Aleochara (Xenochara) moesta GRAVENHORST 1802

Assing, V., 2011, A new species of the Aleochara laevigata group from Spain, with notes on A. rambouseki LIKOVSKÝ and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 43 (1), pp. 283-290 : 289

Aleochara (Xenochara) moesta GRAVENHORST 1802

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Iraq: 1 ex., N Mosul, SW Hakkari, Al-Amadiya, 1200 m, 28.IV.2007, leg. Reuter (cFel). Pakistan: 6 exs., NW Frontier province, Kaghan valley near Sighban , 2200 m, 20.VIII.2004, leg. Gurko (cSch, cAss). Afghanistan: 3 exs., NE, Shiwa Lake 2800-2900 m, 37°14'N, 70°58'E, 19.-21.VII.2008, leg. Reuter (cFel) ; 1 ex., Baghlan province, N Salang pass, IV.2010, leg Reuter (cFel) .

C o m m e n t: According to SMETANA (2004), this very widespread species was previously unknown from Iraq and Pakistan.