Omalium rugatum Mulsant & Rey, 1880

Shavrin, Alexey V. & Khachikov, Eduard A., 2023, Faunistic and diagnostic notes on some species of the genus Omalium Gravenhorst, 1802 of Caucasus, Turkey and Iran (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae, Omaliini), Zootaxa 5227 (4), pp. 443-458 : 451-453

Omalium rugatum Mulsant & Rey, 1880

( Figs. 8 , 27–28 , 40 )

Omalium rugatum Mulsant & Rey, 1880: 217

Material examined. RUSSIA: KARACHAY-CHeRKeSSIA: 1 ♁: Teberda State Nature Biosphere Reserve, Malaya Khatipara Mt. 10– 22.08.2007. Soil traps. F.A. Martynovchenko leg. (cSh) ; NORTH OSSeTIA-ALANIA: 1 ♁, 1 ♀: Ardon River, Zincar. Forest swamp. 13.04.1984. S.K. Alexeev leg. ( ZMM) ; 1 ♁, 1 ♀: Ordzhonikidze (= Vladikavkaz, = Dzaudzhikau) . 26– 28.05.1978. Z. et J. Novotný leg. ( NMPC) ; GEORGIA: AUTONOMOUS RePUBLIC OF ABKHAZIA: 1 ♁: Bzyb Range, rise on gorge of Khilsta River . 1570–1600 m a.s.l. 23.06.2011. A.S. Prosvirov leg. (cSh) ; TBILISI: 1 ♁, 1 ♀: pass between Tbilisi and Bikhura. 1050 m a.s.l., in litter and soil. 10.05.1987. S.I. Golovatch & K.Yu. Eskov leg. (cSh) ; TURKEY: AFYONKARAHISAR: 4 ♁♁: Emir Daðlari , 38°53′20′′N 31°11′44′′E. 1893 m a.s.l. 09.05.2015. S. Anlaş leg. (cAn) ; IRAN: ÂZARBẲIJẲN-e SHARQI: 1 ♁, 2 ♀♀: Arasbaran Biosphere Reserve . 1650–1800 m a.s.l. 04– 15.06.1978. J. Martens & R. Pieper leg. ( SMNS) ; OSTẲN-e KOHGÎLŰYe VA BŰYeR-AHMAD: 10 ♁♁, 5 ♀♀: Zagros Mts. , 4 km S Yasoj, 30°42′16′′N 51°35′13′′E. 1850 m a.s.l., river gravelbank. 24.06.2018. M. Hartmann leg. ( NME) .

Published records. NAGORNO-KARABAKH: Assing & Schülke 2019: 100; TURKEY: Korge 1971: 5, Zanetti 2002: 59, Anlaş 2019: 218, 2013: 106.

Distribution. Omalium rugatum is widely distributed in the Western Palaearctic Region, and known from North Africa ( Algeria), Europe and Western Asia ( Cyprus, Turkey) ( Schülke & Smetana 2015).

Remarks. Habitus as in Fig. 8 . Aedeagus as in Figs. 27–28 . Female genital segment (with spermatheca) as in Fig. 40 .

It is here recorded from south-western regions of Russia, Georgia and Iran for the first time.

Figures

FIGURES 1–10. Habitus of Omalium: 1—O. caesum (Turkey, Bursa: Uludağ), 2—O. cinnamomeum (Turkey, Antakya: Kişlak- Şenköy), 3—O. excavatum (Russia, Karachay-Cherkessia: Arkhyz), 4—O. falsum (Georgia, Tskhneti), 5—O. littorale (Russia, Adygea: Abago), 6—O. riparium impar (Russia, Krasnodar Territory: Khosta), 7—O. rivulare (Armenia, Alaverdi), 8—O. rugatum (Iran, Zagros Mts.), 9—O. turcicum (Russia, Adygea: Lagonaki), 10—O. wunderlei (Turkey, Gümüşhane: Erzincan- Kelkit). Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

FIGURES 27–32. Aedeagus of Omalium rugatum (Figs. 27–28: Iran, Zagros), O. turcicum (Figs. 29–30: Turkey, Izmir: Bozdagh), O. wunderlei (Figs. 31–32: Turkey, Kars: Kars): 27, 29, 31—parameral view, 28, 30, 32—lateral view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 33–41. Female genital segment (ventral view) and spermatheca (shown by arrow in Fig. 40) of Omalium: 33—O. caesum (Russia, North Ossetia-Alania: Zincar), 34—O. cinnamomeum (Turkey, Antakya: Kişlak-Şenköy), 35—O. excavatum (Russia, Krasnodar Territory: Caucasus Nature Reserve), 36—O. falsum (Turkey, Rize: Ardeşen), 37—O. littorale (Russia, Volgograd Area: Elton Lake), 38—O. riparium impar (Georgia, Tskhneti), 39—O. rivulare (Russia, Krasnodar Territory: Derbiy), 40—O. rugatum (Russia, North Ossetia-Alania: Zincar), 41—O. turcicum (Russia, Krasnodar Territory, Caucasus Nature Reserve). Scale bars: 0.1 mm.