Oxypoda (Sphenoma) subplicata, Assing, 2016

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 : 123

Oxypoda (Sphenoma) subplicata ASSING, 2016 ( Map 2 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Armenia: 1♂, pass road E Ijevan, 40°52'N, 45°13'E, 1790 m, forest with old Quercus and Carpinus, litter and roots sifted, 6.VII.2017, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1♂, 7♀♀, pass N Goris , 39°36'N, 46°19'E, 1990 m, N-slope with small stream valleys with and without water, litter, debris, and moss sifted, 9.VII.2017, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1 ex., 40 km NW Sisian, Vorotan Pass , 39°42'N, 45°41'E, 2090 m, grassy slope with scatteres bushes, litter, debris, and moss sifted, 8.VII.2017, leg. Schülke ( MNB) ; 2 exs., SW Goris, ESE Tatev , 39°22'N, 46°17'E, 1950 m, mixed deciduous forest (Quercus, Carpinus, Acer, etc.),stream valley, moist litter near small stream sifted, 13.VII.2017, leg. Schülke ( MNB) .

C o m m e n t: Oxypoda subplicata was previously known from three localities to the south and the southwest of Kapan, South Armenia ( ASSING 2016). The currently known distribution is illustrated in Map 2 .

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Map 2: Distributions of Oxypoda flexa (black circles), O. subplicata (white circles), and O. verminata (white stars).