Gyrophaena (Gyrophaena) bihamata Thomson, 1867

Enushchenko, Ilya V. & Semenov, Viktor B., 2016, A review of the genus Gyrophaena Mannerheim 1830 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Gyrophaenina) of the Caucasus and adjacent territories, Zootaxa 4126 (3), pp. 301-337 : 305-306

Gyrophaena (Gyrophaena) bihamata Thomson, 1867

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Gyrophaena bihamata Thomson, 1867b: 46

Gyrophaena bihamata ; Thomson, 1867a: 230 Gyrophaena carpini Baudi di Selve 1870: 380 Gyrophaena bihamata ; Sahlberg 1976: 93

Gyrophaena despecta Mulsant & Rey 1870: 159 Gyrophaena bihamata ; Sahlberg 1976: 93

Gyrophaena ruficornis Mulsant & Rey 1872: 65

Gyrophaena bihamata: Eppelsheim, 1878: 10 ; Leder & al. 1886: 113; Jacobson, 1909: 533; Seevers 1951: 724; Nikitskiy & al., 2008: 111

Material examined: RUSSIA: STAVROPOL TERRITORY: Predgorniy District: 5 Ƌ, 6 ♀: Mineral'niye Vody, Beshtau Mountain, 4–17.VIII.1993, E.A. Khachikov leg. (cVS, ZMM); KRASNODAR TERRITORY: Severskiy District: 14 spec.: Ubinskaya, VI.1986, I.A. Ushakov leg. (cVS, ZMM); 1 ♀: ibid., Sober-Oashkh Mountain, 19.VI.1986, I.A. Ushakov leg. (cVS); Apsheronskiy District: 3 Ƌ, 2 ♀: valley of Kurdzhips River, Mezmai, 4– 17.VII.1993, E.A. Khachikov leg. (cVS); Khostinskiy District: 1 Ƌ: Lazarevskoye, Maryino, 25.IX.1988, I.A. Ushakov leg. (cVS); 2 ♀: Khosta, 4.VI.1988, V.B. Semenov leg. (cVS); ADYGEA: Maikopskiy District: 9 Ƌ, 17 ♀: 10 km N Guzeripl´, Nikel´, Sjuk River, 28.VI.1990, Degtyaryov, Beschyotnyi leg. (cEKh, cIE, ZMM); 1 Ƌ, 1 ♀: Caucasian Biosphere Reserve, vicinity of Guzeripl´, 21.VI.1990, V.V. Grebennikov leg. (cEKh, ZMM); KARACHAY- CHERKESSIA: Karachay District: 2 Ƌ, 5 ♀: Teberdinskiy Biosphere Reserve, Teberda, VII.2011, E.A. Khachikov leg. (cEKh, cIE); 2 Ƌ, 1 ♀: ibid., Khatipara Mountain, 17.VII.2012, E.A. Khachikov leg. (cEKh, cIE); ABKHAZIA: Gudautskiy District: 8 spec.: Bzybskiy Ridge, ca. 2 km N Duripsh, general collecting, 09.IX.1985, I.A.Ushakov leg. (cVS, ZMM); GEORGIA: SAMEGRELO ZEMO- SVANETI: Zugdidskiy District: 1 Ƌ, 2 ♀: Zugdidi, 13.X.1981 ( HNHM); SANCKH- JAVAKHETI: Adigenskiy District: 3 Ƌ, 4 ♀: ‘ Armenia | Abas-Tuman im | Spaler in der Erde | an Baumen und | Pilzen. Juli’ / ‘ Gyrophaena | convallis mihi [V. Motschulsky] | Armenia’ ( ZMM); KVEMO- KARTLI: 1 ♀: Kartli Ridge, Pass Sabaduri ca. 40 km NNE of Tbilisi, 1400 m, Fagus , forest, 6.V.1987, S.I. Golovatch & K.Yu. Eskov leg. (cVS); 1 Ƌ: Mukhura, ca. 15 km S of Tkibuli, 700–800 m, Castanea , Fagus , Carpinus etc. forest, 7–9.V.1987, S.I. Golovatch & K.Yu. Eskov leg. (cVS); AZERBAIJAN: Ganca: 3 Ƌ, 2 ♀: Ajikent, [?], Maljushenko leg. ( ZIN); Ismaillinskiy District: 1 Ƌ, 3 ♀: ca. 12 km E of Ismailly, Girdyman-Chay valley, 850–880 m, Fagus , Quercus , Carpinus etc. forest, 1.V.1987, S.I. Golovatch & K.Yu. Eskov leg. (cVS); REGION NOT LOCATED: 1 ♀: ‘Kaukas. Leder’ [‘ Gyroph. fasciata Marsh. Coll. Reitter’] ( HNHM).

Additional material examined: RUSSIA: REPUBLIC OF CRIMEA: Simferopol΄skiy District: 1 Ƌ: ‘Krim, Kizil'-Khoba, 24.VI. [19]07, W. Pliginskiy leg.’ ( ZIN); Bakhchisaraiskiy District: 5 ♀: ‘Tauria, Kokoz [Sokolinoye], 9.5.[19]11, V. Pliginskiy leg.’ ( ZIN); Alushta: 1 Ƌ: Korbekli [Izobilʹnoye], 24.V.2007, M.B. Kiritschenko leg. ( ZIN); 4 Ƌ, 4 ♀: ‘Tauria, Kosʹmo-Damianovskiy mon[astery], 23.6.[19]08, V. Pliginskiy leg.’ ( ZIN); 1 Ƌ: ibid., 18.6.[19]11, V. Pliginskiy leg. ( ZIN); 1 Ƌ, 3 ♀: ‘Alushta, south bank of Krym, on the road to Tuak [Rybinskoye], 12.7.1911, A.M. Djakonov leg.’ ( ZIN); ROSTOV AREA: Tarasovskiy District: 1 ♀: Aleksandrovka, 1–15.VIII.1993, E.A. Khachikov leg. ( ZMM).

Distribution. Transpalaearctic species. Europe, N Africa ( Algeria, Tunisia) (Jacobson, 1909), Turkey ( Assing 2011b), Siberia ( Sahlberg 1880, Eppelsheim 1893, Babenko 1991, Enushchenko & Shavrin 2011, 2012b, Bukhkalo et al. 2012); N Korea ( Paśnik, 2001). G. bihamata has been reported from the Russian Far East without providing label data ( Smetana 2004, Schülke & Smetana 2015).

Taxonomic notes. The species has been described in different papers at the same time. Schülke & Smetana (2015) cited Thomson (1867b) under the species as having priority.

Remarks. The species has been recorded for Caucasus from "Katharinenfeld" [now Bolnisi] ( Eppelsheim 1878), "Lenkoran, Lyrik [=Lerik], Hamarat" (Leder & al. 1886), "Daghestan", "Lenkoran" and "Transcaucasus" ( Seevers 1951), Khosta ( Nikitskiy & al. (2008).