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03DBED0FFFEFFFD2FF43CCE4FCC7FC5B.text	03DBED0FFFEFFFD2FF43CCE4FCC7FC5B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Geostiba (Geostiba) circellaris (GRAVENHORST 1806)	<div><p>Geostiba (Geostiba) circellaris (GRAVENHORST 1806)</p> <p>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: 1 ex., Tulskaja oblast, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=38.116665&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=53.15" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 38.116665/lat 53.15)">Jefremov</a>, 53°09'N, 38°07'E, 27.IV.1986, leg. Pütz (cAss); 3 exs., Tambovskaja oblast, Rasskasovo, 52°40', 41°49'E, swamp, 5. VI.1997, leg. Pütz (cAss, cPüt); 2 exs., East Siberia, Khamar- Daban Mts., Kharlakhta river valley, 17.-18. VI.2006, leg. Shavrin (cAss, cSha); 1 ex., Khamar-Daban Mts., Bolshoj Mamaj river valley, 19.VIII.2006, leg. Shavrin (cAss); 1 ex., East Siberia, Khamar-Daban Mts., Snezhnaya river valley, 19.VIII.2006, leg. Shavrin (cAss, cSha); 4 exs., Buryatiya, Khamar-Daban Mts., Vidrinnaya river, 13.VIII.2006, leg. Shavrin (cSha); 3 exs., East Siberia, Irkutsk, Shelekhov, industrial zone, 15.IX.1906, leg. Shavrin (cSha).</p> <p>Geostiba circellaris has a trans-Palaearctic distribution, is adventive also in North America, and is thus the most widespread species of the genus.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DBED0FFFEFFFD2FF43CCE4FCC7FC5B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Assing, V.	Assing, V. (2008): New species and additional records of Geostiba from the Eastern Mediterranean region and from Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2): 1327-1335, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5430686
03DBED0FFFEFFFD2FF43CB34FEADFDF3.text	03DBED0FFFEFFFD2FF43CB34FEADFDF3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Geostiba (Sipalotricha) infirma (WEISE 1878)	<div><p>Geostiba (Sipalotricha) infirma (WEISE 1878)</p> <p>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: Romania: 10exs., Moldavia,Ciumarapass, 1100 m, deciduous forest, leaves sifted, 29.V.2008, leg. Rougemont (cRou, cAss).</p> <p>This species endemic to the Carpathians, where it is rather widespread and common (ASSING 2005a).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DBED0FFFEFFFD2FF43CB34FEADFDF3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Assing, V.	Assing, V. (2008): New species and additional records of Geostiba from the Eastern Mediterranean region and from Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2): 1327-1335, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5430686
03DBED0FFFEFFFD2FF43CA14FC18FCBB.text	03DBED0FFFEFFFD2FF43CA14FC18FCBB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Geostiba (Sipalotricha) lucens (BENICK 1970)	<div><p>Geostiba (Sipalotricha) lucens (BENICK 1970)</p> <p>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: Ukraine: 1ex., Odessa,Kubanca,grassturf, 16.III.2008, leg. Gontarenko (cGon). Turkey: 1 ex., Isparta, Davraz Tepe, ski resort, 37°47'N, 30°45'E, 1700-2000 m, 16.IV.2008, leg. Brachat &amp; Meybohm (cAss).</p> <p>Geostiba lucens is one of the most widespread species in the Eastern Mediterranean, its distribution ranging from Turkey to southeastern Central Europe (ASSING 2005a).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DBED0FFFEFFFD2FF43CA14FC18FCBB	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Assing, V.	Assing, V. (2008): New species and additional records of Geostiba from the Eastern Mediterranean region and from Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2): 1327-1335, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5430686
03DBED0FFFEFFFD1FF43CBF3FD66F950.text	03DBED0FFFEFFFD1FF43CBF3FD66F950.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Geostiba (Sipalotricha) deubeli (BERNHAUER 1909)	<div><p>Geostiba (Sipalotricha) deubeli (BERNHAUER 1909)</p> <p>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: Romania: 2 exs., Sighisoara, 26.V.2008, leg. Rougemont (cRou, cAss).</p> <p>Like the preceding species, G. deubeli is endemic to the Carpathians, but much rarer and confined to southern Romania (ASSING 2005a).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DBED0FFFEFFFD1FF43CBF3FD66F950	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Assing, V.	Assing, V. (2008): New species and additional records of Geostiba from the Eastern Mediterranean region and from Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2): 1327-1335, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5430686
03DBED0FFFECFFD1FF43CCB4FF1AFB1B.text	03DBED0FFFECFFD1FF43CCB4FF1AFB1B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Geostiba (Sipalotricha) orduica ASSING 2006	<div><p>Geostiba (Sipalotricha) orduica ASSING 2006</p> <p>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: Turkey: 3 exs., Ordu, 15 km S Gölköy, Harçbeli Geç., 40°35'N, 37°38'E, 1610 m, Fagus forest with Rhododendron, litter and mushrooms sifted, 22.VII.2008, leg. Assing &amp; Schülke (cAss, cSch).</p> <p>This recently described species was previously known only from the type locality in Ordu.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DBED0FFFECFFD1FF43CCB4FF1AFB1B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Assing, V.	Assing, V. (2008): New species and additional records of Geostiba from the Eastern Mediterranean region and from Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2): 1327-1335, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5430686
03DBED0FFFECFFD1FF43CF1CFD36FA38.text	03DBED0FFFECFFD1FF43CF1CFD36FA38.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Geostiba (Sipalotricha) rhodiensis PACE 1983	<div><p>Geostiba (Sipalotricha) rhodiensis PACE 1983</p> <p>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: Turkey: 8 exs., Köprü valley, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=31.183332&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=37.3" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 31.183332/lat 37.3)">Čaltepe</a>, 37°18'N, 31°11'E, 540 m, 13.IV.2008, leg. Brachat &amp; Meybohm (cAss); 11 exs., Antalya, N Side, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=31.5&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=36.95" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 31.5/lat 36.95)">Yaylaalan</a>, 36°57'N, 31°30'E, 460 m, 27.IV.2008, leg. Brachat &amp; Meybohm (cAss); 2 exs., Antalya, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=32.766666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=36.133335" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 32.766666/lat 36.133335)">Köşekbaşı</a>, 36°08'N, 32°46'E, 150 m, 23.IV.2008, leg. Brachat &amp; Meybohm (cAss); 2 exs., Antalya, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=32.366665&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=36.283333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 32.366665/lat 36.283333)">5 km NE Gazipaşa</a>, 36°17'N, 32°22'E, 50 m, 24.IV.2008, leg. Brachat &amp; Meybohm (cAss); 4 exs., Alanya-Taşkent, 30 km from Alanya, 36°32'N, 32°04'N, 1140 m, 24.IV.2008, leg. Brachat &amp; Meybohm (cAss); 2 exs., Karaman, Ermenek-Gülnar, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=33.0&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=36.533333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 33.0/lat 36.533333)">Moca Geç.</a>, 36°32'N, 33°00'E, 1420 m, 21.IV.2008, leg. Brachat &amp; Meybohm (cAss).</p> <p>This species is rather widespread and common in southern Anatolia and Rhodos. For a map illustrating its distribution see ASSING (2005b).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DBED0FFFECFFD1FF43CF1CFD36FA38	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Assing, V.	Assing, V. (2008): New species and additional records of Geostiba from the Eastern Mediterranean region and from Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2): 1327-1335, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5430686
03DBED0FFFECFFD1FF43CAC6FCDFFD3C.text	03DBED0FFFECFFD1FF43CAC6FCDFFD3C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Geostiba (Tropogastrosipalia) arganthonia PACE 1983	<div><p>Geostiba (Tropogastrosipalia) arganthonia PACE 1983</p> <p>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: Turkey:1, Istanbul, Yalova, V.1959, leg. Schubert (NHMW).</p> <p>The above specimen was collected at or near the type locality.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DBED0FFFECFFD1FF43CAC6FCDFFD3C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Assing, V.	Assing, V. (2008): New species and additional records of Geostiba from the Eastern Mediterranean region and from Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2): 1327-1335, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5430686
03DBED0FFFECFFD1FF43CA3EFEB9FCE6.text	03DBED0FFFECFFD1FF43CA3EFEB9FCE6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Geostiba (Tropogastrosipalia) brachati ASSING 2000	<div><p>Geostiba (Tropogastrosipalia) brachati ASSING 2000</p> <p>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: Turkey: 1 ex., Antalya, Olimpos, S Hisarcandir, 36°43'N, 30°26'E, 1240 m, 12.IV.2008, leg. Brachat &amp; Meybohm (cAss).</p> <p>This species is a local endemic of the Bey Dağları in Antalya, southwestern Anatolia (ASSING 2003).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DBED0FFFECFFD1FF43CA3EFEB9FCE6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Assing, V.	Assing, V. (2008): New species and additional records of Geostiba from the Eastern Mediterranean region and from Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2): 1327-1335, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5430686
03DBED0FFFECFFD1FF43CD54FC40FBAE.text	03DBED0FFFECFFD1FF43CD54FC40FBAE.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Geostiba (Tropogastrosipalia) sengleti PACE 1983	<div><p>Geostiba (Tropogastrosipalia) sengleti PACE 1983</p> <p>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: Iran: 2exs., Mazandaran,Elbursmts.,roadS Alamdeh, 1440 m, 31.V.1978, leg. Martens &amp; Pieper (SMNS, cAss).</p> <p>The above specimens represent the first record after the original description.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DBED0FFFECFFD1FF43CD54FC40FBAE	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Assing, V.	Assing, V. (2008): New species and additional records of Geostiba from the Eastern Mediterranean region and from Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2): 1327-1335, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5430686
03DBED0FFFECFFD0FF43CBA9FC94F975.text	03DBED0FFFECFFD0FF43CBA9FC94F975.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Geostiba (Sibiota) oertzeni (EPPELSHEIM 1888)	<div><p>Geostiba (Sibiota) oertzeni (EPPELSHEIM 1888)</p> <p>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: Greece: 7 exs., Pelopónnisos, Panahaiko, above Paraskevi, 1350 m, 3.VI.1994, leg. Giachino &amp; Vailati (cVai, cAss); 1 ex., Voiotía, Parnassós, 1660 m, 8.VI.1994 - 7.VI.1995, leg. Giachino &amp; Vailati (cVai). Turkey: 15 exs., Karaman, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=33.0&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=36.533333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 33.0/lat 36.533333)">Ermenek-Gülnar</a>, Moca Geç., 36°32'N, 33°00'E, 1420 m, 21.IV.2008, leg. Brachat &amp; Meybohm (cAss).</p> <p>Geostiba oertzeni is one of the most widespread and common species of the genus in the Eastern Mediterranean, its distribution ranging from eastern and southern Turkey to Ukraine and the Balkans. For a distribution map see ASSING (2006).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DBED0FFFECFFD0FF43CBA9FC94F975	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Assing, V.	Assing, V. (2008): New species and additional records of Geostiba from the Eastern Mediterranean region and from Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2): 1327-1335, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5430686
03DBED0FFFEDFFD0FF43CF71FC2FF9AD.text	03DBED0FFFEDFFD0FF43CF71FC2FF9AD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Geostiba (Sibiota) zoufali (RAMBOUSEK)	<div><p>Geostiba (Sibiota) zoufali (RAMBOUSEK)</p> <p>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: Croatia: 1 ex., Biokovo planina, road to Sveti Jure, 1500 m, beech litter sifted, 9.VI.2006, leg. Schuh (cAss).</p> <p>Geostiba zoufali has been recorded from Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. The species is apparently very rare; only few specimens have become known (ASSING 2005a).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DBED0FFFEDFFD0FF43CF71FC2FF9AD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Assing, V.	Assing, V. (2008): New species and additional records of Geostiba from the Eastern Mediterranean region and from Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2): 1327-1335, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5430686
03DBED0FFFEDFFD7FF43CC39FE12FDA0.text	03DBED0FFFEDFFD7FF43CC39FE12FDA0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Geostiba (Sibiota) kirghisica Assing 2008	<div><p>Geostiba (Sibiota) kirghisica nov.sp. (Figs 1-9)</p> <p>Holotype [right elytron missing]: Kirghizia: Chatkalskij Alatau, Sary-Celek, 27.- 31.5.1993, 1400-1600 m, leg. Schawaller / Holotypus Geostiba kirghisica sp. n. det. V. Assing 2007 (SMNS). Paratype: same data as holotype (cAss).</p> <p>D e s c r i p t i o n: Body length 2.7-2.8 mm. Coloration: body uniformly yellowish; abdominal segment VI and anterior half of segment VII of holotype weakly infuscate.</p> <p>Head approximately as wide as long (Fig. 1); punctation extremely fine, barely noticeable; surface with shallow to distinct microreticulation. Eyes small and not protruding from lateral contours of head, approximately as large as antennomere V in cross section (Fig. 2). Antennae moderately incrassate apically; antennomere X approximately twice as wide as long.</p> <p>Pronotum 1.15-1.20 times as wide as head and approximately 1.15 times as wide as long (Fig. 1); punctation extremely fine, barely noticeable; microreticulation similar to that of head.</p> <p>Elytra 0.70-0.75 times as long as pronotum (Fig. 1); punctation with sexual dimorphism; microreticulation very shallow to almost obsolete. Hind wings reduced.</p> <p>Abdomen slightly wider than elytra; punctation very fine and sparse; microreticulation shallow to distinct everywhere; posterior margin of tergite VII without palisade fringe.</p> <p>: pronotum in holotype with deep, extensive, and somewhat irregular impression (artefact?); elytra with sparse and distinctly granulose punctation (Fig. 1); tergite VII with pair of long, sharply elevated, and subparallel carinae in posterior half (Fig. 3); posterior margin of tergite VIII produced, in the middle with small concavity (Fig. 4); posterior margin of sternite VIII obtusely pointed in the middle; median lobe of aedeagus with slender ventral process, with very narrow crista apicalis, with pronounced crista proximalis, and without internal spines in internal sac (Figs 6-7); apical lobe of paramere short and stout (Fig. 8).</p> <p>: elytra with fine, non-granulose punctation; tergite VIII with almost straight posterior margin; sternite VIII weakly concave in the middle (Fig. 5); spermatheca simply Sshaped, duct not twisted (Fig. 9).</p> <p>E t y m o l o g y: The name (adjective) is derived from the ancient name of the region where the species was discovered.</p> <p>C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: Geostiba kirghisica is the first Geostiba species from Kyrgyzstan and the first representative of the subgenus to become known from Middle Asia. It is distinguished from other Sibiota species especially by the primary and secondary sexual characters.</p> <p>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 near Arkit [41°48'N, 71°57'E], northwestern Kyrgyzstan, where the type specimens were collected at an altitude of 1400-1600 m.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DBED0FFFEDFFD7FF43CC39FE12FDA0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Assing, V.	Assing, V. (2008): New species and additional records of Geostiba from the Eastern Mediterranean region and from Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2): 1327-1335, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5430686
03DBED0FFFEBFFD6FF43CEFCFD76F9DC.text	03DBED0FFFEBFFD6FF43CEFCFD76F9DC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Geostiba (Typhlusida) flava (KRAATZ 1856)	<div><p>Geostiba (Typhlusida) flava (KRAATZ 1856)</p> <p>A d d i t i o n a l t y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Paralectotypes of Sipalia carnica: 2: "Doberbachtal, Karn. Alp., leg. Strupi / Cotypus Sipalia carnica O. Scheerpeltz / Coll. Strupi Acqu. Nr. 3-63" (NHMW).</p> <p>The lectotype of Sipalia carnica SCHEERPELTZ 1958, now a synonym of G. flava (KRAATZ), was designated by ASSING (2000).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DBED0FFFEBFFD6FF43CEFCFD76F9DC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Assing, V.	Assing, V. (2008): New species and additional records of Geostiba from the Eastern Mediterranean region and from Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2): 1327-1335, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5430686
03DBED0FFFEBFFD4FF43CF88FCBCFABB.text	03DBED0FFFEBFFD4FF43CF88FCBCFABB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Geostiba sultanica Assing 2008	<div><p>Geostiba sultanica nov.sp. (Figs 10-21)</p> <p>Holotype: N 38°29'47" E 31°11'37" (23), TR Konya, Sultan Dağ [ları] SW Sultandağı, 1730 m, Brachat &amp; Meybohm 19.4.2008 / Holotypus Geostiba sultanica sp. n. det. V. Assing 2008 (cAss). Paratypes: 10, 26: same data as holotype (cAss, OÖLL).</p> <p>D e s c r i p t i o n: Body length 2.0- 2.5 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 10. Coloration: body uniformly yellowish; abdominal segment VI occasionally weakly infuscate.</p> <p>Head approximately as wide as long or weakly oblong (Fig. 11); punctation extremely fine, barely noticeable; surface with shallow microreticulation. Eyes reduced to minute rudiments, without ommatidia and pigmentation (Fig. 12). Antennae distinctly incrassate apically; antennomere X approximately twice as wide as long.</p> <p>Pronotum approximately 1.15 times as wide as head and 1.1 times as wide as long (Fig. 11); punctation extremely fine, barely noticeable; microreticulation similar to that of head or slightly more pronounced.</p> <p>Elytra with pronounced sexual dimorphism, 0.55-0.65 times as long as pronotum (Fig. 11); microsculpture very shallow, less pronounced than that of head and pronotum. Hind wings reduced.</p> <p>Abdomen approximately 1.3 times as wide as elytra; punctation very fine and moderately sparse; microreticulation distinct everywhere; posterior margin of tergite VII without palisade fringe; tergite VII with sexual dimorphism; posterior margin of tergite VIII convex in both sexes.</p> <p>: elytra with weakly granulose punctation, at suture strongly elevated, forming pronounced and sharp sutural carinae extending over full length of suture, these carinae highest and broadest anteriorly, and decreasing in height and width posteriad (Fig. 11); tergite VII with pronounced long median tubercle, in large males extending approximately from anterior 1/4 of tergite to posterior margin, this tubercle smooth, glossy, and tapering in posterior 1/4 of tergite (Figs 13-14); posterior margin of sternite VIII obtusely pointed in the middle (Fig. 15); median lobe of aedeagus with long flagellum in internal sac (Figs 16-18); apical lobe of paramere moderately stout, with one stout long median seta and three fine short subapical setae (Fig. 19).</p> <p>: elytra with fine, non-granulose punctation and without sutural carinae; tergite VII unmodified; sternite VIII weakly concave in the middle (Fig. 20); spermatheca minute, only 0.08 mm long, with conspicuously short and proximally simply curved duct (Fig. 21).</p> <p>E t y m o l o g y: The name (adjective) is derived from the Sultan Dağları, where the type locality is situated.</p> <p>C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: Geostiba sultanica is readily distinguished from all other known congeners recorded from Turkey based on external characters alone, particularly by the presence of a long median tubercle on the male abdominal tergite VII. In addition, it is separated from its congeners by the morphology of the aedeagus, especially the presence and shape of the flagellum in the internal sac, as well as by the shape and minute size of the spermatheca.</p> <p>The subgeneric affiliations of the species are unclear. Based on the modifications of the male abdominal tergite VII, G. sultanica would have to be assigned to the subgenus Typhlusida CASEY 1906. The geographically closest representatives of this subgenus are G. rhilensis (RAMBOUSEK 1924) from Bulgaria and G. flava (KRAATZ 1856) from south- eastern Austria and Slovenia. The new species is readily separated from both of them by the modifications of the male elytra, the shape of the tubercle on the male tergite VII, and particularly by the morphology of the genitalia. For illustrations of the male secondary sexual characters and the genitalia of G. flava and G. rhilensis see ASSING (2000) and PACE (1983b, 1984) (under the synonym G. bulgarica PACE), respectively.</p> <p>The only Turkish representative of the genus with a long flagellum in the internal sac is G. uhligi PACE 1983, which is currently attributed to the subgenus Sibiota CASEY 1906, but which, based on the synapomorphically derived morphology of the internal structures of the aedeagus, may be the closest relative of G. sultanica. It is readily distinguished from the new species by the larger eyes with ommatidia and pigmentation, by the presence of a pair of carinae on the male tergite VII, as well as by the different morphology of the genitalia. For illustrations of the genitalia of G. uhligi see PACE (1983a).</p> <p>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 adaptive reductions of the eyes, pigmentation, and wings, as well as from the absence of records from other localities, the species is probably endemic to the Sultan Dağları in southwestern Anatolia. The type specimens were collected in an oak forest by sifting moist leaf litter and moss at an altitude of 1730 m (MEYBOHM pers. comm.).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DBED0FFFEBFFD4FF43CF88FCBCFABB	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Assing, V.	Assing, V. (2008): New species and additional records of Geostiba from the Eastern Mediterranean region and from Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2): 1327-1335, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5430686
