Geostiba (Sibiota) batumiensis, Pace, 1996

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 : 720-726

Geostiba (Sibiota) batumiensis PACE, 1996

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: GEORGIA: A d j a r a: 5♂♂, 5♀♀, Chakvistavi , 41°40'47''N, 41°52'19''E, 330 m, stream valley in deciduous forest, litter sifted, 17. V.2019, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; 2♂♂, 4♀♀, W Chakvistavi , 41°41'27''N, 41°49'48''E, 150 m, beech forest with rhododendron, litter sifted, 18. V.2019, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; 2♂♂, 2♀♀, E Chakvistavi , 41°40'44''N, 41°53'09''E, deciduous forest, litter sifted, 400 m, 19. V.2019, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; 4♀♀, E Chakvistavi , 41°40'34''N, 41°52'30''E, 320 m, rhododenron litter sifted, 20. V.2019, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; 2♂♂, 1♀, E Chakvistavi , 41°40'34''N, 41°52'49''E, 360 m, road margin, deciduous forest margin, litter sifted, 20. V.2019, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; 4♂♂, 5♀♀, Achi , 41°49'52''N, 42°00'25''E, 330 m, deciduous forest, litter near stream sifted, 21. V.2019, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; 22♂♂, 27♀♀, Meskheti Range, NE Batumi, Mtirala National

Park, 41°40'36''N, 41°52'23''E, 300 m, deciduous forest with predominant alder, chestnut, and rhododendron, litter sifted, 18.VII.2019, leg. Assing (cAss); 10♂♂, 11♀♀, same data, but soil washing (cAss, MNB) ; 20♂♂, 39♀♀, Meskheti Range , NE Batumi, Mtirala National Park, 41°40'35''N, 41°52'29''E, 330 m, moist deciduous forest with predominant alder, chestnut, and rhododendron, litter sifted, 18.VII.2019, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 3♂♂, 3♀♀, same data, but soil washing (cAss) .

C o m m e n t: Geostiba batumiensis has been recorded only from the vicinity of Batumi in the Adjara region ( ASSING 2016b).