Geostiba (Sipalotricha) lucens (BENICK 1970)

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 : 1156

Geostiba (Sipalotricha) lucens (BENICK 1970)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Turkey: 2 exs., Adana, 5 km E Kamışlı , 37°32'N, 34°59'E, 1450 m, 26.IV.2011, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; 1 ex., Adana, 4 km E Kamışlı , 37°33'N, 34°59'E, 1385 m, 26.IV.2011, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) .

Geostiba lucens is one of the most widespread species of the genus in the Eastern Mediterranean, its distribution ranging from Turkey across the Balkans to southeastern Central Europe; for a recent distribution map see ASSING (2006).