Geostiba (Tropogastrosipalia) artvinensis ASSING , 2001

Assing, Volker, 2017, A revision of Geostiba of the West Palaearctic region. XXV. New species from Georgia and Greece, and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (2), pp. 1093-1106 : 1096

Geostiba (Tropogastrosipalia) artvinensis ASSING, 2001 ( Map 1 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Turkey:13, Artvin, 8 km E Şavşat, Karagöl Sahara Nat. Park, 41°14'N, 42°27'E, wet coniferous forest with dominant spruce and fir, 1930 m, 4.-5.VII.2004, leg. Růžička & Hájek (NMP).

C o m m e n t: The above male represents the first record since the original description, which is based on type material from the area to the south of Artvin and from the environs of Borçka, Artvin province ( ASSING 2001). The currently known distribution is illustrated in Map 1 .

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Map 1: Distributions of the species of the subgenus Tropogastrosipalia in the Caucasus region, based on examined records: G. svanetica (black diamond); G. gibberiventris (white diamond); G. tiflisensis (black circles); G. artvinensis (white circles); G. pontica (black square); G. solodovnikovi (black star); G. priva (white square); G. khnzoriani (black triangles).