Gyrophaena (Phaenogyra) strictula Erichson, 1839

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 : 328-330

Gyrophaena (Phaenogyra) strictula Erichson, 1839

(Figs. 67–69)

Gyrophaena strictula Erichson, 1839: 191

Gyrophaena glacialis Hochhuth, 1849: 74

Gyrophaena laevigata Heer, 1839: 310

Gyrophaena strictula ; Eppelsheim, 1878: 105; Leder, 1886: 113; Jacobson, 1909: 533; Nikitskiy & al., 2008: 114

Material examined: RUSSIA: ADYGEA: Maikopskiy District: 1 Ƌ: Caucasian Biosphere Reserve, vicinity of Guzeripl´, window trap on fir, 22.VI–14.VII.2000, A.R. Bibin leg. ( ZMM); KARACHAY- CHERKESSIA: Karachay District: 1 Ƌ: Teberdinskiy Biosphere Reserve, Teberda, VII.2011, E.A. Khachikov leg. ( ZMM); REGION NOT LOCATED: 2 Ƌ, 5 ♀: ‘Caucasus. Leder.’ [‘ Gyroph. polita Grav. Coll. Reitter’] ( HNHM); 1 ♀: ‘Kaukas Leder’ [‘ Gyroph. polita Grav. Coll. Reitter’] ( HNHM).

Additional material examined: RUSSIA: REPUBLIC OF CRIMEA: Simferopolʹskiy District: 1 Ƌ, 2 ♀: Chatyrdag, 7.VIII.1908, V. Pliginskiy leg. ( ZIN); 1 ♀: Taushan-Bazar [Privolʹnoye], 31.X.1911, V. Pliginskiy leg. ( ZIN); Alushta: 1 ♀: Kosʹmo-Damianovskiy Monastery, 18.VI.1911, V. Pliginskiy leg. [‘ strictula ’] ( ZIN).

Distribution. Holarctic.

Taxonomic notes. Kolenati (1846) described G. glacialis from Kazbek ("montis Kasbek Caucasi centralis"). Erichson (1846) synonymized this species with Oligota subtilis Erichson 1837 ; in 1849 he synonymised Microcera inflata Mannerheim 1830 with O. subtilis too. Kraatz (1856) found Microcera inflata to be Oligota . Following the priority rule, O. subtilis is regarded as an junior synonym of O. inflata ( Mannerheim 1830) , and G. glacialis was removed in synonyms of the last one ( Schülke & Smetana 2015).

Hochhuth (1849), based on his own material, provided a redescription of G. glacialis Kolenati 1846 and noticed that if his material does not belong to G. glacialis , it must to a new species. Later, G. glacialis Hochhuth 1849 (nec Kolenati, 1846) was synonymized with G. strictula Erichson 1839 by Reitter (Heyden & al. 1883).

Remarks. The first record of G. strictula for the Caucasian Region ("Helenendorf") was published by Eppelsheim (1878). Leder (1886) recorded this species from Lenkoran. Jacobson (1909) combined these records in FIGURES 64–69.

his catalogue and recorded G. strictula for Elisbethopol and Talysh. Nikitskiy & al. (2008) recorded it for Guzeripl´ village.