Oxypoda (Mycetodrepa) alternans ( Gravenhorst, 1802 )

Assing, Volker, 2007, On the Oxypoda species of Turkey and adjacent regions. II. Three new species, additional records, and a checklist (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), Zootaxa 1411, pp. 1-24 : 13-14

Oxypoda (Mycetodrepa) alternans ( Gravenhorst, 1802)

Material examined. TURKEY: Sinop: 5 exs., Çangal Daġı, 7–15.VI.1960, leg. Schubert ( NHMW, cAss); 2 ex., Çangal Daġı, VIII.1979, leg. Schubert ( NHMW); Giresun: 1 ex., ca. 40 km SSW Giresun, 40°36’N, 38°37’E, 1140 m, litter of hazelnut, Rhododendron , spruce, 29.VII.2006, leg. Schülke (cSch); Gümü ş hane: 4 exs., ca. 50 km SW Trabzon, NE Kürtün, 40°42’N, 39°15’E, 1750 m, spruce forest with Rhododendron , sifted, 27.VII.2006, leg. Assing, Schülke (cAss, cSch); Trabzon: 2 exs., Trabzon, ca. 50 km S Trabzon, 20 km S Maçka, Altindere Milli Park, 40°40’N, 39°40’E, 1560 m, spruce forest with Rhododendron , sifted, 26.VII.2006, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ex., Altindere Milli Park, 40°40’N, 39°40’E, 1540 m, bank of stream, 26.VII.2006, leg. Schülke (cSch); 32 exs., Altindere Milli Park, 40°41’N, 39°39’E, 1650 m, spruce forest with Rhododendron , mushrooms sifted, 26.VII.2006, leg. Assing, Schülke (cAss, cSch); Rize: 102 exs., 50 km SSE Rize, W Sivrikaya, 40°41’N, 40°39’E, 2050 m, natural fir forest, litter and dead wood sifted, 1.VIII.2006, leg. Assing, Schülke (cAss, cSch); 2 exs., ca. 50 km S Ardeşen, Çat, 40°52’N, 40°56’E, 1240 m, alder forest, sifted, 3.VIII.2006, leg. Schülke (cSch).

Comment. This fungicole is widespread in the Western Palaearctic region, its range extending eastwards to Iran and Afghanistan ( Smetana 2004, Zerche 1999). In Turkey, it had been recorded only from Artvin province ( Zerche 1999).