Geostiba (Sibiota) rizensis PACE

Homson, 1974, Lichenology in North America, 1947 - 1972., Linzer biologische Beiträge 61, pp. 45-55 : 45-55

Geostiba (Sibiota) rizensis PACE

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: Rize: 17 exs., 50 km SSE Rize, S Çamlık, 40°43N, 40°38E, 1380 m, Alnus forest , sifted, 1.VIII.2006, leg. Assing, Schülke (cAss, cSch) ; 29 exs., 50 km SSE Rize , W Sivrikaya, 40°41N, 40°39E, 2050 m, natural fir forest, litter and dead wood sifted, 1.VIII.2006, leg. Assing, Schülke (cAss, cSch) .

C o m m e n t s: The species has become known only from the area to the south of Ikizdere, Rize province, northeastern Anatolia ( ASSING 2001a, 2001b, 2003). The record of the holotype of the junior synonym G. trapezusensis from Trabzon (" 20 km S Ikizdere") ( PACE 2002) refers to Rize province.