On the genus Scaphisoma Leach, 1815 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae) from Georgia, with description of a new species Author Löbl, I. Muséum d’histoire naturelle, case postale 6434, Genève 1211 Switzerland. ivan.lobl@bluewin.ch text Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 2022 Caucas. entomol. bull. 2022-03-23 18 1 31 33 http://dx.doi.org/10.23885/181433262022181-3133 journal article 55973 10.23885/181433262022181-3133 5b23f969-df9f-416b-923f-4b5ce59f24e0 6380484 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:732CCF3D-E009-4757-A83B-C755CE5F2FCE Scaphisoma assimile assimile Erichson, 1845 Material. 1 ex. [GE19-41] ( ZMB ), Adjara , Meshekti Range , NE Batumi , Mtirala NP , 41°40 ʹ 35 ʺ N / 41°52 ʹ 29 ʺ E , 330 m , deciduous forest / rhododendron, litter , 18.07.2019 ( M. Schülke ); 1 ex. [GE2021-02] ( ZMB ), Racha , E Ambrolauri , SE Oni , Tskhmori , 42°32 ʹ 08 ʺ N / 43°29 ʹ 38 ʺ E , 1320 m , moist deciduous forest with predominant alder and forest margin , 23.07.2021 ( M. Schülke ); 4 ex. [GE2021-03] (ZMB), 1 ex. ( MHNG ), Racha , E Ambrolauri , SE Oni , Tskhmori , 42°32 ʹ 36 ʺ N , / 43°28 ʹ 35 ʺ E , 1120 m , deciduous forest with predominant alder, litter near stream , 23.07.2021 ( M. Schülke ); 1 ex. [GE21-09] ( ZMB ), Racha , NE Oni , W Glola , 42°41 ʹ 47 ʺ N / 43°35 ʹ 04 ʺ E , 1140 m , mixed forest margin, litter , 25.07.2021 ( M. Schülke ). Notes. The nominotypical subspecies is widely distributed throughout Western, Central and Eastern Europe. Now it is found in Georgia which is the first record of this species in this country.