Aleochara (Ceranota) subtumida (HOCHHUTH, 1849) (Map 4)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Turkey: 1♀, Samsun, 9 km WNW Bafra, 41°35'N, 35°50'E, 55 m, mixed deciduous forest with oak, Hedera, and Rubus undergrowth, 30.III.2009, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1♀, Samsun, 31 km NE Havza, 41°12'N, 35°52'E, 670 m, beech forest, 19.VII.2008, leg. Schülke (MNB) ; 1♀, Izmir, Bozdaglar, Sorguncuk, 14.IV.2014, leg Örgel (cAnl) ; 1♀, Kahramanmaraş, Çimen Dğı, Büyüksır, 37°29'N, 36°30'E, 1020 m, 1.V.2007, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss). Georgia: 2♂♂, 2♀♀, Svaneti, Ushguli, North slope, 42°55'N, 43°01'E, 2190 m, 30.VI.2017, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; 1 ex., Atskuri env., 41°44'N, 43°09'E, 975 m, 20.VI.2013, leg. Kocian (cKoc). Russia: 1♀, Krasnodarskiy Kray, Mezmai env., Guama, 950- 1000 m, 11.VI.1999, leg. Smetana (cAss). Armenia: 1♀, 25 km S Kapan, N Gomarants Pass 39°02'N, 46°22'E, 2190 m, oak forest, litter and dead wood sifted, 7.VII.2016, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1♀, 25 km S Kapan, N Gomarants Pass, 39°02'N, 46°22'E, 2050 m, oak forest with Acer, Carpinus, and fern undergrowth, litter and dead wood sifted, 7.VII.2016, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 2♀♀, WSW Kapan, S Meghri Pass, 39°06'N, 46°10'E, 2090 m, stream valley, litter near stream sifted, 8.VII.2016, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1♂, 2♀♀, 20 km Kapan, W Tsav, 39°03'N, 46°26'E, 1170 m, stream valley, litter and flood debris near stream sifted, 9.VII.2016, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, MNB) ; 1♀, Goris, 39.52°N, 46.32°E, 1700 m, deciduous forest, sifted, 25.V.2015, leg. Kocian (cKoc) ; 1♂, Syunik prov., ~ 5 km N Shvanidzor, 38.9851° N, 046.3746°E, 1335 m, soil traps, 9.VI.-8.VIII.2017, leg. Ghrejyan & Karagyan (cAss) ; 1♂, Syunik prov., between Tandzaver and Aghvani, 39.3499°N, 46.3164°E, 1670 m, 5-30.VII.2015, leg. Kalashian (cAss) .

C o m m e n t: Aleochara subtumida is the most widespread and most common of the Caucasian and Turkish Ceranota species (ASSING 2009b). For additional recent records from Turkey see ASSING (2013). The currently known distribution is illustrated in Map 4.