Geostiba (Sibiota) oertzeni (EPPELSHEIM 1888)

Assing, V., 2008, New species and additional records of Geostiba from the Eastern Mediterranean region and from Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2), pp. 1327-1335 : 1329-1330

Geostiba (Sibiota) oertzeni (EPPELSHEIM 1888)

A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Greece: 7 exs., Pelopónnisos, Panahaiko, above Paraskevi , 1350 m, 3.VI.1994, leg. Giachino & Vailati (cVai, cAss) ; 1 ex., Voiotía, Parnassós, 1660 m, 8.VI.1994 - 7.VI.1995, leg. Giachino & Vailati (cVai). Turkey: 15 exs., Karaman, Ermenek-Gülnar , Moca Geç., 36°32'N, 33°00'E, 1420 m, 21.IV.2008, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) .

Geostiba oertzeni is one of the most widespread and common species of the genus in the Eastern Mediterranean, its distribution ranging from eastern and southern Turkey to Ukraine and the Balkans. For a distribution map see ASSING (2006).