Gyrophaena (Gyrophaena) lucidula Erichson, 1837

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) lucidula Erichson, 1837

(Figs. 34–36)

Gyrophaena lucidula Erichson, 1837: 369

Gyrophaena lucidula ; Kolenati, 1846: 10; Hochhuth, 1849: 73; Leder, 1886: 113; Jacobson, 1909: 533

Material examined: RUSSIA: KRASNODAR TERRITORY: Krymskiy District: 44 Ƌ, 59 ♀: Krymsk, right side of Adagum River, on Lentinus tigrinus , 5.X.2011, I.V. Enushchenko leg. (cIE, ZMM); 6 Ƌ, 9 ♀: ibid., on Psathyrella sp., 5.X.2011, I.V. Enushchenko leg. ( ZMM); AZERBAIJAN: Lenkoranskiy District: 2 Ƌ: ‘Lenkoran | Leder | (Reitter)’ ( NMPC); 8 spec.: ‘Lenkoran | Leder | (Reitter)’ ( HNHM); 1 ♀: ‘Lenkoran | Leder | (Reitter)’ [‘ Gyroph. polita Grav. Coll. Reitter’] ( HNHM); 2 ♀: ‘Lenkoran | Leder | (Reitter)’ ( ZIN); Talysh: 2 Ƌ, 2 ♀: ‘Talyschgedb. Transcaucas. Leder. Reitter.’ ( MAKB); REGION NOT LOCATED: 2 ♀: ‘Caucasus. Reitter’ ( HNHM).

Additional material examined: RUSSIA: SARATOV AREA: Engel's District: 1 Ƌ: Engel's, Lesnoy, on Lentinus tigrinus , 14.V.2011, I.A. Zabaluev leg.; VOLGOGRAD AREA: Sredneakhtubinsky District: 3 Ƌ, 3 ♀: Krasnoslobodsk, 20.VII.1997, K.A. Grebennikov leg. (cIE); ROSTOV AREA: Azovskiy District: 15 spec.: Rostovna-Donu, 21. VI.2009, E.A. Khachikov leg. (cIE, ZMM); Millerovskiy District: 19 Ƌ, 38 ♀: Ivanovka, 6– 18.VII.2013, E.A. Khachikov leg. (cIE, ZMM); IRAN: GUILAN: 1 ♀: Rasht, 37° 11' 36" N; 49° 38' 27" E, central part, 31m, under leaves ( Platanus sp.) on the ground, 30.XI.2012, J. Khormaly leg. ( ZMM); REGION NOT LOCATED: 3 Ƌ, 4 ♀: Persia 1 m Caspii, Hassankiadeh, 4.II.1915, B. Iljin’ leg. ( ZIN).

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, [?] Algeria ( Reiche 1872), N Iran.

Remarks. The species has been recorded from "provincia Elisbethopol et Karabagh" by Kolenati (1846). It was recorded from Lenkoran (Leder 1886). It is recorded here from Iran for the first time.