Leptusa (Stictopisalia) armeniaca PACE , 1989

Assing, Volker, 2017, On the Leptusa fauna of the Caucasus region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (2), pp. 1049-1074 : 1053-1054

Leptusa (Stictopisalia) armeniaca PACE, 1989 ( Map 1 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Armenia: 933, 4 ♀♀, 28 exs., 20 km SSE Goris, Shurnukh , 39°22'N, 46°25'E, 1720 m, Quercus and Carpinus forest, litter and dead wood sifted, 5.VII.2016, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, MNB) ; 5233, 25 ♀♀, 36 exs., 25 km S Kapan, N Gomarants Pass 39°02'N, 46°22'E, 2190 m, oak forest, litter and dead wood sifted, 7.VII.2016, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, MNB) ; 1733, 12 ♀♀, 21 exs., 25 km S Kapan, N Gomarants Pass, 39°02'N, 46°22'E, 2050 m, oak forest with Acer, Carpinus , and fern undergrowth, litter and dead wood sifted, 7.VII.2016, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, MNB) ; 433, 4♀♀, 6 exs., WSW Kapan , S Meghri Pass, 39°05'N, 46°11'E, 2170 m, oak forest margin, litter (partly moist litter under bushes) sifted, 8.VII.2016, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, MNB) ; 1333, 7♀♀, 4 exs., WSW Kapan , S Meghri Pass, 39°06'N, 46°10'E, 2090 m, stream valley, litter near stream sifted, 8.VII.2016, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, MNB) ; 13, 1♀, 9 exs., 15 km S Kapan, SE Chakaten , 39°05'N, 46°29'E, 1010 m, mixed deciduous forest, litter between stones sifted, 9.VII.2016, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, MNB) ; 233, 1 ex., 25 km SW Kapan, 39°03'N, 46°15'E, 1890 m, stream valley, litter of Salix and other trees sifted, 10.VII.2016, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, MNB) .

C o m m e n t: This species was originally described based on four type specimens from "Kafan" [= Kapan] ( PACE 1989) and subsequently reported also from Iran ( ASSING 2008). The above records represent the first Armenian records since the original description and reveal that L. armeniaca is quite common in South Armenia. The currently known distribution is illustrated in Map 1 .

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Map 1: Distributions of the species of the subgenus Stictopisalia in the Caucasus region: L. fibula (black circles), L. artviniensis (white circles), L. caucasica (black diamonds), L. pseudocaucasica (white diamond), and L. armeniaca (triangles). The doubtful L. subcaucasica is omitted.