Erichson, 1839 : 191 Hochhuth, 1849 : 74 Heer, 1839 : 310 Gyrophaena strictula Eppelsheim, 1878 : 105 Nikitskiy & al., 2008 : 114 A review of the genus Gyrophaena Mannerheim 1830 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Gyrophaenina) of the Caucasus and adjacent territories Enushchenko, Ilya V. Semenov, Viktor B. Zootaxa 2016 4126 3 301 337 6L8T8 Erichson, 1839 Erichson 1839 [151,774,1087,1114] Insecta Staphylinidae Gyrophaena Animalia Coleoptera 27 328 Arthropoda species strictula Phaenogyra     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. politaGrav. Coll. Reitter’] ( HNHM); 1 ♀: ‘Kaukas Leder’ [‘ Gyroph. politaGrav. 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. glacialisfrom Kazbek ("montis Kasbek Caucasi centralis"). Erichson (1846)synonymized this species with  Oligota subtilis Erichson 1837; in 1849 he synonymised  Microcera inflata Mannerheim 1830with  O. subtilistoo. Kraatz (1856) found  Microcera inflatato be  Oligota. Following the priority rule,  O. subtilisis regarded as an junior synonym of  O. inflata( Mannerheim 1830), and  G. glacialiswas removed in synonyms of the last one ( Schülke & Smetana 2015).  Hochhuth (1849), based on his own material, provided a redescription of  G. glacialis Kolenati 1846and 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 1839by Reitter (Heyden & al. 1883).   Remarks.The first record of  G. strictulafor 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. strictulafor Elisbethopol and Talysh. Nikitskiy & al. (2008)recorded it for Guzeripl´ village.