Gyrophaena (Gyrophaena) korbi A. Strand, 1939

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 : 318

Gyrophaena (Gyrophaena) korbi A. Strand, 1939

(Figs. 31–33)

Gyrophaena korbi A. Strand, 1939: 109

Material examined: AZERBAIJAN: Lenkoranskiy District: 1 Ƌ: ‘Lenkoran. Leder (Reitter)’ [‘ Gyroph. bihamata Thoms. Coll. Reitter’] ( HNHM); 1 Ƌ: ‘Lenkoran. Leder (Reitter)’ [‘ Gyroph. fasciata Marsh. Coll. Reitter’] ( HNHM); 15 Ƌ, 20 ♀: environs of Bilyasyar [Bilyasuvar], 22.VII.1978, V.V. Belov leg. (cIE, cVS); 1 Ƌ, 2 ♀: ibid., 28.IV.1980, S.G. Korolev leg. (cVS); 23 Ƌ, 15 ♀: Bilyasyar, 800ʹ on Vasharu-Chay River, 16.VII.1932, Znoiko leg. (cAP, cIE, HNHM, ZIN, ZMM); 3 Ƌ, 1 ♀: Azrelkyl, 10.VI.2007, Kasatkin leg. (cEKh, ZMM); 2 Ƌ, 7 ♀: Masally Istisu, W Masall, 300 m, 18–19.VI.1996, S.I. Golovatch leg. (cIE, ZMM); 47 Ƌ, 58 ♀: Talysh, Girkansky Biosphere Reserve, 24.VI.1980, S.G. Korolev leg. (cVS); 8 Ƌ, 10 ♀: Astara Istisu, W Astara, 100 m, 2– 6.VI.1996, S.I. Golovatch leg. (cIE, ZMM).

Additional material examined: IRAN: 1 ♀: Kishtybi, N Persia [apparently NW Iran in the vicinity of Talysh Mountains ( Fedorenko, 1994)], 4.IV. [1]916, B. Iljin leg. ( ZIN); GUILAN: 1 Ƌ, 2 ♀: Rasht, 37° 11' 36" N; 49° 38' 27" E, central part, 31m, on the mushroom, 16.XI.2012, J. Khormaly leg.; 1 Ƌ: ibid., under leaves ( Platanus sp.) on the ground, 30.XI.2012, J. Khormaly leg. (cIE).

Distribution. Azerbaijan, N Iran ( Assing 2011a).

Remarks. The species has been described from Lenkoran ( Strand 1939). Tiсhomirova (1973) erroneously cited it as Middle-Asian species.