Aleochara (Ceranota) subtumida (Hochhuth, 1849)

Assing, Volker, 2018, On the Aleochara subgenera Ceranota and Xenochara. IV. A revision of types, a new species, and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1), pp. 129-148 : 135

Aleochara (Ceranota) subtumida (HOCHHUTH, 1849) ( Map 4 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Turkey: 1♀, Samsun, 9 km WNW Bafra, 41°35'N, 35°50'E, 55 m, mixed deciduous forest with oak, Hedera, and Rubus undergrowth, 30.III.2009, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1♀, Samsun, 31 km NE Havza , 41°12'N, 35°52'E, 670 m, beech forest, 19.VII.2008, leg. Schülke ( MNB) ; 1♀, Izmir, Bozdaglar, Sorguncuk , 14.IV.2014, leg Örgel (cAnl) ; 1♀, Kahramanmaraş, Çimen Dğı, Büyüksır, 37°29'N, 36°30'E, 1020 m, 1.V.2007, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss). Georgia: 2♂♂, 2♀♀, Svaneti , Ushguli , North slope, 42°55'N, 43°01'E, 2190 m, 30.VI.2017, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; 1 ex., Atskuri env., 41°44'N, 43°09'E, 975 m, 20.VI.2013, leg. Kocian (cKoc). Russia: 1♀, Krasnodarskiy Kray, Mezmai env., Guama , 950- 1000 m, 11.VI.1999, leg. Smetana (cAss). Armenia: 1♀, 25 km S Kapan, N Gomarants Pass 39°02'N, 46°22'E, 2190 m, oak forest, litter and dead wood sifted, 7.VII.2016, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1♀, 25 km S Kapan, N Gomarants Pass, 39°02'N, 46°22'E, 2050 m, oak forest with Acer, Carpinus , and fern undergrowth, litter and dead wood sifted, 7.VII.2016, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 2♀♀, WSW Kapan, S Meghri Pass , 39°06'N, 46°10'E, 2090 m, stream valley, litter near stream sifted, 8.VII.2016, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1♂, 2♀♀, 20 km Kapan, W Tsav , 39°03'N, 46°26'E, 1170 m, stream valley, litter and flood debris near stream sifted, 9.VII.2016, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, MNB) ; 1♀, Goris , 39.52°N, 46.32°E, 1700 m, deciduous forest, sifted, 25.V.2015, leg. Kocian (cKoc) ; 1♂, Syunik prov., ~ 5 km N Shvanidzor , 38.9851° N, 046.3746°E, 1335 m, soil traps, 9.VI.-8.VIII.2017, leg. Ghrejyan & Karagyan (cAss) ; 1♂, Syunik prov., between Tandzaver and Aghvani , 39.3499°N, 46.3164°E, 1670 m, 5-30.VII.2015, leg. Kalashian (cAss) .

C o m m e n t: Aleochara subtumida is the most widespread and most common of the Caucasian and Turkish Ceranota species ( ASSING 2009b). For additional recent records from Turkey see ASSING (2013). The currently known distribution is illustrated in Map 4 .

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Map 4: Distribution of Aleochara subtumida, based on revised records.