Oxypoda (Oxypoda) flexa, Assing, 2016

Assing, Volker, 2018, Three new species of Oxypoda from Spain, Armenia, and Ukraine with notes on the fauna of Armenia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1), pp. 111-127 : 122

Oxypoda (Oxypoda) flexa ASSING, 2016 ( Map 2 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Armenia: 1♂, 1♀, N Vanadzor, S Pushkin pass, 40°54'N, 44°26'E, 1880 m, N-slope with scattered bushes, debris and grass roots sifted, 1.VII.2017, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 2♂♂, 2♀♀, S Martuni, Sulema Pass , 39°58'N, 45°14'E, 2340 m, slope with small stream and scattered bushes, litter and roots near stream sifted, 8.VII.2017, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1 ex., NE Sevan Lake , Karmir pass, 40°34'N, 45°18'E, 2150 m, debris, grass, and roots beneath scattered Sorbus sifted, 30. VI.20176, leg. Schülke ( MNB) .

C o m m e n t: This recently described species was previously known only from Sulema pass ( ASSING 2016). The currently known distribution is illustrated in Map 2 .

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Map 2: Distributions of Oxypoda flexa (black circles), O. subplicata (white circles), and O. verminata (white stars).