Lesteva (Lestevidia) punctata Erichson, 1839

Shavrin, Alexey V., 2014, Review of the genus Lesteva Latreille, 1797 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini) of Iran and adjacent territories, Zootaxa 3884 (2), pp. 122-140 : 137-138

Lesteva (Lestevidia) punctata Erichson, 1839

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Lesteva punctata Erichson, 1839: 618

Lesteva riparia Heer, 1839: 193

Lesteva muscorum Jacquelin du Val, 1859: 37

Anthophagus villosa Waltl, 1838: 268

Material examined: RUSSIA: Crimea : 1 ♂: ‘ Crimea | Alushta | B.V. Stark’ [ Lesteva punctata Erichs. B.V. Starck det.] ( ZMM) ; Rostov Area: 6 ♂, 5 ♀: Krasnosuslinskiy district : Donleshko-2, 02– 04.05.1999, E.A.Khachikov (cKh, cS) ; 3 ♂, 3 ♀: Proval`skaya Step` Natural Reserve, Gukovo , 30.06.2000, E.A.Khachikov (cKh) ; 14 ♂, 12 ♀: Sholokhovskiy district: Veshenskaya St. , 26.06.2004, E.A.Khachikov (cKh, cS) ; 8 ♂, 1 ♀: same district, Kalininskiy khutor, 12– 15.07.2000, E.A.Khachikov (cKh, cS) ; Karachay-Cherkessia: 3 ♀: Teberda, Dombay , 07.2010, E.A.Khachikov (cKh) ; 1 ♀: Teberda , 07.2011, E.A.Khachikov (cKh); GEORGIA: 1 ♀, Zehneti pr. Tbilisi, [h=] 800 m, 01– 10.06.1987, [D.] Wrase & [M.] Schülke ( MNHUB) ; TURKEY: Izmir province [Izmir ili]: 1 ♂: S Sahlili, Boz Dag , 19.05.1991, [H.] Schönmann & [H.] Schillhammmer ( NHMW) ; Istanbul province [Istanbul ili]: 1 ♂: Õmerli östl. Istanbul, 18.05.1997 (2), leg. [M.] Jäch ( NHMW) ; Mersin province [Mersin ili]: 3 ♂, 1 ♀, Yeniköy, Toros, Anat. 30.viii.47, Exp. N. Mus. ČSR [ Lesteva punctata Er. Smetana det. 1963] ( NMPC) ; Artvin province [Artvin ili]: 1 ♂, 3 ♀: Artvin sous Pirnalli , massif du Karkal Daði, [h=] 1250 m, 11.06.1986, [C.] Besuchet, [I.] Löbl & [D.] Burckhardt ( MHNG) ; 1 ♀: Hopa-Kemalpaşa , 30 m, 10.06.1986, [C.] Besuchet, [I.] Löbl & [D.] Burckhardt ( MHNG) ; Erzurum province [Erzurum ili]: 1 ♂: 40 km NW Tortum, Mescit Dağlari , ca. 40°36'N, 41°23'E, 20.06.1998, [h=] 2100 m, pine forest, A.Yu.Solodovnicov ( ZMUC) ; Tunceli province [Tunceli ili]: 1 ♀: Tunceli, Tunceli-Ovacik , [h=] 1100 m, 05.06.1986, [C.] Besuchet, [I.] Löbl & [D.] Burckhardt ( MHNG) ; Kars province [Kars ili]: 1 ♂, 1 ♀: Digor , [h=] 1650 m, 15.06.1986, [C.] Besuchet, [I.] Löbl & [D.] Burckhardt ( MHNG) ; 1 ♀: Kars Doğruyol, [h=] 2000 m, Cildir Gölü , 14.06.1986, [C.] Besuchet, [I.] Löbl & [D.] Burckhardt ( MHNG) ; IRAN: West Azerbaijan province [Ostān - e Āzarbāijān-e Gharbī]: 3 ♂, 2 ♀: 20 km W Salmas: 10 km W Kuzeh Rash , [h=] 2100 m, N 38°11'17'' E 044°31'24'', [J.] Frisch & [S.] Serri ( MNHUB) ; WITHOUT EXACTLY LOCALITY: 1 ♂: ‘ Kaukas Leder’, ‘c. Eppelsh. Steind. d.’, ‘ punctata Er. det. Luze’ ( NHMW) ; 1 ♂: ‘ Kelecsényi [leg.] Caucasus’, ‘ Coll. Stenius’ ( MZHF) ; 1 ♂, 2 ♀: ‘ Transcaucasus’ , ‘ Coll. Stenius ’ ( MZHF) ; 1 ♂: SO TŰRKEY [without additional data], 05.1991, [M.] Jäch ( NHMW) .

Remarks. This is a west Palaearctic species distributed in Europe, European Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Iran. In Turkey, the species was previously known from Ordu, Hatay, Istanbul, Mersin and Sinop provinces (Horion 1963; Smetana 1967; Assing 2010; Bordoni 2010). The species was recorded from Crimea by Gusarov (1989). From the Caucasus it was recorded by Luze (1903) without an exact locality and by Roubal (1913) for Teberda. It was recorded by Jakobson (1908) for Elizavetpol` (‘Елизаветп[оль].’, now Gyandzha, Azerbaijan). In the present study, L. punctata is recorded from Izmir, Artvin, Erzurum, Tunceli and Kars provinces of Turkey, from the Rostov Area of Russia, from Georgia and from Iran for the first time.

Figures

FIGURES 4–11. Antennae of Lesteva: 4—L. antennata sp.n., 5—L. binotata Reitter, 6—L. frischi sp.n., 7—L. longoelytrata longoelytrata (Goeze), 8—L. maculipennis Luze, 9—L. morvani Jarrige, 10—L. schawalleri sp.n., 11—L. punctata Erichson. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.