Pterotmetus staphyliniformis (Germar, 1831)

Material examined.

GEORGIA • 1 specimen; Gori; 41.9684, 44.0939; 800 m a. s. l.; 17. August 2021; leg. N. Bulbulashvili and A. Seropian; under rocks in steppe; CaBOL-ID 1012409 .

Barcoding.

A single barcode was obtained from the specimen with CaBOL-ID 1012409 (BOLD: AAY 9334), with the nearest neighbor in BOLD Systems being P. staphyliniformis from Finland (BOLD: AAY 9334, p - distance 0.46 %).

Remarks.

The distribution of this species in Georgia was previously questioned (Péricart 2001) and is now confirmed. From neighboring countries, P. staphyliniformis has previously been reported in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Russia (Krasnodar Krai, Republic of Adygea, Stavropol Krai, Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Dagestan) (Lodos et al. 1999; Golub et al. 2014; Vinokurov et al. 2019; Grebennikov and Anikin 2020; Baymak and Kiyak 2022). The range of the species covers the Palaearctic region (Vinokurov et al. 2019). The species is found on and under various herbs: Achillea, Verbascum, Tanacetum, Elytrigia, and other Poaceae, Sedum, etc. (Putshkov 1969).