Leptusa (Dysleptusa) fuliginosa (AUBÉ, 1850)

Assing, Volker, 2017, On the Leptusa fauna of the Caucasus region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (2), pp. 1049-1074 : 1070

Leptusa (Dysleptusa) fuliginosa (AUBÉ, 1850) ( Map 8 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Russia: 3 exs., W-Caucasus, Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya Respublika , 13 km SW Teberda, 43°20'N, 41°40'E, 1450 m, moist spruce forest with scattered beech, litter, moss, and dead wood sifted, 22.VII.2011, leg. Assing (cAss). Georgia: K v e m o K a r t l i:13, Algeti National Park , Manglisi-Tsalka , 41°40'N, 44°18'E, 1580 m, 12.VII.2015, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss). S h i d a K a r t l i: 3♀♀, Kvishkheti, 41°57'N, 43°30'E, 790 m, 12. V.2016, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss). I m e r e t i: 233, NW Rikoti pass, 42°03'N, 43°29'E, 950 m, 14. V.2016, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss). M t s k h e t a - M t i a n e t i:13, Gudani, 42°32'N, 44°59'E, 1710 m, 18.VII.2015, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; 233, Kvesheti , 42°27'N, 44°32'E, 1500 m, 22.VII.2015, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss). S v a n e t i 13, 4 km N Mazeri, 43°06'N, 42°36'E, 1690 m, 28.VII.2016, leg. Meybohm (cAss) ; 13, 2 km N Ipari , 43°01'N, 42°50'E, 1670 m, 29.VII.2016, leg. Meybohm (cAss) ; 3♀♀, Mazeri , 43°06'N, 42°36'E, 1660 m, 26. VI.2017, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; 233, Mestia- Hatsvali , 43°02'N, 42°44'E, 1620 m, 27. VI.2017, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; 233, Ushguli-Lentekhi , 42°52'N, 43°10'E, 1530 m, 1.VII.2017, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss). Armenia: 1♀, N Vanadzor, N Pushkin pass, 40°55'N, 44°27'E, 1900 m, mixed forest (oak, pine, etc.), litter sifted, 1.VII.2017, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 13, WSW Dilijan , Kalavan , 40°38'N, 45°06'E, 1960 m, forest with Quercus, Betula, and Carpinus, litter sifted, 5.VII.2017, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1♀, same data, but bark of dead oak sifted, 5.VII.2017, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 13, WSW Dilijan , Kalavan, 40°38'N, 45°06'E, 2100 m, forest at timber line with oak and birch, litter and large fungus on oak sifted, 5.VII.2017, leg. Assing (c Ass) .

C o m m e n t: The distribution of L. fuliginosa includes the Caucasus region from North Anatolia across Armenia and Georgia to the Greater Caucasus ( Map 8 ). A revision of a previous record of L. persica ASSING, 2009 from Krasnodarskiy Kray ( Russia) ( ASSING 2011) revealed that it is based on a misidentification and refers to L. fuliginosa .

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Map 8: Distributions of species of the subgenera Neopisalia and Dysleptusa in the Caucasus region: L. (Dysleptusa) fuliginosa (black circles), L. (D.) fauveli (white triangle), and L. (Neopisalia) xanthopyga (white circles).