Gyrohypnus fracticornis ( Müller, 1776 ), Muller, 1776

Assing, Volker, 2007, On the Xantholinini of Turkey and adjacent regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), Zootaxa 1474, pp. 1-54 : 8

Gyrohypnus fracticornis ( Müller, 1776)

Material examined. TURKEY: Ordu: 1 ex., Akkuş, 3.–5.VI.1961, leg. Schubert (cAss). Manisa: 1 ex. [det. Feldmann], Turgutlu, Daġmarmara, 25.VIII.2004, leg. Anlaş (cAss); Mu ğ la: 1 ex., Gölgeli Daġları, 20 km NE Köyceġiz, above Aġla, 37°03'N, 28°49'E, 1690 m, 6.X.2002, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ex., same data,, but 37°04'N, 28°44'E, 1710 m (cAss); 1 ex., SE Fethiye, Baba Daġ, 36°33'N, 29°12'E, 1385 m, arable land, sifted from grass roots, 4.VII.2002, leg. Assing (cAss); Ankara: 1 ex., SE Ankara, Elma Daġı, 1300 m, hollow Salix base, 31.X.1995, leg. Vit (cAss).

Comment. Gyrohypnus fracticornis is widespread and common in the whole of the Palaearctic region and introduced in the Nearctic, Neotropical, and Australian regions ( Herman 2001, Smetana 2004).