Gyrophaena (Gyrophaena) gentilis Erichson, 1839

Enushchenko, Ilya V. & Semenov, Viktor B., 2016, A review of the genus Gyrophaena Mannerheim 1830 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Gyrophaenina) of the Caucasus and adjacent territories, Zootaxa 4126 (3), pp. 301-337 : 310-314

Gyrophaena (Gyrophaena) gentilis Erichson, 1839

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Gyrophaena gentilis Erichson, 1839: 185

Gyrophaena gentilis ; Eppelsheim, 1878: 105; Reitter, 1888: 147; Jacobson, 1909: 533; Roubal, 1911: 13, 1913: 484; Seevers, 1951: 679; Boháč, 1986: 190; Nikitskiy & al., 2008: 112

Material examined: RUSSIA: STAVROPOL TERRITORY: Predgorniy District: 1 ♀: Pyatigorsk, Beshtau Mountain, fungi, 9.VI.1911, B. Iljin leg. ( ZIN); 29 Ƌ, 30 ♀: Mineral'niye Vody, Beshtau Mountain, 4– 17.VIII.1993, E.A. Khachikov leg. (cEKh, ZMM); 2 Ƌ, 3 ♀: set. Inozemtsevo, Beshtau Mountain, 15.VI.1995, E.A. Khachikov leg. ( ZMM); KRASNODAR TERRITORY: 1 ♀: ‘Caucas. occ. Gouv. Kuban. Leder. Reitter’ ( HNHM); Temryukskiy District: 1 Ƌ: 1 km NW Ilyich, sift, pitfall traps, 812 m, N 44°04ʹ1,1ʺ E 41°21ʹ33,0ʺ, 28.05.2014, A. Pütz leg. (cAP); Severskiy District: 7 spec.: Ubinskaya, 22.VI.1976, V.V. Belov leg. (cVS); 17 spec.: near Ubinskaya, Derbiy Mountain, 31.V.1986, I.A. Ushakov leg. (cVS); 1 spec.: ibid., Sober-Oashkh Mountain, 19.VI.1986, I.A. Ushakov leg. (cVS); 1 spec.: ibid., Papai Mountain, 2.VI.1986, I.A. Ushakov leg. (cVS); Apsheronskiy District: 1 Ƌ: N slopes of Skalisty Mts. rng., near Peredovaya River 1.st, Sukhaya balka, sift, pitfall traps, 901 m, N 44°02ʹ46,1ʺ E 41°26ʹ04,2ʺ, 27.05.2014, A. Pütz leg. (cAP); 8 Ƌ, 5 ♀: S slopes of Chernogorie Mts. rng., near Otdalyennyi, sift, pitfall traps, 781 m, N 44°04ʹ52,3ʺ E 39°44ʹ14,9ʺ, 23.05.2014, A. Pütz leg. (cAP); 4 Ƌ: Lagonakskiy Mts. rng., Matazyk Mountain, 6 km S Guamka, pitfall traps, sift, 997 m, N 44°19ʹ51,1ʺ E 39°54ʹ33,3ʺ, 20.05.2014, A. Pütz leg. (cAP); 7 Ƌ, 1 ♀: ibid., 9 km S Guamka, pitfall traps, sift, 1082 m, N 44°09ʹ05,0ʺ E 39°54ʹ33,3ʺ, 21.05.2014, A. Pütz leg. (cAP); 1 Ƌ: Mezmai, 19–25.VII.1996, E.A. Khachikov leg. ( ZMM); Anapskiy District: 3 ♀: 3 km E Bol'shoi Utrish, 24–30.VIII.2003, D. Popov, A. Rudaikov, E. Khachikov leg. ( ZMM); Lazorevskiy Distict: 1 ♀: Kirova (Tkhagapsh), under Castanea bark, 29.IX.1985, A. Kireichuk leg. ( ZIN); Khostinskiy District: 26 spec.: Khosta, 4.VI.1988, V.B. Semenov leg. (cVS); 38 spec.: Maryino, 25.IX.1988, I.A. Ushakov leg. (cVS); Kushchevskiy District: 2 Ƌ: Krasnaya Polyana, [?], Lgocki [Cauc. Occ. | Krasna Polana | Dr. Lgocki VIII. / laevipennis / V. Pliginski coll.] ( ZIN); 1 ♀: Krasnaya Polyana, VI.1973, R. Rous leg. (cJB); 26 spec.: Krasnaya Polyana, VIII.1986, S.I. Golovatch leg. (cVS); 1 Ƌ: ca. 4 km NW of Krasnaya Polyana, SE slopes of Achishkho Mountain, N 43°42ʹ516ʺ E 40°10ʹ534ʺ, h= 1000 m, chestnut-beech forest, sifting leaf litter, 19.VII.2011, A. Solodovnikov, M. Kaae leg. ( ZMUC); 6 Ƌ, 3 ♀: ca. 6 km NW of Krasnaya Polyana, SE slopes of Achishkho Mountain, N 43°42ʹ23ʺ E 40°09ʹ41ʺ, h= 1150 m, beech-rhododendron forest, sifting leaf litter, 19.VII.2011, A. Solodovnikov leg. ( ZMUC); 6 spec.: Caucasian Biosphere Reserve, Pslukh ca. 20 km E of Krasnaya Polyana, 1000 m, Abies , Quercus etc. forest, 12.VIII.1989, S.I. Golovatch leg. (cVS); 3 Ƌ, 6 ♀: ca. 20 km NE of Krasnaya Polyana, S slopes of Pseashkha Range, N 43°43ʹ062ʺ E 40°23ʹ675ʺ, h= 2050 m, sifting leaf litter in subalpine shrub, 17.VII.2011, A. Solodovnikov leg. ( ZMUC); Adlerskiy District: 1 Ƌ: 23 km NE Adler, lower course of Chvizhepse River, 43° 38' 25" N; 40° 04' 33" E, window trap, 28.IV–4.V.2013, K. Makarov leg.

(cVS); 6 Ƌ, 5 ♀: vicinities of Chvizhepse, N 43°38ʹ32ʺ E 40°04ʹ45ʺ, h= 300 m, 17.VII.2014, A.V. Kovalyev leg. (cEKh, ZIN, ZMM); 22 Ƌ, 7 ♀: 30 km NNO Adler, lower reaches of Chvizhepse River, 250–800 m, 29.IV.– 08.V.2013, Sv. Kurbatova leg. ( RCPQ); Labinskiy District: 1 ♀: right bank of Malaya Laba River, near Chernorechie, sift, pitfall traps, 772 m, 43°58ʹ57,8ʺ E 40°42ʹ53,3ʺ, 21.05.2014, A. Pütz leg. (cAP); ADYGEA: Maikopskiy District: 86 Ƌ, 106 ♀: 10 km N Guzeripl´, Nikel´, Sjuk River, 28.VI.1990, Degtyaryov, Beschyotnyi leg. (cEKh, cIE, ZMM); 65 spec.: descent from a pasture Abago in Guzeripl´, 1300 m, 26.V.1985, A.B. Ryvkin leg. (cVS); 11 spec.: Caucasian Biosphere Reserve, Guzeripl´, 22.VI.1986, I.A. Ushakov leg. (cVS); 28 Ƌ, 93 ♀: ibid., 21.VI.1990, V.V. Grebennikov leg. (cEKh, ZMM); 6 Ƌ, 8 ♀: ca. 5 km SW of Fisht Mountain, N 43°55ʹ242ʺ E 39°51ʹ436ʺ, h= 1600 m, beech-fir forest, flight intercept trap, 12–14.VII.2011, A. Solodovnikov leg. ( ZMUC); KARACHAY- CHERKESSIA: 1 Ƌ, 2 ♀: ‘Caucas. occ. Circassien. Leder. Reitter’ ( HNHM); Urup District: 3 spec.: 3 km E of Pregradnaya, 800 m, 3.VIII.1986, S.I. Golovatch leg. (cVS); 1 Ƌ, 1 ♀: Bol'shaya Laba River, Pkhiya, 14.VIII.1998, E.A. Khachikov leg. (cVS); Karachay District: 1 ♀: ca. 3–4 km NE of Dombai, SW slopes of Musat- Cheri Range, N 43°17ʹ446ʺ E 41°38ʹ628ʺ, h= 2200 m, timber line (berch, maple, pine), sifting leaf litter, 23.VI.2011, A. Solodovnikov leg. ( ZMUC); 10 ♀: ca. 12 km SW of Teberda, Baduk Lakes at E slopes of Teberdinskiy Range, N 43°22ʹ591ʺ E 41°39ʹ644ʺ, h= 2000 m, spruce-fir-beech forest with rhododendron, sifting leaf litter, 26, 27. VII.2011, A. Solodovnikov leg. ( ZMUC); 3 Ƌ, 7 ♀: ca. 15 km SW of Teberda, near mouth of Gonachkhir River, N 43°19ʹ854ʺ E 41°39ʹ926ʺ, h= 1500 m, beech-spruce forest, Malaise trap, 24–28.VII.2011, A. Solodovnikov, S. Tarasov leg. ( ZMUC); 22 Ƌ, 7 ♀: Teberdinskiy Biosphere Reserve, Teberda, VII.2011, E.A. Khachikov leg. (cEKh, cIE, ZMM); 9 spec.: ibid., Khatipara Mountain, 17.VII.2012, E.A. Khachikov leg. (cVS, ZMM); KABARDINO- BALKARIA: 1 Ƌ: Nal΄chik, Belaya Rechka, left side of the river, flood-lands forest, 9.X.2011, A. Aiydov leg. ( ZMM); Checherskiy District: 1 spec.: Karasu VIII, bank of Tsherek Khulamsky River, 900 m, 15.VIII.2003, A.G. Koval, O.G. Guseva leg. ( ZIN); NORTH OSSETIA: Alagirskiy District: 1 Ƌ, 1 ♀: Nizhniy Unal, 2.VII.1997, E.A. Khachikov leg. ( ZMM); 10 spec.: North-Ossetian Biosphere Reserve, Tseiskoye gorge, Alnus - brushwoods, 20.VII.1982, S.K. Alexeev leg. (cVS); 13 spec.: ibid., Pinus -forest, 23.VII.1982, S.K. Alexeev leg. (cVS); 25 spec.: ibid., Pinus -forest, with Salix sp., 15.VIII.1982, S.K. Alexeev leg. (cVS); SOUTH OSSETIA: Dzauskiy District: 1 Ƌ: Zemo-Roka, 6.VI.1987, J. Kačenka leg. (cJB); ABKHAZIA: Gagsky District: 1 Ƌ, 4 ♀: Gega River, 5 km above jonction at Bzybʹ River, 700 m, 4–6.V.2012, S. Kurbatov leg. ( RCPQ); Gagra Disrtict: 36 spec.: environs of Ritsa Lake, 14.IX.1986, A.B. Ryvkin leg. (cVS); 4 Ƌ: Avadkhara, 24.V.2004, E.A. Khachikov leg. (cVS); 57 spec.: Gumistinsky Biosphere Reserve, cordon Verkhniy Tsumur, 24.IX.1985, I.A. Ushakov leg. (cVS); 18 spec.: ibid., 19.VIII.1986, A.B. Ryvkin leg. (cVS, ZMM); 10 Ƌ, 4 ♀: Mjusserskiy Biosphere Reserve, 18.IX.1988, I.A. Ushakov leg. (cVS); 1 ♀: environs of Pitsunda, 18.IX.1991, V.B. Semenov leg. (cVS); 1 Ƌ: ibid., on Armillaria sp., 15.IX.1991, V.B. Semenov leg. (cVS); Gudautskiy District: 426 spec.: Duripsh, 16.IX.1985, I.A.Ushakov leg. (cVS); Sukhum District: 17 spec.: Pskhu, 750 m, 16.VIII.1986, A.B. Ryvkin leg. (cVS); 15 Ƌ, 8 ♀: Kelasuri Canyon, 18.IX.1988, I.A.Ushakov leg. (cVS); Gulrypshskiy District: 2 Ƌ: Amtkel, pr. Sukhumi (400 m), 15.VI.1981, J. Strejček leg. (cJB); GEORGIA: SAMEGRELO ZEMO- SVANETI: Zugdidskiy District: 2 Ƌ, 8 ♀: Zugdidi, 13.X.1981 (cJB); Mestia District: 1 Ƌ: 2 km S Dizi, near waterfall, 19.IX.1986, A.B. Ryvkin leg. (cVS); RACHA- LECHKHUMI: Oni District: 1 Ƌ: Shovi, Fagus , Ulmus and Abies , litter and under stones, at a spring, 21.X.1981, S.I. Golovatch leg. (cJB); SHIDA KARTLI: Khevsureti District: 1 ♀: ‘Caucasus. Tbatani 79. Leder (Reitter)’ ( HNHM); KAKHETI: Kvareli District: 4 spec.: N of Kvareli, 700–750 m, Fagus , Carpinus , Quercus etc. forest, 4.V.1987, S.I. Golovatch & K.Yu. Eskov leg. (cVS); 8 ♀: Lagodekhi, agaricales fungi, 27.X.1968, O.L. Kryzhanovskiy leg. ( ZIN); ADJARIA: Kobuletskiy District: 1 Ƌ: Meskhetskiy Mountain, Kintrish Biosphere Reserve, gorge of Kintrish River, 23.VI.2000, M.V. Nabozhenko leg. ( ZMM); 1 ♀: Kintrish Biosphere Reserve, Rhododendron thickets, 600–800 m, Zeraboseli, 2.VI.1981, S.I. Golovatch, Martens leg. (cJB); ARMENIA: LORI AREA: Tumanyanskiy District: 2 spec.: Odzun W of Alaverdi, 1500–1550 m, Quercus , Fagus , Carpinus etc. forest, 23–24.V.1987, S.I. Golovatch & K.Yu. Eskov leg. (cVS); 2 spec.: Stepanovan, 1600–1650 m, Quercus , Fagus , Carpinus etc. forest, 21–22.V.1987, S.I. Golovatch & K.Yu. Eskov leg. (cVS); TAVUSH AREA: Shamshadyn District: 5 spec.: W of Shamshadyn halfway betw. Idjevan & Berd, 1500–1600 m, Fagus , Carpinus, Acer etc. forest, 26–27.V.1987, S.I. Golovatch & K.Yu. Eskov leg. (cVS); 1 ♀: Dilizhan Biosphere Reserve, Agartsyn, 1250–1300 m, Fagus forest, litter, 17.IV.1989, S.I. Golovatch leg. (cVS); AZERBAIJAN: Kel΄badjar District: 4 spec.: Chilisa ca. 7 km S of Kelbodjar, 1450–1500 m, Quercus , Carpinus, Acer etc. forest, litter, 31.V.1987, S.I. Golovatch & K.Yu. Eskov leg. (cVS); REGION NOT LOCATED: 1 Ƌ: ‘Caucasus. Leder’ [‘ Gyroph. fasciata Marsh. Coll. Reitter’] ( HNHM); 2 ♀: ‘Caucasus. Leder. Reitter’ ( HNHM); 1 Ƌ, 1 ♀: ‘Kaukas. Leder’ ( HNHM).

FIGURES 14–18.

FIGURES 19–23.

Additional material examined. UKRAINE: ZAKARPATTIA AREA: Rahiv District: 1 Ƌ: Karpatskiy Biosphere Reserve, Chernogora Mountain, 29.VIII.1999, Jan Růžička leg. ( ZMM); RUSSIA: ROSTOV AREA: Tarasovskiy District 3 Ƌ: Aleksandrovka, 1–15.VIII.1993, E.A. Khachikov leg. ( ZMM).

Distribution. C & N Europe, Caucasus, Turkey ( Assing 2007, 2011b), SE Kazakhstan ( Kashcheev 2001); Siberia ( Eppelsheim 1893, Babenko 1982, Enushchenko & Shavrin 2011).

Remarks. The first record of G. gentilis for Caucasus was published by Eppelsheim (1878) from Mt. Sarijal near Elisavetpol (now Ganja). Reitter (1888) recorded this species for "Circassien" (NW Caucasus). Roubal (1911) recorded species for Krasnaya Polyana and Karachay-Cherkessia – Teberda River ( Roubal 1913). Seevers (1951) recorded it for "Daghestan", "Kuban District of the Caucasus". Boháč (1986) recorded this species for Amtkel Lake. Nikitskiy & al. (2008) recorded G. gentilis for Caucasian Biosphere Reserve and Krasnaya Polyana.