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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1175-5326
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Gyrophaena
(
Gyrophaena
)
nitidula
(
Gyllenhal, 1810
)
(Figs. 49–51)
Aleochara nitidula
Gyllenhal, 1810
: 413
Gyrophaena signatipennis
Gredler, 1863
: 93
Gyrophaena nitidula
;
Nikitskiy & al., 2008
: 114
Material examined:
RUSSIA
: KRASNODAR TERRITORY:
Khostinskiy District: 1 ♀: Khosta,
17.VI.1988
, V.B. Semenov leg. (cVS);
ADYGEA:
Maikopskiy District: 1 Ƌ: Guzeripl´, window trap,
8–26.VI.2001
, A.R. Bibin leg. (cVS);
KARACHAY- CHERKESSIA:
Karachay District: 1 Ƌ, 1 ♀: Teberdinskiy Biosphere Reserve, Teberda,
VII.2011
, E.A. Khachikov leg. (cIE).
Additional material examined:
RUSSIA
: REPUBLIC
OF
CRIMEA:
Yalt a: 6 Ƌ, 6 ♀: Vinogradniy, S slope of Uragai Ridge,
500 m
, beech forest,
28.V.1999
, D.S. Shchigel΄ leg. (cVS); 1 ♀: ibid., on
Fomes fomentarius
on the
Ulmus
sp.,
28.V.1999
, D.S. Shchigel΄ leg. (cVS); 1 Ƌ, 1 ♀: Gurzuf,
29.IV.1947
, K.V. Arnoldi leg. (cVS); Alushta: 11 Ƌ, 16 ♀: Kosʹmo-Damianovskiy Mon[astery],
23.VI.
[19]08, V. Pliginskiy leg. (
ZIN
); 1 Ƌ: ibid.,
18.VI.
[19]11, V. Pliginskiy leg. (
ZIN
); 1 Ƌ: ibid.,
28.V.
[1]920, V. Pliginskiy leg. (
ZIN
).
Distribution.
C & N Europe, European part of
Russia
(
Goreslavets 2010
), Caucasus,
Turkey
(Jacobson 1909,
Öncüer 1991
), SE
Kazakhstan
(
Kashcheev 2001
). Records of
G. nitidula
from Siberia (Jacobson 1909,
Tichomirova 1973
) are probably doubtful.
Taxonomic notes.
After two descriptions of
Encephalus kraatzi
made independently by Hochhhuth (1872) from
Ukraine
and
Solsky (1875)
from E Siberia there has been much confusion regarding their synonymy with
G. nitidula
(
Enushchenko & Shavrin 2011
)
. The descriptions are quite different and do not contain characters of the species of the genus
Gyrophaena
.
Shilov (1977)
studied the
type
of
E. kraatzi
Hochhuth
and proposed a new combination:
Brachida kraatzi
(
Hochhuth, 1872
)
. The
type
material of Solsky has not been studied, thus the taxonomic status of
E
.
kraatzi
Solsky, 1875
still is unclear.
Remarks.
G
.
nitidula
was recorded for Caucasus (Khosta) by
Nikitskiy & al. (2008)
.