Geostiba (Sibiota) krzysztofi (ROUBAL 1913)

Assing, V., 2011, A revision of Geostiba of the West Palaearctic region. XXI. Eight new species from Turkey and the Caucasus, a new synonymy, and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 43 (2), pp. 1135-1158 : 1153-1154

Geostiba (Sibiota) krzysztofi (ROUBAL 1913)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Russia: 1 ex., W-Caucasus, Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya Respublika , 13 km SW Teberda, 43°20'N, 41°40'E, 1450 m, moist spruce forest with scattered beech, litter, moss, and dead wood sifted, 22.VII.2011, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 9 exs., 9 km SW Teberda, Teberdinski range, Baduk river valley, 43°23'N, 41°40'E, 2000 m, subalpine forest (maple, birch, with rhododendron) near lakeshore, litter sifted, 26.VII.2011, leg. Assing & Solodovnikov (cAss) ; 4 exs., 9 km SW Teberda, Teberdinski range, Baduk river valley, 43°23'N, 41°40'E, 2000 m, spruce forest, bark of spruce and maple sifted, 27.VII.2011, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 3 exs., 9 km SW Teberda, Teberdinski range, Baduk river valley, 43°23'N, 41°40'E, 2000 m, subalpine forest (birch, maple), leaf litter between large rocks sifted, 27.VII.2011, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1 ex., same data, but spruce-fir-beech forest with rhododendron, leaf litter sifted, leg. Solodovnikov ( ZMUC) .

This species has become known only from the environs of Teberda in Karachayevo- Cherkessia, northwestern Caucasus ( ASSING 2005).