Geostiba (Sipalotricha) euboica PACE 1990

Assing, V., 2010, A revision of Geostiba of the Western Palaearctic region. XX. Four new species from Turkey and Albania, and additional, Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (2), pp. 1125-1138 : 1137-1138

Geostiba (Sipalotricha) euboica PACE 1990

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Turkey: 1 ex., Balıkesir, Kuruçam Tepe, 39°42'N, 27°09'E, 710 m, 13.IV.2010, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss).

The known distribution of G. euboica ranges from Albania and western Greece to western Turkey. For a distribution map see ASSING (2006).

Acknowledgements

I am indebted to Volker Brachat and Heinrich Meybohm for the generous gift of their staphylinid by-catches from Turkey. Benedikt Feldmann (Münster) proof-read the manuscript.

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Zusammenfassung

Vier Arten der Gattung Geostiba THOMSON aus der Türkei und Albanian werden beschrieben und abgebildet: Geostiba (Tropogastrosipalia) devia nov.sp. ( Türkei: Bolu), G. (T.) kazika nov.sp. ( Türkei: Çanakkale, Balıkesir), G. (T.) extensicollis nov.sp. ( Türkei: Bursa) und G. (Sibiota) polisitica nov.sp. (Zentral-Albanien: Librazhd). Für sieben Arten werden weitere Nachweise gemeldet. Eine kürzlich publizierte Bestimmungstabelle der Geostiba -Arten des östlichen Mittelmeerraums, der Kaukasusregion und Irans wird ergänzt. Einschliesslich der neu beschriebenen Arten sind derzeit 173 Arten in fünf Untergattungen aus diesem Gebiet bekannt.

References

ASSING V. (2000 a): A revision of the species of Geostiba THOMSON 1858 and Paraleptusa PEYERIMHOFF 1901 of Greece: Supplement I, including some species from Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Turkey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). — Linzer biologische Beiträge 32 (2): 1007-1031.

ASSING V. (2000 b): The Turkish species of Geostiba s. str. THOMSON 1858 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). — Linzer biologische Beiträge 32 (2) 1033-1042.

ASSING V. (2001 a): A revision of the Turkish species of Geostiba THOMSON 1858 and Tropimenelytron PACE 1983 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). — Linzer biologische Beiträge 33 (1): 137-185.

ASSING V. (2001 b): A revision of the species of Geostiba THOMSON of the Balkans and Turkey. V. New species, a new synonym, new combinations, and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). — Linzer biologische Beiträge 33 (2): 686- 707.

ASSING V. (2005): A revision of the species of Geostiba THOMSON and Tropimenelytron PACE of the Eastern Mediterranean, the Caucasus, and adjacent regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). — Linzer biologische Beiträge 37 (2): 903-1006.

ASSING V. (2006): Thirteen new species and additional records of Eastern Mediterranean Geostiba THOMSON (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). — Linzer biologische Beiträge 38 (2): 1179-1215.

ASSING V. (2009): A revision of Geostiba of the Western Palaearctic region. XIX. New species from Turkey and Iran and additional records, with an updated key and catalogue of the species of the Eastern Mediterranean, the Caucasus, and adjacent regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). — Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1191- 1246.

PACE R. (1990): Nuove specie e sottospecie del genere Geostiba THOMSON. 93° contributo alla conscenza delle Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). — Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (A) 147: 115-154.

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