Geostiba (Tropogastrosipalia) tiflisensis PACE 1996

Assing, V., 2009, A revision of Geostiba of the Western Palaearctic region. XIX. New species from Turkey and Iran and additional records, with an updated key and a catalogue of the species of the Eastern Mediterranean, the Caucasus, and adjacent regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2), pp. 1191-1246 : 1194

Geostiba (Tropogastrosipalia) tiflisensis PACE 1996

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Georgia: 2 exs., Ananuri Forest, 8.V.2006, leg. Chalandze (cAss).

This species has become known only from the Ananuri forest in the vicinity of the type locality near Tiflis ( ASSING 2005a). To my knowledge, the above specimens represent the first record since the original description.