Aleochara (Ceranota) claviculata, Assing, 2009

Assing, Volker, 2018, On the Aleochara subgenera Ceranota and Xenochara. IV. A revision of types, a new species, and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1), pp. 129-148 : 133-134

Aleochara (Ceranota) claviculata ASSING, 2009 ( Map 3 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Turkey: 1♀, Erzurum, 35 km NW Tortum, Mescit Dağları , ca. 40°30'N, 41°25'E, 2100 m, poplar forest, 18.VI.1998, leg. Solodovnikov (cAss). Russia: 1♀, W- Caucasus, 15 km ENE Krasnaya Polyana, near Pseashkha pass, 43°43'N, 40°23'E, 2040 m, moist subalpine forest (Betula, Acer), 16.VII.2011, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1♂, W-Caucasus, 15 km ENE Krasnaya Polyana, S-slope of Pseashkha range, 43°43'N, 40°24'E, 2040 m, subalpine beech forest with rhododendron, sifted, 17.VII.2011, leg. Assing (cAss) .

C o m m e n t: The previously known distribution was confined to Northeast Anatolia (Ordu and Rize provinces) ( ASSING 2009b). The above specimens from the West Cauca-

sus represent the first records from Russia and the Greater Caucasus. The known distribution is illustrated in Map 3 .

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Map 3: Distributions of Aleochara caucasica (black circles) and A. claviculata (white circles), based on revised records.