Geostiba (Sibiota) breviflagellata ASSING , 2018

Assing, Volker, 2019, A revision of Geostiba of the West Palaearctic region. XXVII. New species from Georgia and Kyrgyzstan, and additional records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2), pp. 717-730 : 726

Geostiba (Sibiota) breviflagellata ASSING, 2018

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: GEORGIA: I m e r e t i: 5♂♂, 7♀♀, Imereti, Meskheti Range, N Sairme , 41°58'54''N, 42°47'21''E, 370 m, stream valley with predominant chestnut, alder, and rhododendron, litter sifted, 21. VII.2019, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 2♀♀, Imereti, Meskheti Range, N Sairme , 41°57'24''N, 42°46'10''E, 650 m, moist deciduous forest with predominant alder and chestnut, litter sifted, 21. VII.2019, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 2♀♀, same data, but soil washing (cAss) ; 2♂♂, Imereti, Meskheti Range, S Sairme , 41°52'46''N, 42°46'22''E, 1510 m, stream valley, moist deciduous forest margin, soil washing, 22.VII.2019, leg. Assing (cAss). G u r i a: 1♂, Kvabgha, 41°54'51''N, 42°23'51''E, 750 m, deciduous forest, leaf litter and dead wood with ants sifted, 14.V.2019, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; 1♂, 3♀♀, NE Bakhmaro , 41°54'03''N, 42°22'31''E, 1080 m, pasture with alder and streams, 15. V.2019, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; 2♀♀, NE Bakhmaro, 41°53'10''N, 42°21'40''E, 1640 m, secondary forest with rhododendron, laurel, and Carpinus , lirtter sifted, 15. V.2019, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; 1♂, 4♀♀, Kvaghba-Zoti , 41°54'25''N, 42°25'44''E, 680 m, stream valley with water fall and with deciduous forest, litter sifted and soil-washing, 16. V.2019, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) .

C o m m e n t: This recently described species was previously known only from two localities in the Imereti region ( ASSING 2018).