Tetartopeus stylifer (REITTER 1909)

Assing, V., 2009, New species and additional records of Lathrobium and Tetartopeus from the Palaearctic region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2), pp. 1269-1283 : 1278

Tetartopeus stylifer (REITTER 1909)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Iran: M a z a n d a r a n: 3 exs., 35 km SW Pol-e Sefid, Sheshrudbar , 36°00'N, 52°52'E, 1540 m, 8.VI.2006, leg. Frisch & Serri ( MNHUB, cAss) ; 1 ex., 12 km E Kiyasar, Alikolar , 36°13'N, 53°39'E, 1590 m, 9.VI.2006, leg. Frisch & Serri ( MNHUB) ; 1 ex., Chalus county, Elburz mts., 10 km SE Abbasabad, 36°39'N, 51°12'E, 150 m, leaf litter sifted, 4.VI.2008, leg. Pütz (cPüt). E s f a h a n: 1 ex., 15 km NNE Semirom, 31°32'N, 51°37'E, 2650 m, 12.V.2007, leg. Frisch & Serri ( MNHUB). G i l a n: 2 exs., Rasht county , Elburz mts., 29 km S Rasht, 37°01'N ; 49°36'E, 140 m, sifted, 6.VI.2008, leg. Pütz (cPüt); 2 exs., Fuman county, Tales mts., Masuleh-Khalkhal road, 8 km NW Masuleh, 37°10'N, 48°57'E, 1930 m, springs, small pools, 8.VI.2008, leg. Pütz (cPüt, cAss) .

C o m m e n t: The species is distributed from Ukraine and Turkey to Iraq and Iran, where it is apparently rather common ( ASSING 2007a).