Xantholinus ( Heterolinus ) khnzoriani COIFFAIT, 1966: 199
Xantholinus ( Heterolinus ) caucasicus BORDONI, 1975: 73
Xantholinus ( Heterolinus ) iablokoffi COIFFAIT, 1975: 31
Taxonomic and faunistic notes on some West Palaearctic and Middle Asian Xantholinini, with a revalidation and new synonymies (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae)
Assing, Volker
Linzer biologische Beiträge
2017
2017-07-28
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COIFFAIT, 1966
, H. Coiffait
1966
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Insecta
Staphylinidae
Xantholinus
Animalia
Coleoptera
6
241
Arthropoda
species
khnzoriani
Heterolius
Xantholinus( Heterolinus) khnzoriani COIFFAIT, 1966: 199. Xantholinus( Heterolinus) caucasicus BORDONI, 1975: 73f.; nov.syn. Xantholinus( Heterolinus) iablokoffi COIFFAIT, 1975: 31f.; nov.syn. T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Holotype3: "Aparan [Amaran?], Husagjur, ASSR -
30-5-49 / Type/ Xantholinus( Phalacrolinus) khnzoriani, H. Coiffaitdet. 1963 / Xantholinus khnzorianiCoiff., V.I. Gusarovdet. 2000" (cKal). Paratypes: 13: same data as holotype (cKal); 1♀: same data as holotype, but "29-5-49" (cKal). A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Russia: 4exs., Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya, 13 kmSW 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); 1 ex., Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya, 20 kmSW Teberda, Dombai, 43°18'N, 41°39'E, 2160 m, subalpine birch forest, litter sifted, 23.VII.2011, leg. Assing(cAss); 2 exs., Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya, 4 kmNNE Teberda, Teberda river, 43°29'N, 41°45'E, 1250 m, river bank, flood debris sifted, 24.VII.2011, leg. Assing(cAss); 4 exs., Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya, 20 kmSW Teberda, above Dombai, 43°17'N, 41°38'E, 1950 m, mixed forest (fir, spruce, beech), leaf litter sifted, 25.VII.2011, leg. Assing(cAss); 2 exs., Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya, 9 kmSW Teberda, Teberdinskirange, Baduk rivervalley, 43°23'N, 41°40'E, 2000 m, spruce forest, bark of spruce and maple sifted, 27.VII.2011, leg. Assing(cAss); 13, Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya, Bol'shaya Laba rivervalley, 1500 m, 31.VIII.1992, leg. Savitsky(cAss); 13, Krasnodar region, Tshugush mountain range, 2300-2400 m, 28.VIII.1998, leg. Koval(cAss); 1♀, Krasnodar region, Caucasianpreserve, Mt. Yatirgvarta, 2200 m, 26.VII.1992, leg. Solodovnikov(cAss); 13, Mussatceri Khrebet, 3000 m, VI.1976, leg. Gottwald(cAss). Georgia: 1♀, Central Caucasus, Schatili-Mutso, 42°40'N, 45°11'E, 1390 m, 15.VII.2015, leg. Brachat& Meybohm(cAss); 13, Central Caucasus, Schatili-Mutso, 42°37'N, 45°12'E, 1510 m, 15.VII.2015, leg. Brachat& Meybohm(cAss); 233, 1♀, Central Caucasus, Schatili-Gudani, 42°32'N, 45°01'E, 1960 m, 16.VII.2015, leg. Brachat& Meybohm(cAss); 1♀, Central Caucasus, Gudani, 42°32'N, 44°58'E, 1620 m, 18.VII.2015, leg. Brachat& Meybohm(cAss); 1♀, Central Caucasus, Stepanzminda, 42°40'N, 44°37'E, 2120 m, 20.VII.2015, leg. Brachat& Meybohm(cAss); 13, 2♀♀, Central Caucasus, Sno valley, 42°36'N, 44°39'E, 1800 m, 21.VII.2015, leg. Brachat& Meybohm(cAss); 1♀, Central Caucasus, Sno valley, 42°35'07''N, 44°45'09''E, 2210 m, 21.VII.2015, leg. Brachat& Meybohm(cAss); 13, Zemo Svaneti, W Koruldashi, 42°56'N, 43°07'E, 2350 m, 30.VII.2016, leg. Meybohm(cAss); 13, Zemo Svaneti, 3 kmS Koruldashi, 42°53'N, 43°09'E, 1790 m, 1.VIII.2016, leg. Meybohm(cAss); 233, Svaneti, Mazerienv., Dolra rivervalley, 43.07°N, 42.60°E, 1600 m, litter beneath Azaleasifted, 6.VII.2015, leg. Kocian(cKoc); 1♀, Svaneti, Mestiaenv., Ughviripass, 43.03°N, 42.03°E, 1940 m, litter beneath Azaleasifted, 9.VII.2015, leg. Kocian(cKoc); 13, 1♀, Svaneti, 2 kmE Lakhamula, Madlina rivervalley, 43.05°N, 42.46°E, 1100 m, sifted, 8.VII.2015, leg. Kocian(cKoc, cAss); 13, Lesser Caucasus, Trialetskiy Khrebet, Bakuriani, 1800-2200 m, 15.-20.VI.1987, leg. Wrase& Schülke(cAss). Armenia: 13, 2♀♀, N Yerevan, NW Hrazdan, 40°38'06''N, 44°27'37''E, 2110 m, stream valley, moist margin of pista, 28.VI.2016, leg. Assing(cAss). C o m m e n t: The original description of X. khnzorianiis based on a male holotypeand nine paratypesfrom "Aparan", Armenia( COIFFAIT 1966); the species had been recorded only from Armenia( HERMAN 2001, SCHÜLKE & SMETANA 2015). The type locality of X. caucasicusis situated near Teberda in the Northwest Caucasus; paratypeswere collected also near Dombai and in Artvin, Northeast Anatolia( BORDONI 1975). In the original description of X. iablokoffi, which is based on a male holotypeand a male paratypefrom "Dombai, Koubans" (i.e., not far from the type locality of X. caucasicus), COIFFAIT (1975)states that this species resembles X. khnzoriani, except that the punctation of the head was finer and that of the elytra was denser and coarser. The holotypewas looked for, but not found, in the Khnzorian collection, where it should be deposited according to the original description. An examination of the typematerial of X. khnzorianiand of additional material from numerous localities in the Caucasus and adjacent mountain ranges ( Russia, Georgia, Armenia), including the immediate vicinity of the typelocalities of both X. caucasicusand X. iablokoffi, revealed that the aedeagal characters are identical. The external characters, including the punctation of the head and of the elytra, are subject to some variation, as is usually the case with widespread Xantholinusspecies.Consequently, there is little doubt that all three names refer to the same species, and X. caucasicusand X. iablokoffiare placed in synonymy with the senior name X. khnzoriani.
2011-07-22
Assing
Russia
1450
43.333332
Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya
1144
41.666668
6
241
4
2011-07-23
Assing
Russia
2160
43.3
Dombai
1144
41.65
Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya
6
241
1
2011-07-24
Assing
Russia
1250
43.483334
Teberda river
1143
41.75
Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya
6
241
2
2011-07-25
Assing
Russia
1950
7
242
43.283333
Dombai
1144
41.633335
Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya
6
241
4
2011-07-27
Assing
Russia
Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya
2000
43.383335
Baduk river
1143
41.666668
Teberdinski
7
242
2
1992-08-31
Savitsky
Russia
1500
Bol'shaya Laba river
Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya
7
242
1
1998-08-28
Koval
Russia
2350
Tshugush mountain range
7
242
1
Krasnodar
1992-07-26
Solodovnikov
Russia
2200
Mt. Yatirgvarta
Caucasian
7
242
1
1
Krasnodar
1976-06
2015-07-15
1976-06
Gottwald & Brachat & Meybohm
Georgia
Mussatceri Khrebet
3000
42.666668
Schatili-Mutso
1148
45.183334
Central Caucasus
7
242
1
1
2015-07-15
Brachat & Meybohm
Georgia
1510
42.616665
Schatili-Mutso
1149
45.2
Central Caucasus
7
242
1
2015-07-16
Brachat & Meybohm
Georgia
1960
42.533333
Schatili-Gudani
1149
45.016666
Central Caucasus
7
242
1
1
2015-07-18
Brachat & Meybohm
Georgia
1620
42.533333
Gudani
1149
44.966667
Central Caucasus
7
242
1
1
2015-07-20
Brachat & Meybohm
Georgia
2120
42.666668
Stepanzminda
1148
44.616665
Central Caucasus
7
242
1
1
2015-07-21
Brachat & Meybohm
Georgia
1800
42.6
Sno valley
1149
44.65
Central Caucasus
7
242
2
2
2015-07-21
Brachat & Meybohm
Georgia
2210
42.585278
Sno valley
19
44.7525
Central Caucasus
7
242
1
1
2016-07-30
Meybohm
Georgia
2350
42.933334
Koruldashi
1146
43.116665
Zemo Svaneti
7
242
1
2016-08-01
Meybohm
Georgia
1790
42.883335
Zemo Svaneti
1147
43.15
7
242
1
2015-07-06
Kocian
Georgia
Svaneti
1600
43.07
Dolra river
687
42.6
Mazeri
7
242
1
2015-07-09
Kocian
Georgia
Svaneti
1940
43.03
Ughviri
688
42.03
Mestia
7
242
1
1
2015-07-08
Kocian
Georgia
1100
43.05
Madlina river
688
42.46
Svaneti
7
242
1
1
1987-06-15
2016-06-28
1987-06-15
Wrase & Schulke & Assing
Armenia
Lesser Caucasus
2000
40.635002
Bakuriani
19
44.460278
Trialetskiy Khrebet
7
242
2
2
Yerevan