Leptusa (Neopisalia) kaszabi PACE , 1981

Assing, Volker, 2017, On the Leptusa fauna of the Caucasus region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (2), pp. 1049-1074 : 1058

Leptusa (Neopisalia) kaszabi PACE, 1981 , new subgeneric assignment ( Map 6 )

C o m m e n t: Leptusa kaszabi (type locality: Mihailovo Suram) was originally assigned to the subgenus Leptusa and subsequently moved to Heteroleptusa PACE, 1989 ( PACE 1981, 1989). The type species of Heteroleptusa is Leptusa frontalis (CASEY, 1895) from California. Aside from L. kaszabi , the subgenus includes three species from California, four from China, two from Taiwan, and one from Japan. Thus, it can be inferred from zoogeographic data alone that the subgeneric assignment of L. kaszabi is most likely erroneous. Based on the morphology of the aedeagus, which represents the main criterion in Pace´s subgeneric system, L. kaszabi is closely allied to L. venusta , L. laeviuscula , and L. gibbera , so that the species is transferred from Heteroleptusa to Neopisalia . The type locality is illustrated in Map 6 .

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Map 6: Distributions of species of the subgenus Neopisalia in the Caucasus region: L. microphthalma (black circles), L. khnzoriani (white star), L. kaszabi (black star), L. korgei (black diamond), L. rizensis (white diamonds), L. soganlica (black triangles), L. longilobata (white triangles), and L. spoliata (white circles).