circles); G. kalavanica (black circle); G. khnzoriani (black triangles).