Leptusa ( Stictopisalia ) sarensis PACE , 1983

Assing, Volker, 2017, On the Leptusa fauna of the Caucasus region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (2), pp. 1049-1074 : 1071

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5183138
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5192060
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scientific name	Leptusa ( Stictopisalia ) sarensis PACE , 1983
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M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Macedonia:1833, 12♀♀, Bistra Mts. , Mavrovo env., 1540 m, sifted, 15. VI.2011, leg. Hlaváč (cAss) ; 333, 1 ex., Bistra Mts. , Mavrovo env., Nikoforovo vill., 41°40'N, 20°47'E, 1250 m, 16.IV.2011, leg. Hlaváč & Jałoszyński (cJal, cAss) GoogleMaps ; 7 exs., Nichiforska Mts. , valley of Radika river, 41°46'N, 20°40'E, 1030 m, 17. VI.2011, leg. Jałoszyński (cJal, cAss) GoogleMaps ; 233, Bukovik Mts. , Cerovo vill. env., 41°43'N, 20°50'E, 880 m, 19. VI.2011, leg.. Hlaváč & Jałoszyński (cAss). Albania: 47 exs., Librazhd, 25 km ESE Elbasan, Mali i Polisit, 41°04'N, 20°22'E, 1700 m, old beech forest with snow, litter sifted, 23. V.2010, leg. Assing (cAss) GoogleMaps .

C o m m e n t: The illustrations of the primary sexual characters provided by PACE (1983, 1989) are highly misleading. For photographs and a redescription of the primary and secondary sexual characters see ASSING (2004).

Leptusa sarensis was previously known only from the Šar planina (S-Serbia, NW-Macedonia). The above first record from Albania shows that the species is evidently widespread in the southern Balkans. It was collected together with L. apfelbeckiana both in Albania and in Macedonia.