Oxypoda cristata Assing, 2006

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

Oxypoda cristata Assing, 2006

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Material examined: TURKEY: Amasya: 1 ex., Boraboy near Amasya, 26–31.V.1961, leg. Schubert (cAss); Gümü ş hane: 10 exs., ca. 80 km SW Trabzon, Zigana pass, 40°37’N, 39°24’E, 2050 m, roots of grass, moss, and shrubs sifted, 23.VII.2006, leg. Assing, Schülke (cAss, cSch); Izmir: 15 exs., ca. 25 km NE Aydın, WSW Hamamköy, Murtat Daġı, 1230 m, 38°01’N, 27°57’E, 9.IV.2006, leg. Assing, Wunderle (cAss, cWun); Aydın: 1 ex., ca. 15 km NNE Aydın, Imambaba Tepesi, 37°57’N, 27°54’E, below peak, 1600 m, edge of pine forest with grass, shrubs, sifted and under stones, 5.IV.2006, leg. Assing (cAss); 2 exs., Imambaba Tepesi, 37°56’N, 27°54’E, 1480 m, under stones, 5.IV.2006, leg. Wunderle (cWun); 2 exs., ca. 20 km NE Kuyucak, Bayrak Tepe, 38°00’N, 28°35’E, 1480 m, N-slope, grass roots and pine litter sifted, 5.IV.2006, leg. Wunderle (cWun); Mu ğ la: 1 ex., 16 km N Milas, Labranda, 37°25’N, 27°43’E, 670 m, 18.IV.2006, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); Antalya: 4 exs., 30 km E Alanya, 36°33’N, 32°20’E, 1280 m, stony meadow with scattered pine trees, litter and grass sifted, 24.XII.2006, leg. Assing (cAss); 10 exs., 40 km E Alanya, 36°35’N, 32°23’E, 1280 m, N-exposed stony meadow with scattered pine and deciduous trees and shrubs, grass sifted, 24.XII.2006, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ex., 35 km NNE Alanya, NE Gündoġmus, Osman Daġı, 36°50’N, 32°04’E, 1480 m, stony meadow, grass sifted, 25.XII.2006, leg. Assing (cAss); 4 exs., 27 km N Alanya, Söġut Daġı, SE Gündoġmus, 36°49’N, 32°02’E, 1670 m, litter and grass below cedar and fir, 25.XII.2006, leg. Assing (cAss); 8 exs., 45 km NE Manavgat, NE Akseki, Imrasan Geçidi, 37°06’N, 31°48’E, 1400 m, meadow, grass roots and fir litter sifted, 26.XII.2006, leg. Assing (cAss); Mersin: 3 exs., Çamlıyayla, 11–26.V.1960, leg. Schubert ( NHMW); 2 exs., Çamlıyayla, 10.V.–3.VI.1963, leg. Schubert ( NHMW, cAss); 2 exs., Çamlıyayla, IV.1976, leg. Schubert ( NHMW).

Comment. This recently described species is widespread in Turkey and Greece, but was previously unknown from northeastern Anatolia ( Assing 2006a). Its distribution is mapped in Fig. 32 .

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FIGURE 32. Distribution of Oxypoda cristata Assing in Turkey