taxonID	type	description	language	source
03E5C9788C10FFAFFF10FABADDB0F99B.taxon	description	Most of the above material was collected close to the locality where numerous specimens were found in the previous year (ASSING 2009). Once again, most specimens were sifted from a Formica nest.	en	Assing, V. (2010): A revision of Geostiba of the Western Palaearctic region. XX. Four new species from Turkey and Albania, and additional. Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (2): 1125-1138, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10106026
03E5C9788C10FFAFFF10FBA9DF55FAED.taxon	description	Geostiba winkleriana was previously known only from the type locality (" Tomor: Kulmak ") in central Albania (ASSING 2005).	en	Assing, V. (2010): A revision of Geostiba of the Western Palaearctic region. XX. Four new species from Turkey and Albania, and additional. Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (2): 1125-1138, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10106026
03E5C9788C10FFACFF10F927DF74FF21.taxon	description	This very recently described species was previously known only from the type locality. 1127	en	Assing, V. (2010): A revision of Geostiba of the Western Palaearctic region. XX. Four new species from Turkey and Albania, and additional. Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (2): 1125-1138, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10106026
03E5C9788C13FFABFF10FE52DD7EFE31.taxon	description	D e s c r i p t i o n: Body length 2.3 - 2.9 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 1. Coloration variable: body reddish to reddish-brown, with the head usually slightly darker than head and pronotum and the abdomen more or less extensively infuscate (ranging from only segments VI-VII blackish in pale-coloured specimens to practically all of abdomen blackish in dark-coloured specimens); legs yellowish; antennae pale-brown, with the bases more or less extensively yellowish. Head weakly oblong; punctation extremely fine, barely noticeable; microsculpture somewhat variable, usually shallow, occasionally almost obsolete. Eyes small, less than half as long as postocular region in dorsal view (Fig. 2). Pronotum approximately as wide as long and usually 1.15 - 1.20 times as wide as head (Fig. 2), with very weakly pronounced sexual dimorphism; punctation extremely fine, barely noticeable; microreticulation similar to that of head or slightly more pronounced. Elytra with moderately pronounced sexual dimorphism, approximately half as long as pronotum (Fig. 2); microsculpture very shallow, less distinct than that of head and pronotum. Hind wings absent. Abdomen slightly wider than elytra; punctation very fine and sparse; microreticulation distinct, but shallow; posterior margin of tergite VII without palisade fringe; anterior tergites without, tergite VII with sexual dimorphism; posterior margin of tergite VIII convex in both sexes. (with fully developed secondary sexual characters): pronotum very weakly produced posteriorly, posterior margin almost truncate in the middle and laterally straight to indistinctly sinuate (Fig. 2); elytra with distinctly granulose punctation and with very shallow transverse impression, but without other modifications (Fig. 2); anterior abdominal tergites unmodified; tergite VII at posterior margin with pair of short and not very sharp carinae (Fig. 3); posterior margin of sternite VIII convex; median lobe of aedeagus approximately 0.24 mm long, shaped as in Fig. 4.: pronotum with almost regularly and broadly convex posterior margin; elytra with fine, non-granulose punctation and without impression; tergite VII unmodified; posterior margin of sternite VIII broadly convex; spermatheca distinctive (Fig. 5). 1128 I n t r a s p e c i f i c v a r i a t i o n: As in other species of the subgenus Tropogastropisalia, the male secondary sexual characters are subject to considerable variation. They are pronounced only in large males and may be nearly or completely absent in small males. E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet (Latin, adjective: deviant) alludes to the modifications of the male abdominal tergite VII, which differ considerably from the usual condition in the subgenus. C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: As can be inferred from the morphology of the primary sexual characters, the modifications of the male pronotum and elytra, as well as from the general appearance, G. devia undoubtedly belongs to the subgenus Tropogastrosipalia. It is readily distinguished from all other consubgeners known from Turkey by the peculiar modifications of the male abdominal tergite VII alone. The only other Tropogastrosipalia species with a pair of carinae near the posterior margin of the male tergite VII are G. chyzeri (EPPELSHEIM) from Slovakia and Hungary and G. rhodopensis PACE from the northern Rodope mountains in Bulgaria. In order to account for G. devia, the key in ASSING (2009) is modified as follows: 114 Pronotum with weak or with pronounced sexual dimorphism.: pronotum (except for one species from NW-Turkey) large and oblong, in large at least 1.10 times as long as wide; median lobe of aedeagus with cristal process (e. g., Figs 36 - 38 in ASSING 2009).: posterior margin of sternite VIII with very weakly modified marginal setae; spermatheca similar to that illustrated in ASSING (2009: Figs 7, 14, 22). Subgenus Tropogastrosipalia (partim). .............................................................. 114 a 1129 -: pronotum never oblong; median lobe of aedeagus without cristal process.: posterior margin of sternite VIII usually with distinctly modified marginal setae; spermatheca of different morphology. Subgenus Sibiota (partim) .............................. 116 114 a Pronotum with very weak sexual dimorphism.: pronotum even in large approximately as long as wide, not distinctly projecting posteriad, posterior margin in the middle weakly convex to almost truncate; elytra without sutural carinae (Fig. 2); carinae of tergite VII shaped as in Fig. 3; median lobe of aedeagus as in Fig. 4.: spermatheca as in Fig. 5. Turkey: Bolu. .................................................. G. devia nov. sp. - Pronotum with pronounced sexual dimorphism.: pronotum large and oblong, in large at least 1.10 times as long as wide, distinctly projecting posteriad; elytra with sutural carinae. Absent from Turkey ........................................................................... 115 115. Eyes usually approximately half the length of postocular region in dorsal view, but occasionally distinctly smaller, always with clearly more than 20 ommatidia (ASSING 2005: Figs 2 - 3).: pronotum (in large) up to 1.20 - 1.25 times as wide as head and distinctly elongated, up to 1.20 times as long as wide and projecting over scutellum, posterior margin weakly convex to almost truncate (ASSING 2005: Fig. 2); elytra often with more or less pronounced transverse impression, and in anterior two thirds of suture with distinctly elevated sutural carina of characteristic shape (lateral view) (ASSING 2005: Figs 2, 4); tergite VII in posterior half with pair of posteriorly converging carinae (ASSING 2005: Fig. 5); tergite VIII near hind margin generally with rudiments of such carinae (ASSING 2005: Fig. 6), in large usually projecting beyond posterior margin in the form of minute dents; median lobe of aedeagus with relatively large spear-shaped cristal process (ASSING 2005: Fig. 7). Slovakia, Hungary (ASSING 2005: Map 2). ................................................. G. chyzeri (EPPELSHEIM) - Eyes strongly reduced, composed of about 15 ommatidia.: pronotum approximately 1.10 - 1.15 times as long as wide, posterior margin broadly convex (ASSING 2005: Fig. 9); elytra near apex of scutellum with weakly pronounced narrow sutural carina; tergite VII in posterior half with pair of oblique (posteriorly converging!), weakly pronounced carinae; aedeagus as in PACE (1990: Fig. 29). Bulgaria: northern Rodope mountains. ............................................................................. G. rodopensis PACE 1130 D i s t r i b u t i o n a n d b i o n o m i c s: As can be inferred from the restricted distributions of other Turkish representatives of the subgenus Tropogastrosipalia, the species is probably endemic to the region to the south of Bolu, northwestern Anatolia. The type specimens were found under stones and sifted from grass roots in two stony calcareous pastures at altitudes of 1410 and 1340 m. The type locality is illustrated in Fig. 6.	en	Assing, V. (2010): A revision of Geostiba of the Western Palaearctic region. XX. Four new species from Turkey and Albania, and additional. Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (2): 1125-1138, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10106026
03E5C9788C14FFA9FF10FD99D8C7FC3C.taxon	description	D e s c r i p t i o n: Body length 2.0 - 2.9 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 7. Coloration variable: head reddish to blackish-brown, usually somewhat darker than pronotum; pronotum and elytra bright reddish to dark-brown; more or less extensively infuscate (ranging from only segment VI blackish in pale-coloured specimens to practically all of abdomen blackish in dark-coloured specimens); legs yellowish; antennae reddish to reddishbrown, with the bases more or less extensively reddish-yellow. Head weakly oblong (Figs 8 - 9); punctation extremely fine, barely noticeable; microsculpture somewhat variable, usually shallow, occasionally almost obsolete or more pronounced. Eyes small (Fig. 10), approximately 1 / 3 the length of postocular region in dorsal view. Pronotum approximately as wide as long and usually 1.20 - 1.25 times as wide as head (Figs 8 - 9), with pronounced sexual dimorphism (but see remarks on intraspecific variation below); punctation extremely fine, barely noticeable; microreticulation similar to that of head or slightly more pronounced. Elytra with pronounced sexual dimorphism, approximately half as long as pronotum, in with pronounced modification of pronotum even relatively shorter (Figs 8 - 9); microsculpture very shallow, less distinct than that of head and pronotum. Hind wings absent. Abdomen slightly wider than elytra; punctation very fine, moderately dense on anterior tergites and sparse on posterior tergites; microsculpture present, but shallow; posterior margin of tergite VII without palisade fringe (very narrow rudiments may occasionally be visible; anterior tergites without, tergite VII with sexual dimorphism; posterior margin of tergite VIII convex in both sexes. (with fully developed secondary sexual characters): pronotum oblong, approximately 1.1 times as long as broad and produced posteriorly, posterior margin truncate to indistinctly concave in the middle, lateral margins posteriorly not sinuate, posterior angles not marked (Fig. 8); elytra with narrow and moderately elevated sutural carinae extending from apex of scutellum along approximately 2 / 3 of suture, punctation relatively finely 1131 granulose, disc shallowly and extensively impressed (Fig. 8); anterior abdominal tergites unmodified; tergite VII at posterior margin with rather short, stout (lateral view), parallel-sided and apically rounded (antero-dorsal view) spine-like process (Fig. 11); posterior margin of sternite VIII convex; median lobe of aedeagus approximately 0.25 mm long, with short and slender cristal process (Figs 12 - 13).: pronotum approximately as wide as long, posterior margin regularly and weakly convex; elytra with fine non-granulose punctation; sternite VIII with broadly convex posterior margin; spermatheca as in Fig. 14. I n t r a s p e c i f i c v a r i a t i o n: The male secondary sexual characters are subject to extreme intraspecific variation. Among the total of 23 males of the type series, only two males had fully pronounced secondary sexual characters. In the vast majority of 1132 specimens, the pronotum is of similar shape as in the females (Fig. 9), the elytral modifications are more or less reduced (shorter sutural carinae, less pronounced or absent impressions, punctation weakly granulose), and the spine-like process of the abdominal tergite VII is shorter. E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet (adjective) is derived from the name of the mountain range (Kaz Da ÷ ı) where the species was discovered. C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: In the key in ASSING (2009), males with fully pronounced secondary sexual characters would key out at couplet 89, together with G. turcica BERNHAUER, from which they are distinguished by the shape of the pronotum (G. turcica: posterior margin broadly and distinctly concave, posterior angles pronounced, lateral margins posteriorly sinuate) and the shape of the spine-like process of the abdominal tergite VII (G. turcica: long, slender, erect, and apically acute). Males with weakly pronounced secondary sexual characters are distinguished from the geographically close G. arganthonia by the smaller body, as well as by the more slender pronotum and elytra. D i s t r i b u t i o n a n d b i o n o m i c s: Geostiba kazica is probably endemic to the Kaz Da ÷ ı in western Anatolia. The type specimens were collected at relatively low altitudes (430 - 710 m) by sifting leaf litter and grass under shrubs close to a pine forest margin and by sifting leaf litter in mixed forests (MEYBOHM pers. comm.)	en	Assing, V. (2010): A revision of Geostiba of the Western Palaearctic region. XX. Four new species from Turkey and Albania, and additional. Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (2): 1125-1138, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10106026
03E5C9788C16FFA4FF10FB8ADFF4FDDE.taxon	description	D e s c r i p t i o n: Body length 2.3 - 3.1 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 15. Coloration variable: head reddish-brown to blackish-brown, usually somewhat darker than pronotum; pronotum reddish-brown to dark-brown; elytra reddish to reddish-brown; abdomen blackish-brown, usually with the anterior segments and the apex more or less extensively paler brown; legs dark-yellowish; antennae reddish-brown, with the basal 2 - 3 antennomeres reddish. Head weakly oblong (Fig. 16); punctation extremely fine, barely noticeable; microsculpture shallow, but distinct. Eyes relatively large, more than half the length of postocular region in dorsal view (Fig. 17). Pronotum approximately 1.2 times as wide as head (Fig. 16), with pronounced sexual dimorphism; punctation extremely fine, barely noticeable; microreticulation similar to that of head or slightly more pronounced. Elytra with pronounced sexual dimorphism, less than half as long as pronotum (Fig. 16). Hind wings absent. Abdomen wider than elytra; punctation with sexual dimorphism, moderately dense on anterior tergites and sparse on posterior tergites; interstices with distinct microsculpture; posterior margin of tergite VII with very narrow rudiment of a palisade fringe; anterior tergites with or without, tergite VII with sexual dimorphism; posterior margin of tergite VIII convex in both sexes. 1133 (with fully developed secondary sexual characters): pronotum oblong, approximately 1.2 times as long as broad, posteriorly produced and concealing scutellum, posterior margin truncate to indistinctly concave in the middle, lateral margins posteriorly not sinuate, posterior angles not marked (Fig. 16); elytra broadly transverse, 1.25 - 1.30 times as wide as pronotum, with narrow and moderately elevated sutural carinae extending from apex of scutellum almost to posterior margin of elytra, punctation granulose, interstices with very weak, barely noticeable microsculpture, disc rather deeply and extensively impressed; abdomen with moderately fine punctation; anterior abdominal tergites unmodified or with indistinct median elevations on tergites IV or III-IV; tergite VII at posterior margin with rather short, stout, suberect (lateral view), wedge-shaped (anterodorsal view) spine-like process (Fig. 18); posterior margin of sternite VIII convex; median lobe of aedeagus with cristal process of somewhat variable shape (Figs 19 - 20).: pronotum approximately as wide as long, posterior margin regularly and weakly convex; elytra less broad and less transverse than in, approximately 1.2 times as wide as head, punctation fine and non-granulose, interstices with distinct microreticulation; abdomen with very fine punctation; sternite VIII with broadly convex posterior margin; spermatheca as in Fig. 21. 1134 I n t r a s p e c i f i c v a r i a t i o n: In the three males examined, the degree of intraspecific variation is relatively low. In one of the male paratypes, the pronotum is slightly narrower and less produced posteriorly and the sutural carinae are slightly shorter, but in other respects the secondary sexual characters are similar to those of the holotype. E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet (Latin, adjective) alludes to the conspicuously long male pronotum. C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: InthekeyinASSING (2009), the species would key out either at couplet 82 together with G. heliophila ASSING from Kastamonu or at couplet 87 together with G. aydinica ASSING from the Aydın Da ÷ ları, depending on whether or not median elevations are present on the anterior tergites. In order to account for G. extensicollis, the key is modified as follows: 78: abdominal tergites III and / or IV each with smooth subcircular tubercle near anterior impression. (G. biformis and G. extensicollis, in which tergites III and IV may or may not have indistinct tubercles, will key out in both alternatives.) ....................................... 79 -: abdominal tergites III and IV unmodified .................................................................... 84 82: pronotum gradually tapering posteriad, i. e., lateral margins regularly converging, not sinuate near posterior angles (Fig. 16). Species from northern or northwestern Anatolia ........................................................................................................................... 82 a -: pronotum abruptly narrowed posteriad, lateral margin at least weakly sinuate near posterior angles; process of tergite VII longer, more erect, and distinctly stouter. Species from southern Anatolia ........................................................................................ 83 82 a Body smaller and of more slender habitus (ASSING 2009: Figs 9 - 10).: pronotum relatively smaller, posteriorly usually distinctly concave in the middle, and less oblong, 1.10 - 1.15 times as long as broad (ASSING 2009: Figs 9 - 10); elytra less broad, approximately 1.5 times as wide as pronotum; sutural carinae shorter and less elevated (ASSING 2009: Figs 9 - 10); tergite IV with smooth median tubercle (ASSING 2009: Figs 9 - 10); process of tergite VII short, acute, and suberect (ASSING 2009: Fig. 11); median lobe of aedeagus with longer and more slender cristal process (ASSING 2009: Fig. 13).: spermatheca with proximal portion of capsule conspicuously transparent (ASSING 2009: Fig. 14). Kastamonu .................................................................. G. heliophila ASSING - Body on average larger and broader (Fig. 15).: pronotum relatively larger, posteriorly truncate or very weakly concave, and more oblong, approximately 1.2 times as long as wide; elytra broader and more transverse, 1.25 - 1.30 times as wide as pronotum (Fig. 16); sutural carinae more pronounced and almost reaching posterior margin of elytra (Fig. 16); tergite IV with or without very indistinct median elevation; process of tergite VII stouter (Fig. 18); median lobe of aedeagus with shorter cristal process (Figs 19 - 20).: proximal portion of spermathecal capsule not conspicuously transparent. Northwestern Anatolia: Bursa ..................................... G. extensicollis nov. sp. 87: pronotum (in large) more oblong (up to 1.25 times as long as wide) and more strongly projecting posteriorly (Fig. 16; ASSING 2006: Fig. 46); elytra with more strongly elevated and long sutural carina extending to posterior elytra margin (or nearly so), with pronounced impressions, and with coarser and more distinctly granulose puncturation (Fig. 16; ASSING 2006: Figs 46, 48). Species from western or northwestern Anatolia ..................................................................................................... 87 a -: pronotum much less oblong and less strongly projecting posteriorly; elytra with shorter and less elevated sutural carinae not reaching posterior elytral margin, impressions, if present, shallower ..................................................................................... 88 87 a Forebody with less pronounced microsculpture and more glossy.: process of tergite VII more erect, anteriorly somewhat flattened, and in antero-dorsal view more slender and apically rounded (ASSING 2006: Figs 49 - 50); median lobe of aedeagus smaller, approximately 0.28 mm long and shaped as in ASSING (2006: Figs 49 - 51).: proximal end of spermathecal capsule longer and more slender (ASSING 2006: Fig. 52). Western Anatolia (Aydın): Aydın Da ÷ ları (ASSING (2006: Map 3) .................... G. aydinica ASSING 1135 - Forebody with more pronounced microsculpture and less shiny (Fig. 16).: process of tergite VII suberect, anteriorly convex in cross-section, and in antero-dorsal view wedge-shaped and apically acute; median lobe of aedeagus larger, approximately 0.32 mm long and shaped as in Figs 19 - 20.: proximal end of spermathecal capsule bulbous and shorter (Fig. 21). Northwestern Anatolia: Bursa .......... G. extensicollis nov. sp. D i s t r i b u t i o n a n d b i o n o m i c s: The type specimens were collected in two localities in the mountain range to the south of Mustafakemalpaúa in Bursa province, northwestern Anatolia, at relatively low altitudes (440 and 640 m). They were sifted from leaf litter in beech forests (MEYBOHM pers. comm.).	en	Assing, V. (2010): A revision of Geostiba of the Western Palaearctic region. XX. Four new species from Turkey and Albania, and additional. Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (2): 1125-1138, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10106026
03E5C9788C1BFFA4FF10FDE9DE5AFC8F.taxon	description	Geostiba oertzeni is one of the most widespread species of the genus; for a distribution map see ASSING (2006).	en	Assing, V. (2010): A revision of Geostiba of the Western Palaearctic region. XX. Four new species from Turkey and Albania, and additional. Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (2): 1125-1138, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10106026
03E5C9788C1BFFA4FF10FC18DD17FB23.taxon	description	This species is endemic to northwestern Anatolia; for a distribution map see ASSING (2001 a).	en	Assing, V. (2010): A revision of Geostiba of the Western Palaearctic region. XX. Four new species from Turkey and Albania, and additional. Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (2): 1125-1138, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10106026
03E5C9788C1BFFA2FF10FA8CDD30FA1C.taxon	description	D e s c r i p t i o n: Body length 2.3 - 2.9 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 22. Coloration: whole body yellowish red. Head distinctly oblong, approximately 1.2 times as long as wide (Fig. 23); punctation extremely fine, barely noticeable; interstices with very shallow microsculpture and glossy. Eyes reduced to minute rudiments, without ommatidia and pigmentation (Fig. 24). Antenna distinctly and gradually incrassate apically, antennomere X almost twice as wide as long. Pronotum approximately as wide as long or indistinctly transverse, 1.20 - 1.25 times as wide as head (Fig. 23), without sexual dimorphism; punctation extremely fine, barely noticeable; interstices with distinct microreticulation and subdued shine, clearly less glossy than head; on either side of the slightly and narrowly elevated smooth midline with shallow longitudinal impressions. 1136 Elytra with pronounced sexual dimorphism, 0.5 - 0.6 times as long as pronotum (Fig. 23). Hind wings absent. Abdomen wider than elytra; punctation very fine and sparse, barely noticeable; interstices with shallow microreticulation; tergite VII with sexual dimorphism; posterior margin of tergite VII without palisade fringe. (with secondary sexual characters fully developed): elytra with extensive and relatively deep impressions and with pronounced sharp sutural carina extending over full 1137 length of suture, this carina more elevated and broader anteriorly than posteriorly, punctation finely granulose, microsculpture shallow; abdominal tergite VII posteriorly with pair of posteriorly converging carinae (i. e., shaped like a V) (Fig. 25); posterior margin of tergite VIII truncate (Fig. 26); posterior margin of sternite VIII weakly and obtusely pointed in the middle (Fig. 27); median lobe of aedeagus as in Figs 28 - 29; apical lobe of paramere very slender.: elytra without impressions and carinae, punctation very fine, non-granulose, and barely noticeable, microreticulation distinct; tergite VIII with weakly convex posterior margin (Fig. 30); posterior margin of sternite VIII convex, in the middle indistinctly concave (Fig. 31); spermateca shaped as in Figs 32 - 33. I n t r a s p e c i f i c v a r i a t i o n: In one of the males, the pair of carinae on the abdominal tergite VIII is missing and the elytral punctation is not distinctly granulose. E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet (adjective) is derived from the name of the mountain range where the species was discovered. C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: InthekeyinASSING (2009), the species would key out at couplet 26 together with G. samai PACE from Macedonia and G. sculpticollis (APFELBECK) from northern Albania. In order to account for the new species, the key is modified as follows: 26: median lobe of aedeagus smaller and with more pronounced lateral folds (ASSING 2001 b: Figs 13 - 14).: spermatheca as in ASSING (2001 b: Figs 16 - 17). N-Macedonia: Šar planina .................................................................................................... G. samai PACE -: median lobe of aedeagus larger and with less pronounced lateral folds.: spermatheca of different shape. Species from Albania ................................................... 26 a 26 a: median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view with longer and more strongly curved ventral process (ASSING 2000 a: Figs 21 - 22).: distal portion of spermatheca distinctly dilated (ASSING 2000 a: Fig. 24). N-Albania: Mirditë .............. G. sculpticollis (APFELBECK) -: median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view with shorter and very weakly curved ventral process (Figs 28 - 29).: distal portion of spermatheca weakly dilated (Figs 32 - 33). Central Albania: Librazhd: Mali i Polisit ....................................... G. polisitica nov. sp. D i s t r i b u t i o n a n d b i o n o m i c s: Thetypelocality is situated in the Mali i Polisit range to the southeast of Elbasan, Librazhd province (central Albania). The specimens were sifted from debris and roots at the bottom of a dolina below a large snowfield and from leaf litter near snow in an old calcareous beech forest at an altitude of 1700 m.	en	Assing, V. (2010): A revision of Geostiba of the Western Palaearctic region. XX. Four new species from Turkey and Albania, and additional. Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (2): 1125-1138, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10106026
03E5C9788C1DFFA3FF10F9AADFECF902.taxon	description	The known distribution of G. euboica ranges from Albania and western Greece to western Turkey. For a distribution map see ASSING (2006). Acknowledgements I am indebted to Volker Brachat and Heinrich Meybohm for the generous gift of their staphylinid by-catches from Turkey. Benedikt Feldmann (Münster) proof-read the manuscript. 1138 Zusammenfassung Vier Arten der Gattung Geostiba THOMSON aus der Türkei und Albanian werden beschrieben und abgebildet: Geostiba (Tropogastrosipalia) devia nov. sp. (Türkei: Bolu), G. (T.) kazika nov. sp. (Türkei: Çanakkale, Balıkesir), G. (T.) extensicollis nov. sp. (Türkei: Bursa) und G. (Sibiota) polisitica nov. sp. (Zentral-Albanien: Librazhd). Für sieben Arten werden weitere Nachweise gemeldet. Eine kürzlich publizierte Bestimmungstabelle der Geostiba - Arten des östlichen Mittelmeerraums, der Kaukasusregion und Irans wird ergänzt. Einschliesslich der neu beschriebenen Arten sind derzeit 173 Arten in fünf Untergattungen aus diesem Gebiet bekannt.	en	Assing, V. (2010): A revision of Geostiba of the Western Palaearctic region. XX. Four new species from Turkey and Albania, and additional. Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (2): 1125-1138, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10106026
