Gauropterus sanguinipennis ( Kolenati, 1846 )

Assing, Volker, 2007, On the Xantholinini of Turkey and adjacent regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), Zootaxa 1474, pp. 1-54 : 6-7

Gauropterus sanguinipennis ( Kolenati, 1846)

Material examined. TURKEY: Bayburt: 1 ex., E Bayburt, Corunt [?], 1.VI.1989, leg Schödl ( NHMW); Erzurum: 1 ex., Bayburt–Pazaryolu, Corun river, 1.VI.1989, leg. Schönmann & Schillhammer ( NHMW); 1 ex., 30–45 km NE Erzurum, Dumludaġı, ca. 40°08'N, 41°24'E, 2200–2500, 14.VI.1998, leg. Solodovnikov (cAss); Manisa: 1 ex., S Manisa, 28.–30.IV.1994, leg. Hauck (cSch); 1 ex. [det. Feldmann], Cykrykey creek, 29.IV.2005, leg. Anlaş (cFel); Mu ğ la: 2 exs., NE Fethiye, Kargi, 36°43'N, 29°03'E, gravel river bank, 31.III.2002, leg. Assing (cAss); Antalya: 2 exs., Aşaġigökdere, Sucati river, 37°32'N, 30°46'E, 380 m, 28.V.2006, leg. Marggi (cSch); Ni ğ de: 1 ex., Ulukişla, Madenköy, 1700–2000 m, 13.–15.VII.2003, leg. Lohaj (cSch); 1 ex. [det. Feldmann], Kemer, Beldibi, 5.V.2001, leg. Röwekamp (cFel); Mersin: 2 exs., Çamlıyayla, 8.VI.1968, leg. Wewalka ( BMNH); Adana: 1 ex., Pozanti, 37°22'N, 34°50'E, 800 m, muddy stream bank, 27.V.2001, leg. Gebert (cSch); Gaziantep: 2 exs., 26 km S Gaziantep, road to Kilis, 27.IV.1966 ( NHMW); Bingöl: 6 exs., E Bingöl, 1300 m, V.–VI.1976, leg. Schubert ( NHMW, cAss); Bitlis: 1 ex., Kuştaşı, Bitlis env., 1600–1900 m, 15.V.2005, leg. Vávra (cVav); Batman: 2 exs., Hasankeyf, Tigris river valley, 14.V.2005, leg. Vávra (cVav, cAss); Kars: 2 exs., Kaġızman–Karakurt, Aras river, 8.VI.1989, leg. Schönmann & Schillhammer ( NHMW, cAss); 2 exs., 16 km SW Göle, 1600 m, 16.VI.1986, leg. Besuchet, Löbl & Burckhardt (cAss); Bitlis: 1 ex., Tatvan, 1900 m, leg. Schubert ( NHMW). GEORGIA: 1 ex., Mzechta near Tbilisi, 25.VI.1986, leg. Schülke & Wrase (cSch); 1 ex., Mzechta near Tbilisi, 12.–13.VI.1987, leg. Schülke & Wrase (cSch). IRAN: Fars: 3 exs., ca. 50 km SW Shiraz, Richi, 29°30'N, 52°11'E, 1650 m, 9.IV.2006, leg. Frisch & Serri ( MNHUB); 1 ex., Shiraz–Firuzabad road, 27 km S Kavar: Darenjalar road, 29°07'N, 52°33'E, 1590 m, 12.IV.2006, leg. Frisch & Serri (cAss); 1 ex., 30 km W Shiraz, Khaneh Zenyan, Zakherad, 29°42'N, 52°10'E, 1990 m, 9.IV.2006, leg. Frisch & Serri ( MNHUB).

Comment. The distribution of G. sanguinipennis includes the region from Greece and Turkey to the Caucasus, Middle Asia, and Iran ( Herman 2001, Smetana 2004).