Phloeostiba argus, LeConte

Shavrin, Alexey, 2010, Contribution to the knowledge of the fauna of the tribe Omaliini McLeay, 1825 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae) of the Baikal region and adjacent territories, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 10 (1), pp. 27-43 : 33-34

( argus LeConte , conformis Kr. , planipennis Mäkl., pineti Thoms. , subtilis Kr. )

Phloeostiba lapponica : Eppelsheim, 1893:66; Phloeostiba lapponica : Luze, 1906:598; Phloeostiba lapponica : Jacobson, 1910:457; Phloeostiba lapponica : Shavrin, 1998;82; Phloeostiba lapponica : Shavrin & al., 1999:28; Phloeostiba lapponica : Shavrin, 2001:83; Phloeostiba lapponica : Shavrin & al., 2001:102; Phloeostiba lapponica : Shavrin, 2006:199; Phloeostiba lapponica : Shavrin, 2007:135

Material. IRKUTSK area: 1 ex., Katangskiy district, left side of Chona river near mouth of Miringda [= Meringda] river, 18- 25.08.2008, A. Shavrin ( CS) ; 1 ex., Cheremkhovskiy district, Sredniy Bulay , 13.07.2007, A. Shavrin ( CS) ; 1 ex., Kachugskiy district, Baikalo-Lenskiy nature reserve, Pokoiniki bay , 23- 30.06.1995, A. Shavrin ( CS) ; 1 ex., Irkutskiy district, 17 th km on Baical‘s highway, 17.04.1994, A. Shavrin ( CS) ; 2 ex., same data, 21.04.1994, A. Anishchenko ( CA) ; 1 ex., same data, 18.04.1997, under bark of Pinus sylvestris, A. Shavrin (CS) ; 3 ex., same district, Bolshie Koty, Zhilishche cape, 8.07.1979, V. Shilenkov ( ISU) ; 1 ex., same district, Khomutovo, valley of Urik river , 25.05.2001, under bark of Salix sp. , A. Shavrin ( CS) ; 1 ex., same district, Irkutsk, 15.07.1912, Zankevich ( ZIN) ; 6 ex., Shelekhovskiy district, Shelekhov , 30.04.1993, under bark of Pinus sylvestris, A. Shavrin (CS) ; 1 ex., same district, Orlyonok , 30.04.1999, under bark of Pinus sylvestris, A. Shavrin (CS) ; 2 ex., Slyudyanskiy district, Khamar-Daban Mts., valley of Slyudyanka river , 14.06.1996, A. Shavrin ( CS) ; 11 ex., same district and Mts., Podkomarnaya river (tributary of Slyudyanka river ), 10- 14.06.1996, h= 1600 m, in flight and under bark of Pinus sylvestris, A. Shavrin (CS) ; 1 ex., same district and Mts., valley of Babkha river , 8.05.1999, in flight, A. Shavrin ( CS) ; 1 ex., same data, 28.06.2008, E. Vedernikova ( CS) ; 1 ex., same district and Mts., Utulik , 25.06.2006, in flight, A. Shavrin ( CS) ; 1 ex., same district and Mts. , 13.06.1978, V. Shilenkov ( ISU) ; 1 ex., valley of Snezhnaya river , 19- 25.05.1997, A. Shavrin ( CS) ; 1 ex., same data, 5- 8.06.2007, A. Shavrin ( CS) ; 1 ex., same district and Mts., upper reaches of Talzi river (tributary of Snezhnaya river ), 19- 25.05.1997, h= 1600 m, A. Shavrin ( CS) ; BURYATIA Republic: 1 ex., Kabanskiy district, Baikalskiy nature reserve , Tankhoy , valley of Osinovka (Mishikhinskaya) river , 24.07.1995, A. Shavrin ( CS) ; 1 ex., same data, middle reaches of Pereemnaya river , “Shum” winterhut, 25- 28.07.2009, Yu. Sundukov, L. Sundukova ( CS) ; 15 ex., Tunkinskiy district, W Khamar-Daban Mts., upper reaches of Maliy Zanginsan river , 22- 25.05.1999, under bark of Pinus sibiricus, A. Shavrin (CS) ; 1 ex., same data, Moygoty , 21.08.2006, under bark of Pinus sylvestris, A. Shavrin (CS) ; 1 ex., same district, Eastern Sayan, upper reaches of Kyngarga river , 27- 29.06.1996, h= 2000 m, A. Shavrin ( CS) ; 9 ex., Eravninskiy district, 10 km NE Sosnovo-Ozyorsk, Maloe Eravninskoe lake , N52º39‘58 E111º41‘34, 26 - 28.06.2009, h= 972 m, I. Enushchenko ( CS) ; 2 ex., Dzhidinskiy district, Verkhniy Dyrestuy , 6- 9.07.1997, under bark of Salix, A. Shavrin (CS) ; 1 ex., same district, left side of Chikoy river, 6 km S of the ferry boat to Zingan-Debe , 1- 3.06.2002, in flight, A. Shavrin ( CS) ; CHITA area: 1 ex., Mogochinskiy district, Malie Kovali, valley of Chichatka river , 20- 28.06.1999, in flight, A. Shavrin ( CS) ; 1 ex., Uletovskiy district, Sokhondinskiy nature reserve, upper reaches of Barun- Zanginanduy river (right tributary of Ingoda river ), N 49º 50.207‘ E 111º 10.825‘, 23- 24.07.2009, h= 1700 m, A. Shavrin, I. Enushchenko ( CS) ; 1 ex., same data, Kyrenskiy district, upper reaches of Zolotoy Klyuch stream (right tributary of Aguca river ), N49º45‘383 E111º11‘670, 25.07.2009, h= 1580 m, A. Shavrin, I. Enushchenko ( CS) ; 2 ex., same data, valley of Kyra river, Kyra , 16.07.2009, A. Shavrin, I. Enushchenko ( CS) .

Distribution. Holarctic species.

Remarks. The species is known from Yakutia, valley of Lena river ( Poppius, 1909:4). The species is reported from the Chita area for the first time.