Oxypoda (Sphenoma) vicina

Assing, Volker, 2018, Three new species of Oxypoda from Spain, Armenia, and Ukraine with notes on the fauna of Armenia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1), pp. 111-127 : 124

Oxypoda (Sphenoma) vicina KRAATZ, 1858

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Armenia: 13♂♂, 20♀♀, 8 exs., S Martuni, Sulema Pass , 39°58'N, 45°14'E, 2340 m, slope with small stream and scattered bushes, litter and roots near stream sifted, 29. VI.2016, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, MNB) ; 2♀♀, S Martuni, Sulema Pass , 39°58'N, 45°14'E, 2340 m, rocky slope with grass, moss, and fern, roots and moss sifted, 29. VI.2016, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1 ex., N Yerevan, W Hrazdan , 40°31'N, 44°31'E, 2020 m, grassy slope with scattered oak, litter and roots sifted, 25. VI.2016, leg. Schülke ( MNB) ; 2♂♂, 2♀♀, 5 exs., 35 km NW Sisian , 39°41'N, 45°47'E, 2070 m, stream valley, litter beneath bushes near stream sifted, 3.VII.2016, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, MNB) ; 1 ex., 35 km NW Sisian , 39°41'N, 45°47'E, 2080 m, swampy meadow, debris sifted, 3.VII.2016, leg. Schülke ( MNB) ; 4♂♂, 6♀♀, 1 ex., 25 km SW Kapan , 39°04'N, 46°16'E, 2150 m, near stream, litter of Salix and debris sifted, 10.VII.2016, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, MNB) ; 1♂, 3♀♀, 3 exs., Vardenis mountain range SE Vardenis, 40°05'N, 45°49'E, 2330 m, stream valley with Salix, litter and roots beneath Salix sifted, 27. VI.2017, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, MNB) ; 21♂♂, 17♀♀, 8 exs., Sevani mountain range E Sevan lake, Tsapatagh env., 40°24'N, 45°30'E, 2025 m, oak forest margin, litter and roots sifted, 28. VI.2017, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, MNB) ; 2♀♀, NE Sevan Lake, Karmir pass, 40°34'N, 45°18'E, 2150 m, debris, grass, and roots beneath scattered Sorbus sifted, 30. VI.20176, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1♂, 5♀♀, S Martuni, Sulema Pass , 39°58'N, 45°14'E, 2340 m, slope with small stream and scattered bushes, litter and roots near stream sifted, 8.VII.2017, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1♂, pass N Goris , 39°35'N, 46°20'E, 2110 m, grassy slope with stones, mouse nest under stone sifted, 9.VII.2017, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1♀, 40 km NW Sisian, Vorotan Pass, 39°41'N, 45°45'E, 2140 m, stream valley with Salix , litter and roots sifted, 10.VII.2017, leg. Assing (cAss) .

C o m m e n t: Oxypoda vicina , a rather common species distributed in the West Palaearctic region from West Europe to Middle Asia, had not been reported from Armenia.