Gyrophaena (Gyrophaena) affinis Mannerheim, 1830

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 : 303-305

Gyrophaena (Gyrophaena) affinis Mannerheim, 1830

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Gyrophaena affinis Mannerheim, 1830: 74

Gyrophaena amabilis Lacordaire, 1835: 537

Gyrophaena diversa Mulsant & Rey, 1870: 153

Gyrophaena inconspicua Casey, 1906: 299

Gyrophaena lacustris Casey, 1906: 299

Gyrophaena subpunctata Casey, 1906: 299

Gyrophaena affinis: Eppelsheim, 1878: 105 ; Reitter, 1888: 151; Jacobson, 1909: 533; Roubal, 1911: 13; Eichler, 1930a: 224; Seevers, 1951: 695; Nikitskiy & al., 2008: 111

Material examined: RUSSIA: STAVROPOL TERRITORY: Predgorniy District: 4 Ƌ, 3 ♀: Mineral'niye Vody, Beshtau Mountain, 4–17.VIII.1993, E.A. Khachikov leg. (cVS, ZMM); 4 ♀: ibid., 10.VI.1994, E.A. Khachikov leg. ( ZMM); KRASNODAR TERRITORY: Krymskiy District: 1 Ƌ, 2 ♀: Krymsk, right side of Adagum River, on Fomes fomentarius , 5.X.2011, I.V. Enushchenko leg. ( ZMM); 8 Ƌ, 12 ♀: ibid., on Lentinus tigrinus , 24.VII.2013, I.V. Enushchenko leg. (cIE, ZMM); Severskiy District: 3 spec.: Ubinskaya, 22.V.1986, I.A. Ushakov leg. (cVS, ZMM); 19 spec.: ibid., Papai Mountain, 2.VI.1986, I.A. Ushakov leg. (cVS, ZMM); 10 spec.: ibid., Derbiy Mountain, 31.VI.1986, I.A. Ushakov leg. (cVS. ZMM); Apsheronskiy District: 1 Ƌ: Mezmai, 19–25.VII.1996, E.A. Khachikov leg. ( ZMM); Kushchevskiy District: 1 Ƌ: 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); Adlerskiy District: 2 Ƌ, 2 ♀: 30 km NNO Adler, lower reaches of Chvizhepse River, 250–800 m, 29.IV.–08.V.2013, S. Kurbatova leg. ( RCPQ); Anapskiy District: 1 ♀: Bol'shoi Utrish, 1–5.V.2008, E.A. Khachikov leg. ( ZMM); Gelendzhikskiy District: 1 ♀: 7 km W Krinitsa, Tyomnaya Shchel´ Gorge 19.IX.2012, E.A. Khachikov leg. ( ZMM); Khostinskiy District: 2 Ƌ: Khosta, 13.VI.1988, V.B. Semenov leg. (cVS); ADYGEA: Krasnogvardeiskiy District: 3 spec.: environs of Shturbino, flood-lands of Laba River, 6. VI.2009, V.B. Semenov leg. (cVS); Maikopskiy District: 6 Ƌ, 2 ♀: 10 km N Guzeripl´, Nikel´, Sjuk River, 28.VI.1990, Degtyaryov, Beschyotnyi leg. ( ZMM); KARACHAY- CHERKESSIA: Karachay District: 15 Ƌ, 13 ♀: Teberdinskiy Nature Reserve, Teberda, VII.2011, E.A. Khachikov leg. (cEKh, cIE, ZMM); 20 spec.: ibid., Khatipara Mountain, 17.VII.2012, E.A. Khachikov leg. (cIE, cEKh, cZMM); DAGESTAN: Gunibskiy District: 5 Ƌ, 1 ♀: Upper Gunib, 1500–1600 m, Betula & Pinus forest, 25.VI.1989, S.I. Golovatch leg. ( ZMM); 1 Ƌ: ‘Daghestan. Leder. Reitter.’ ( HNHM); ABKHAZIA: Gagra Disrtict: 55 spec.: Ritsa Lake, 16.IX.1985, I.A. Ushakov leg. ( ZMM); Gudautskiy District: 91 spec.: Bzybskiy Ridge, ca. 2 km N Duripsh, general collecting, 09.IX.1985, I.A.Ushakov leg. ( ZMM); Sukhum District: 1 spec.: Pskhu, 750 m, 19.VIII.1986, A.B. Ryvkin leg. ( ZMM); 1 Ƌ: Kelasuri Canyon, 18.IX.1988, I.A. Ushakov leg. ( ZMM); GEORGIA: ZEMO- SVANETI: 44 spec.: 40 km W Mestiya, FIGURES 1–6.

Kherkhvashi, 1150 m, 25.VIII.1986, A.B. Ryvkin leg. ( ZMM); SAMTSKHE- JAVAKHETI: Adigenskiy District: 2 Ƌ, 1 ♀: ‘Caucasus. Abastuman. Leder (Reitter)’ ( HNHM); AZERBAIJAN: Lenkoranskiy District: 1 ♀: Alexeevka, 23.IV.1979, I.M. Vyshinskiy leg. ( ZMM); 3 Ƌ, 2 ♀: Talysh, Girkansky Nature Reserve, 24.VI.1980, S.G. Korolev leg. ( ZMM); 1 Ƌ: Astara Istisu, W Astara, 100 m, 2–6.VI.1996, S.I. Golovatch leg. ( ZMM); 1 Ƌ: Bilyasyar, 800ʹ on Vasharu-Chay River, 16.VII.1932, Znoiko leg. ( ZIN); Lerik District: 1 ♀: ‘Caspi.-M.-Gebiet. Hamarat. Leder (Reitter)’ ( HNHM); REGION NOT LOCATED: 1 Ƌ: ‘Caucasus. Leder Reitter’ ( HNHM); 1 ♀: ‘Kaukas. Leder’ ( HNHM); 2 ♀: ‘Caucasus. Leder’ ( HNHM).

Addition material examined: RUSSIA: REPUBLIC OF CRIMEA: Balaklavskiy District: 1 Ƌ, 1 ♀: Baidary [Orlinoye], 18.V.1921, V. Kizeritskiy leg. ( ZIN); Alushta: 9 Ƌ, 12 ♀: ‘Turia, Kosʹmo-Damianovskiy mon[astery], 23.6.[19]08, V. Pliginskiy leg. ( ZIN)’; 1 ♀: ibid., 20.6.[19]08, V. Pliginskiy leg. ( ZIN); 1 ♀: ibid., 18.6.[19]11, V. Pliginskiy leg. ( ZIN); 1 Ƌ: ibid., 17.6.[19]11, V. Pliginskiy, A.M. Djakonov leg. ( ZIN); 2 Ƌ: ibid., 18.6.[19]11, A.M. Djakonov leg. ( ZIN); 2 Ƌ, 2 ♀: Alushta, south bank of Krym, on the road to Tuak [Rybinskoye], 12.VII.1911, A.M. Djakonov leg. ( ZIN); 3 ♀: Krym, Tuak [Rybinskoye], 13.VII.1911, D.M. Djakonov leg. ( ZIN); Kirovskiy District: 2 Ƌ, 7 ♀: near Agarmysh Mountain, 3.VI.1989, V.A. Kashcheev leg. ( ZIN); 6 Ƌ, 7 ♀: Staryi Crym, mountain forest, 15–16.VIII.2005, R. Cibuļskis leg. ( DUBC); VOLGOGRAD AREA: 4 Ƌ, 7 ♀: Volgograd, Grigorova Balka, 11.V.1995, K.A. Grebennikov leg. (cVS); ROSTOV AREA: Sholokhovskiy District: 16 Ƌ, 15 ♀: Proval´skaya step' Biosphere Reserve, Gukovo, 30.V.2000, E.A. Khachikov leg. (cEKh, cIE, ZMM); Ust'- Donetskiy District: 1 Ƌ: Krymskiy, 85 km E Rostov-na-Donu, Savateyevskaya balka, 17.V.2008, V.N. Prasolov leg. ( ZIN); Krasnosulinskiy District: 3 Ƌ, 7 ♀: Donleskhoz, 2–4.V.1999, E.A. Khachikov leg. (cEKh, ZMM); Azovskiy District: 1 ♀: Rostov-na-Donu, 26.III.1990, Arzanov leg. ( ZMM); 2 Ƌ: ibid., 17.VI.2013, E.A. Khachikov leg. (cEKh, ZMM); MARITIME PROVINCE: Lazovskiy District: 1 ♀: Lazo, 18.IX.2009, S.A. Shabalin leg. (cIE); IRAN: 1 ♀: ‘Kishtybi, N Persia [apparently NW Iran in the vicinity of Talysh Mountains ( Fedorenko, 1994)], 4.IV.1916, B. Iljin leg.’ ( ZIN).

Distribution. Holarctic.

Taxonomic notes. Scheerpelz & Höfler (1948), based on a common character of long, filiform and slender antennae of some Gyrophaena species, erected the subgenus Leptarthrophaena including G. affinis , G. nitidula ( Gyllenhal, 1810) , G. o b s o l e t a Ganglbauer 1895, G. pulchella Heer 1839 , and G. rosskotheni Wüsthoff 1937 . Blackwelder (1952) designated G. affinis as type species of this subgenus. Long before, Rey (1886) described the larva of G. affinis . According to his description it could be any species of Gyrophaena sensu stricto ( White 1977, Ashe 1986). Seevers (1951) treated Leptarthrophaena as an unnatural subgenus. He noted that “…it is impossible to separate Gyrophaena into subgenera on the basis of antennal characters” ( Seevers 1951: 671). Most subsequent authors did not use this name ( Hansen 1954, Likovský 1964, Lohse 1974, White 1977, Burakowski & al. 1981, Campbell & Davies 1991, Gouix & Klimaszewski 2007, Klimaszewski & al. 2009, 2011). Smetana (2004) and Schülke & Smetana (2015) has cited this subgenus as a valid taxon, but without most originally included species by Scheerpeltz & Höfler (1948).

We believe that there are enough arguments to not use the subgeneric name Leptarthrophaena in the present study.

Remarks. The first records of G. affinis for Caucasus were published by Eppelsheim (1878: Mt. Sarijal near Elisavetpol [now Ganja]) and Reitter (1888: "Circassien" [NW Caucasus]). Roubal (1911) recorded G. affinis for Krasnaya Polyana; Eichler (1930a) recorded it for Mtskheta ( Georgia). Seevers (1951) mentioned G. affinis for Caucasus without specific data. Nikitskiy & al. (2008) cited G. affinis for the Caucasian Nature Reserve (Khosta and Guzeripl').

The species is here reported for the Russian Far East for the first time.