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Geostiba (Sibiota) batumiensis Pace 1996

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Geostiba (Sibiota) batumiensis PACE, 1996

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: GEORGIA: A d j a r a: 5♂♂, 5♀♀, Chakvistavi, 41°40'47''N, 41°52'19''E, 330 m, stream valley in deciduous forest, litter sifted, 17. V.2019, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 2♂♂, 4♀♀, W Chakvistavi, 41°41'27''N, 41°49'48''E, 150 m, beech forest with rhododendron, litter sifted, 18. V.2019, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 2♂♂, 2♀♀, E Chakvistavi, 41°40'44''N, 41°53'09''E, deciduous forest, litter sifted, 400 m, 19. V.2019, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 4♀♀, E Chakvistavi, 41°40'34''N, 41°52'30''E, 320 m, rhododenron litter sifted, 20. V.2019, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 2♂♂, 1♀, E Chakvistavi, 41°40'34''N, 41°52'49''E, 360 m, road margin, deciduous forest margin, litter sifted, 20. V.2019, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 4♂♂, 5♀♀, Achi, 41°49'52''N, 42°00'25''E, 330 m, deciduous forest, litter near stream sifted, 21. V.2019, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 22♂♂, 27♀♀, Meskheti Range, NE Batumi, Mtirala National

Park, 41°40'36''N, 41°52'23''E, 300 m, deciduous forest with predominant alder, chestnut, and rhododendron, litter sifted, 18.VII.2019, leg. Assing (cAss); 10♂♂, 11♀♀, same data, but soil washing (cAss, MNB); 20♂♂, 39♀♀, Meskheti Range, NE Batumi, Mtirala National Park, 41°40'35''N, 41°52'29''E, 330 m, moist deciduous forest with predominant alder, chestnut, and rhododendron, litter sifted, 18.VII.2019, leg. Assing (cAss); 3♂♂, 3♀♀, same data, but soil washing (cAss).

C o m m e n t: Geostiba batumiensis has been recorded only from the vicinity of Batumi in the Adjara region (ASSING 2016b).

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Published as part of Assing, Volker, 2019, A revision of Geostiba of the West Palaearctic region. XXVII. New species from Georgia and Kyrgyzstan, and additional records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), pp. 717-730 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2) on pages 720-726, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738433

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Collection code
MNB , V
Event date
2019-05-17 , 2019-05-18 , 2019-05-19 , 2019-05-20 , 2019-05-21 , 2019-07-18
Verbatim event date
2019-05-17 , 2019-05-18 , 2019-05-19 , 2019-05-20 , 2019-05-21 , 2019-07-18
Scientific name authorship
Pace
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Geostiba
Species
batumiensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Geostiba (Sibiota) batumiensis Pace, 1996 sec. Assing, 2019

References

  • PACE R. (1996): Descrizione di nuove specie e sottospecie del genere Geostiba (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). - Bollettino dell'Associazione Romana di Entomologia 50 [1995]: 7 - 43.
  • ASSING V. (2016 b): A revision of Geostiba of the West Palaearctic region. XXIII. On the Sibiota species of the Caucasus region exclusive of Turkey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). - Linzer Biologische Beitrage 48 (2): 1097 - 1117.