Oxypoda (Podoxya) vicina Kraatz, 1858

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 : 6

Oxypoda (Podoxya) vicina Kraatz, 1858

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Material examined. TURKEY: Kastamonu: 3 exs., 45 km N Kastamonu, 25.V.1989, leg. Schönmann & Schillhammer ( NHMW, cAss); 1 ex., Ilgaz Daġı, 17–21.VI.1960, leg. Schubert (cAss); Erzurum: 1 ex., Palandöken Daġı, 2300 m, 21.VII.1973, leg. Schubert ( NHMW); Manisa: 2 exs., Manisa, ca. 10 km S Manisa, Karadaġ, 38°33’N, 27°23’E, 1200 m, roadside, under stones, 15.IV.2006, leg. Assing, Wunderle (cAss, cWun); Izmir: 1 ex., Izmir, Nif Daġı, 38°24’N, 27°24’E, 1010 m, 23.IV.2006, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 3 exs., ca. 5 km S Tire, 38°03’N, 27°45’E, 990 m, N-slope, pasture with shrubs and stones, sifted and under stones, 9.IV.2006, leg. Assing, Wunderle (cAss, cWun); 2 exs., ca. 25 km NE Aydın, WSW Hamamköy, Murtat Daġı, 38°01’N, 27°57’E, 1230 m, N-slope with scattered old oak, sifted grass and oak litter, 9.IV.2006, leg. Assing, Wunderle (cAss, cWun); Aydın: 7 exs., ca. 20 km NE Kuyucak, Bayrak Tepe, 37°58’N, 28°34’E, 900 m, N-slope, oak litter and grass sifted, 7.IV.2006, leg. Assing, Wunderle (cAss, cWun); 43 exs., Bayrak Tepe, 38°00’N, 28°35’E, 1480 m, N-slope, grass roots and pine litter sifted, 7.IV.2006, leg. Assing, Wunderle (cAss, cWun); 1 ex., ca. 10 km WSW Karakasu, Karınçalı Daġı, 37°42’N, 28°34’E, 1230 m, N-slope, grass roots and litter of shrubs sifted, under stones, 8.IV.2006, leg. Assing (cAss); Denizli: 1 ex., ca. 60 km E Muġla, S Kale, 37°26’N, 28°53’E, 1280 m, N-slope, pasture with many stones on limestone, 11.IV.2006, leg. Assing (cAss); Mu ğ la: 1 ex., Bafa lake, southern shore, 37°29’N, 27°29’E, ca. 20 m, below Mastix, 19– 29.III.2006, leg. Meybohm (cAss); 2 ex., ca. 20 km SW Muġla, N Meke, 37°13’N, 28°12’E, 590 m, pasture with stones at roadside, sifted and under stones, 12.IV.2006, leg. Assing (cAss); Konya: 2 exs., Akşehir env., "Sultan Dagh", pasture, 29.IV.1960, leg. Petrowitz & Ressl ( NHMW); 2 exs., Akşehir env., "Sultan Dagh", 30.IV. & 6.V.1960, leg. Petrowitz & Ressl ( NHMW); 2 ex., Akşehir 1.V.1960, leg. Petrowitz & Ressl ( NHMW, cAss); Bitlis: 1 ex., Tatvan, 1800 m, V.1976, leg. Schubert ( NHMW); 2 exs., Tatvan, 1900 m, 20.V.1969, leg. Schubert ( NHMW); 1 ex., S Tatvan, 1700–2000 m, 23.VI–1.VII.1073, leg. Schubert (cAss).

Comment. In Turkey, this species was previously known only from central southern Anatolia ( Assing 2006b). Its distribution in Turkey is illustrated in Fig. 3 .

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FIGURE 3. Distributions of Oxypoda vicina Kraatz (filled circles) and O. pontica, sp. n. (open circles) in Turkey.