Omalium turcicum Smetana, 1967

Shavrin, Alexey V. & Khachikov, Eduard A., 2023, Faunistic and diagnostic notes on some species of the genus Omalium Gravenhorst, 1802 of Caucasus, Turkey and Iran (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae, Omaliini), Zootaxa 5227 (4), pp. 443-458 : 454-456

Omalium turcicum Smetana, 1967

( Figs. 9 , 29–30 , 41 , 43 )

Omalium turcicum Smetana, 1967: 299

Material examined. RUSSIA: KRASNODAR TeRRITORY: 7 ♁♁: Temnolesskaya near Mezmay. 850 m a.s.l., forest with Fagus , Abies , etc., sifting of wet needles and various debris under piled branches of a recently felled Abies tree. 09.06.1999 A. Smetana leg. (cSh, NSMT); ADYGeA: 22 ♁♁, 10 ♀♀: Caucasus Nature Reserve, 10.5 km road of Guzeripl`-Abago. 1750 m a.s.l.. 03.08– 29.08.2009. Yu.A. Chumachenko leg. (cKh, cSh); 1 ♁: same data, 11 km or road Guzeripl`-Abago (hut). Abies forest. 16.09.2014. E.A. Khachikov leg. (cKh); 1 ♁: same data. Subalpic zone. 17.09.2014 (cKh); 4 ♁♁: Abago Pasture, Klenovyi Park. 1750 m a.s.l. 29.08– 28.09.2009. S. Chumachenko leg. (cKh, cSh); 4 ♁♁, 1 ♀: Lagonaki Plateau, 14 km NE Fisht Mt. 1700 m a.s.l. 16.06.1999. A. Smetana leg. (cSh, NSMT); 20 ♁♁, 23 ♀♀: same data, 1800 m a.s.l., sifting debris along the edges of a snowfield 14.06.1999. A. Smetana leg. (cSh, NSMT); KABARDINO-BALKARIA: 4 ♁♁: Dzhan-Tugan Valley, station. 2100–2300 m a.s.l. 25– 28.06.1991. J. Martens & W. Schawaller leg. (SMNS); NORTH OSSeTIA-ALANIA: 2 ♁♁: Alagir. 700 m a.s.l. Forest with Fagus etc. 07.10.1987. S.I. Golovatch leg. (ZMM); TURKEY: IZMIR: 1 ♁: Bozdagh. 1200 m a.s.l. 29.04.1975. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl (MHNG); YOZGAT: 1 ♁: Çayiralan, Elçi, 39°15′35′′N 35°39′47′′E. 1537 m a.s.l. 08.04.2018. Örgel leg. (cA); NIĞDe: 1 ♁, 1 ♀: 8 km NE Halaç, Pozanti Mountains, 37°51′28′′N 34°48′01′′E. 07.04.2018. S. Anlaş (cAn); 2 ♀♀: Ulukişla, 5 km SW Kilan, Güney Mountains, 37°26′42′′N 34°25′55′′E. 13.04.2018. S. Anlaş (cAn).

Published records. ARMENIA: Assing & Schülke 2019: 100; GEORGIA: Zanetti 2002: 59; TURKEY: Smetana 1967: 299, Zanetti 2002: 59, Bordoni 2010: 50, Assing 2011: 182, 2013: 106.

Distribution. Omalium turcicum is known from Cyprus, Turkey and Caucasus ( Zanetti 2002, Schülke & Smetana 2015, the present study). The distribution as in Fig. 43 .

Remarks. Habitus as in Fig. 9 . Aedeagus as in Figs. 29–30 . Female genital segment as in Fig. 41 .

It is here recorded from Russia for the first time.

Figures

FIGURES 1–10. Habitus of Omalium: 1—O. caesum (Turkey, Bursa: Uludağ), 2—O. cinnamomeum (Turkey, Antakya: Kişlak- Şenköy), 3—O. excavatum (Russia, Karachay-Cherkessia: Arkhyz), 4—O. falsum (Georgia, Tskhneti), 5—O. littorale (Russia, Adygea: Abago), 6—O. riparium impar (Russia, Krasnodar Territory: Khosta), 7—O. rivulare (Armenia, Alaverdi), 8—O. rugatum (Iran, Zagros Mts.), 9—O. turcicum (Russia, Adygea: Lagonaki), 10—O. wunderlei (Turkey, Gümüşhane: Erzincan- Kelkit). Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

FIGURES 27–32. Aedeagus of Omalium rugatum (Figs. 27–28: Iran, Zagros), O. turcicum (Figs. 29–30: Turkey, Izmir: Bozdagh), O. wunderlei (Figs. 31–32: Turkey, Kars: Kars): 27, 29, 31—parameral view, 28, 30, 32—lateral view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 33–41. Female genital segment (ventral view) and spermatheca (shown by arrow in Fig. 40) of Omalium: 33—O. caesum (Russia, North Ossetia-Alania: Zincar), 34—O. cinnamomeum (Turkey, Antakya: Kişlak-Şenköy), 35—O. excavatum (Russia, Krasnodar Territory: Caucasus Nature Reserve), 36—O. falsum (Turkey, Rize: Ardeşen), 37—O. littorale (Russia, Volgograd Area: Elton Lake), 38—O. riparium impar (Georgia, Tskhneti), 39—O. rivulare (Russia, Krasnodar Territory: Derbiy), 40—O. rugatum (Russia, North Ossetia-Alania: Zincar), 41—O. turcicum (Russia, Krasnodar Territory, Caucasus Nature Reserve). Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 42–44. Distribution of Omalium in the Caucasus Region and Western Asia: 42—O. falsum, 43—O. turcicum, 44—O. wunderlei.