A review of the genus Gyrophaena Mannerheim 1830 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Gyrophaenina) of the Caucasus and adjacent territories
Author
Enushchenko, Ilya V.
Author
Semenov, Viktor B.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4126
3
301
337
journal article
38782
10.11646/zootaxa.4126.3.1
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Gyrophaena
(
Gyrophaena
)
affinis
Mannerheim, 1830
(Figs. 1–3)
Gyrophaena affinis
Mannerheim, 1830
: 74
Gyrophaena amabilis
Lacordaire, 1835
: 537
Gyrophaena diversa
Mulsant & Rey, 1870
: 153
Gyrophaena inconspicua
Casey, 1906
: 299
Gyrophaena lacustris
Casey, 1906
: 299
Gyrophaena subpunctata
Casey, 1906
: 299
Gyrophaena affinis
:
Eppelsheim, 1878
: 105
;
Reitter, 1888
: 151
; Jacobson, 1909: 533;
Roubal, 1911
: 13
;
Eichler, 1930a
: 224
;
Seevers, 1951
: 695
;
Nikitskiy & al., 2008
: 111
Material examined
:
RUSSIA
:
STAVROPOL TERRITORY:
Predgorniy District: 4 Ƌ, 3 ♀: Mineral'niye Vody, Beshtau Mountain,
4–17.VIII.1993
, E.A. Khachikov leg. (cVS,
ZMM
); 4 ♀: ibid.,
10.VI.1994
, E.A. Khachikov leg. (
ZMM
);
KRASNODAR TERRITORY:
Krymskiy District: 1 Ƌ, 2 ♀: Krymsk, right side of Adagum River, on
Fomes fomentarius
,
5.X.2011
, I.V. Enushchenko leg. (
ZMM
); 8 Ƌ, 12 ♀: ibid., on
Lentinus tigrinus
,
24.VII.2013
, I.V. Enushchenko leg. (cIE,
ZMM
); Severskiy District: 3 spec.: Ubinskaya,
22.V.1986
, I.A. Ushakov leg. (cVS,
ZMM
); 19 spec.: ibid., Papai Mountain,
2.VI.1986
, I.A. Ushakov leg. (cVS,
ZMM
); 10 spec.: ibid., Derbiy Mountain,
31.VI.1986
, I.A. Ushakov leg. (cVS.
ZMM
); Apsheronskiy District: 1 Ƌ: Mezmai,
19–25.VII.1996
, E.A. Khachikov leg. (
ZMM
); Kushchevskiy District: 1 Ƌ: ca.
6 km
NW of Krasnaya Polyana, SE slopes of Achishkho Mountain, N 43°42ʹ23ʺ E 40°09ʹ41ʺ, h
1150 m
, beech-rhododendron forest, sifting leaf litter,
19.VII.2011
, A. Solodovnikov leg. (
ZMUC
); Adlerskiy District: 2 Ƌ, 2 ♀:
30 km
NNO Adler, lower reaches of Chvizhepse River,
250–800 m
,
29.IV.–08.V.2013
, S. Kurbatova leg. (
RCPQ
); Anapskiy District: 1 ♀: Bol'shoi Utrish,
1–5.V.2008
, E.A. Khachikov leg. (
ZMM
); Gelendzhikskiy District: 1 ♀:
7 km
W Krinitsa, Tyomnaya Shchel´ Gorge
19.IX.2012
, E.A. Khachikov leg. (
ZMM
); Khostinskiy District: 2 Ƌ: Khosta,
13.VI.1988
, V.B. Semenov leg. (cVS);
ADYGEA:
Krasnogvardeiskiy District: 3 spec.: environs of Shturbino, flood-lands of Laba River,
6.
VI.2009
, V.B. Semenov leg. (cVS); Maikopskiy District: 6 Ƌ, 2 ♀:
10 km
N Guzeripl´, Nikel´, Sjuk River,
28.VI.1990
, Degtyaryov, Beschyotnyi leg. (
ZMM
);
KARACHAY- CHERKESSIA:
Karachay District: 15 Ƌ, 13 ♀: Teberdinskiy Nature Reserve, Teberda,
VII.2011
, E.A. Khachikov leg. (cEKh, cIE,
ZMM
); 20 spec.: ibid., Khatipara Mountain,
17.VII.2012
, E.A. Khachikov leg. (cIE, cEKh, cZMM);
DAGESTAN:
Gunibskiy District: 5 Ƌ, 1 ♀: Upper Gunib,
1500–1600 m
,
Betula
&
Pinus
forest,
25.VI.1989
, S.I. Golovatch leg. (
ZMM
); 1 Ƌ: ‘Daghestan. Leder. Reitter.’ (
HNHM
);
ABKHAZIA:
Gagra Disrtict: 55 spec.: Ritsa Lake,
16.IX.1985
, I.A. Ushakov leg. (
ZMM
); Gudautskiy District: 91 spec.: Bzybskiy Ridge, ca.
2 km
N Duripsh, general collecting,
09.IX.1985
, I.A.Ushakov leg. (
ZMM
); Sukhum District: 1 spec.: Pskhu,
750 m
,
19.VIII.1986
, A.B. Ryvkin leg. (
ZMM
); 1 Ƌ: Kelasuri Canyon,
18.IX.1988
, I.A. Ushakov leg. (
ZMM
);
GEORGIA
: ZEMO- SVANETI:
44 spec.:
40 km
W Mestiya,
FIGURES 1–6.
Kherkhvashi,
1150 m
,
25.VIII.1986
, A.B. Ryvkin leg. (
ZMM
);
SAMTSKHE- JAVAKHETI:
Adigenskiy District: 2 Ƌ, 1 ♀: ‘Caucasus. Abastuman. Leder (Reitter)’ (
HNHM
);
AZERBAIJAN
:
Lenkoranskiy District: 1 ♀: Alexeevka,
23.IV.1979
, I.M. Vyshinskiy leg. (
ZMM
); 3 Ƌ, 2 ♀: Talysh, Girkansky Nature Reserve,
24.VI.1980
, S.G. Korolev leg. (
ZMM
); 1 Ƌ: Astara Istisu, W Astara,
100 m
,
2–6.VI.1996
, S.I. Golovatch leg. (
ZMM
); 1 Ƌ: Bilyasyar, 800ʹ on Vasharu-Chay River,
16.VII.1932
, Znoiko leg. (
ZIN
); Lerik District: 1 ♀: ‘Caspi.-M.-Gebiet. Hamarat. Leder (Reitter)’ (
HNHM
);
REGION NOT LOCATED:
1 Ƌ: ‘Caucasus. Leder Reitter’ (
HNHM
); 1 ♀: ‘Kaukas. Leder’ (
HNHM
); 2 ♀: ‘Caucasus. Leder’ (
HNHM
).
Addition material examined
:
RUSSIA
:
REPUBLIC OF CRIMEA:
Balaklavskiy District: 1 Ƌ, 1 ♀: Baidary [Orlinoye],
18.V.1921
, V. Kizeritskiy leg. (
ZIN
); Alushta: 9 Ƌ, 12 ♀: ‘Turia, Kosʹmo-Damianovskiy mon[astery], 23.6.[19]08, V. Pliginskiy leg. (
ZIN
)’; 1 ♀: ibid., 20.6.[19]08, V. Pliginskiy leg. (
ZIN
); 1 ♀: ibid., 18.6.[19]11, V. Pliginskiy leg. (
ZIN
); 1 Ƌ: ibid., 17.6.[19]11, V. Pliginskiy, A.M. Djakonov leg. (
ZIN
); 2 Ƌ: ibid., 18.6.[19]11, A.M. Djakonov leg. (
ZIN
); 2 Ƌ, 2 ♀: Alushta, south bank of Krym, on the road to Tuak [Rybinskoye],
12.VII.1911
, A.M. Djakonov leg. (
ZIN
); 3 ♀: Krym, Tuak [Rybinskoye],
13.VII.1911
, D.M. Djakonov leg. (
ZIN
); Kirovskiy District: 2 Ƌ, 7 ♀: near Agarmysh Mountain,
3.VI.1989
, V.A. Kashcheev leg. (
ZIN
); 6 Ƌ, 7 ♀: Staryi Crym, mountain forest,
15–16.VIII.2005
, R. Cibuļskis leg. (
DUBC
);
VOLGOGRAD
AREA
:
4 Ƌ, 7 ♀: Volgograd, Grigorova Balka,
11.V.1995
, K.A. Grebennikov leg. (cVS);
ROSTOV
AREA
:
Sholokhovskiy District: 16 Ƌ, 15 ♀: Proval´skaya step' Biosphere Reserve, Gukovo,
30.V.2000
, E.A. Khachikov leg. (cEKh, cIE,
ZMM
); Ust'- Donetskiy District: 1 Ƌ: Krymskiy,
85 km
E Rostov-na-Donu, Savateyevskaya balka,
17.V.2008
,
V.N.
Prasolov leg. (
ZIN
); Krasnosulinskiy District: 3 Ƌ, 7 ♀: Donleskhoz,
2–4.V.1999
, E.A. Khachikov leg. (cEKh,
ZMM
); Azovskiy District: 1 ♀: Rostov-na-Donu,
26.III.1990
, Arzanov leg. (
ZMM
); 2 Ƌ: ibid.,
17.VI.2013
, E.A. Khachikov leg. (cEKh,
ZMM
);
MARITIME PROVINCE:
Lazovskiy District: 1 ♀: Lazo,
18.IX.2009
, S.A. Shabalin leg. (cIE);
IRAN
: 1 ♀: ‘Kishtybi, N
Persia
[apparently NW
Iran
in the vicinity of Talysh Mountains (
Fedorenko, 1994
)],
4.IV.1916
, B. Iljin leg.’ (
ZIN
).
Distribution.
Holarctic.
Taxonomic notes.
Scheerpelz & Höfler (1948)
, based on a common character of long, filiform and slender antennae of some
Gyrophaena
species, erected the subgenus
Leptarthrophaena
including
G. affinis
,
G. nitidula
(
Gyllenhal, 1810
)
,
G. o b s o l e t a
Ganglbauer 1895
,
G. pulchella
Heer 1839
, and
G. rosskotheni
Wüsthoff 1937
.
Blackwelder (1952)
designated
G. affinis
as
type
species of this subgenus. Long before,
Rey (1886)
described the larva of
G. affinis
. According to his description it could be any species of
Gyrophaena
sensu
stricto (
White 1977
,
Ashe 1986
).
Seevers (1951)
treated
Leptarthrophaena
as an unnatural subgenus. He noted that “…it is impossible to separate
Gyrophaena
into subgenera on the basis of antennal characters” (
Seevers 1951: 671
). Most subsequent authors did not use this name (
Hansen 1954
,
Likovský 1964
,
Lohse 1974
,
White 1977
,
Burakowski & al. 1981
,
Campbell & Davies 1991
,
Gouix & Klimaszewski 2007
,
Klimaszewski & al. 2009
,
2011
).
Smetana (2004)
and
Schülke & Smetana (2015)
has cited this subgenus as a valid taxon, but without most originally included species by Scheerpeltz &
Höfler (1948)
.
We believe that there are enough arguments to not use the subgeneric name
Leptarthrophaena
in the present study.
Remarks.
The first records of
G. affinis
for Caucasus were published by
Eppelsheim (1878: Mt. Sarijal near Elisavetpol [now Ganja])
and
Reitter (1888: "Circassien" [NW Caucasus])
.
Roubal (1911)
recorded
G. affinis
for Krasnaya Polyana;
Eichler (1930a)
recorded it for Mtskheta (
Georgia
).
Seevers (1951)
mentioned
G. affinis
for Caucasus without specific data.
Nikitskiy & al. (2008)
cited
G
.
affinis
for the Caucasian Nature Reserve (Khosta and Guzeripl').
The species is here reported for the Russian Far East for the first time.