Geostiba (Sibiota) oertzeni (EPPELSHEIM)

Assing, V., 2006, Thirteen new species and additional records of Eastern Mediterranean Geostiba THOMSON (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 38 (2), pp. 1179-1215 : 1179-1215

Geostiba (Sibiota) oertzeni (EPPELSHEIM) ( Map 5 )

A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Turkey: Izmir: 2533, 16♀♀, Boz Dağlar, above Bozdağ , road to ski resort, 38°21N, 28°06E, 1480 m, N-slope with grass and stones, sifted and under stones, 3.IV.2006, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1 ex., above Bozdağ , 38°20N, 28°06E, 1300-1560 m, 21.IV.2006, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; 6 exs., Nif Dağı , 38°24N, 27°24E, 1010 m, 23.IV.2006, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; 1 ex., Nif Dağı , 38°24N, 27°24E, 970 m, 24.IV.2006, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; 11 exs., Nif Dağı , 38°24N, 27°23E, 1080 m, 24.IV.2006, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; 2 exs., Nif Dağı , 38°24N, 27°24E, 920 m, 24.IV.2006, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; 1♀, ca. 25 km NE Aydın, WSW Hamamköy, Murtat Dağı , 38°01N, 27°57E, 1230 m, N-slope with scattered old oak, sifted grass and oak litter, 9.IV.2006, leg. Assing (cAss) . Aydın: 633, 14♀♀, ca. 15 km NE Aydın, Imambaba Tepesi , 37°57N, 27°54E, below peak 1600 m, edge of pine forest with grass, shrubs, sifted, 5.IV.2006, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1♀, ca. 20 km NE Kuyucak, Bayrak Tepe , 37°58N, 28°33E, 850 m, N-slope, oak litter and grass sifted, 7.IV.2006, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 233, 1♀, ca. 20 km NE Kuyucak, Bayrak Tepe , 37°58N, 28°34E, 900 m, N-slope, oak litter and grass sifted, 7.IV.2006, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 13, 1♀, ca. 10 km WSW Karakasu, Karınçalı Dağı , 37°42N, 28°34E, 1230 m, N-slope, grass roots and litter of shrubs sifted, 8.IV.2006, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 3 exs., Dilek Dağı, Kanyon , 37°41N, 27°10E, 50 m, Platanus litter, 2006, leg. Meybohm (cAss) ; 37 exs., Dilek Dağı, Kanyon , 37°41N, 27°10E, 70-370 m, 16.IV.2006, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; 2 exs., Dilek Dağı , S Kanyon, 37°40N, 27°11E, 670 m, 17.IV.2006, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; 4 exs., Dilek Dağı , 37°41N, 27°09E, 13 m, 27.IV.2006, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; 4 exs., Dilek Dağı , S Güzelçamlı, 37°41N, 27°14E, 410 m, 28.IV.2006, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; 6 exs., Dilek Dağı , S Güzelçamlı, 37°41N, 27°14E, 440 m, 28.IV.2006, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; 9 exs., Dilek Dağı, Kanyon, 37°41N, 27°10E, 70-200 m, 29.IV.2006, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss). GümüÚhane: 4 exs., ca. 25 km SW Gümüşhane, Tersundağı Geç. , 40°18N, 39°18E, 2070 m, N-slope, spruce forest, litter and dead wood sifted, 24. VII.2006, leg. Assing (cAss) .

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Ukraine: 3 exs., Odessa, Berezovka, forest "Berezovskiy", 26.III.2006, leg. Gontarenko (cGon, cAss).

C o m m e n t s: The species is widespread in the eastern Mediterranean; in western Anatolia, it appears to be very common ( Map 5 ). It is here recorded from Ukraine for the first time.

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Map 5: Distribution of Geostiba oertzeni (EPPELSHEIM) in the Eastern Mediterranean region, based on examined records.