Geostiba (Sipalotricha) cingulata (Eppelsheim, 1878)

Assing, Volker, 2018, A revision of Geostiba of the West Palaearctic region. XXVI. New species and additional records, primarily from the Caucasus region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (2), pp. 1033-1054 : 1052-1053

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.3776388

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3796500

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Geostiba (Sipalotricha) cingulata
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Geostiba (Sipalotricha) cingulata View in CoL (EPPELSHEIM, 1878) ( Map 3 View Map 3 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Georgia: R a c h a: 1♂, 4♀♀, E Shovi , 42°41'N, 43°42'E, 1720 m, 28. V.2018, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) GoogleMaps ; 1♀, E Shovi , 42°42'N, 43°41'E, 1570 m, 28. V.2018, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) GoogleMaps ; 2♀♀, W Glola , 42°42'N, 43°36'E, 1170 m, 28. V.2018, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Ghebi , 42°45'N, 43°32'E, 1310 m, 29. V.2018, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) GoogleMaps .

C o m m e n t: Unlike G. manca , G. cingulata is rather widespread and not uncommon in Georgia and Azerbaijan ( Map 3 View Map 3 ).

Based on the presence of a small tubercle on the male tergite VII, the species was previously attributed to the subgenus Chondridiosipalia SCHEERPELTZ, 1951. Other characters, however, suggest that it is more closely allied to geographically close species of the subgenus Sipalotricha , suggesting that the presence of a tubercle on the male tergite VII is an autapomorphy rather than a synapomorphy shared with Geostiba leonhardi (BERNHAUER, 1908) from Italy, the type species of Chondridiosipalia. This conclusion is also supported by the observation that there is no other species of Chondridiosipalia in the West Palaearctic east of Italy.

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Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

V

Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Geostiba

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