A revision of Geostiba of the West Palaearctic region. XXIII. On the Sibiota species of the Caucasus region exclusive of Turkey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) Author Assing, Volker text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2016 2016-12-19 48 2 1097 1117 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5183234 0253-116X 5183234 Geostiba ( Sibiota ) carinicollis ( EPPELSHEIM , 1878) ( Map 2 ) Leptusa carinicollis EPPELSHEIM, 1878: 95 f. C o m m e n t: The original description is based on an unspecified number of syntypes , partly from unspecified localities ("im Kaukasus weiter verbreitet"), but "hauptsächlich bei Mamudly ... und auf den Irgan-Tschaisky-gara" ( EPPELSHEIM 1878 ). The type material in the Eppelsheim collection was revised and a male from "Mamudly" was designated as the lectotype by ASSING (2005) , who identified the type locality as a place in the Baku region , Azerbaijan , in the East Caucasus. A re-examination of the data indicated in Leder´s travel reports in SCHNEIDER & LEDER (1878), however, revealed that Mamudly is situated in the south of Georgia , close to the border with Armenia , and most likely identical to Mtisdziri (=Makhmutlo, =Mamudlo, =Mamutlo; 41°17'12''N , 44°10'08''E ) in Kvemo Kartli province. The second specified locality ("Irgan-Tschaisky-gara") are probably the mountains (gara) near Irgani (=Irganchay, =Irganchai, =Irganchaj; 41°12'24''N , 44°08'24''E ), which are not far away from the type locality. The revised, currently known distribution is shown in Map 2 . As can be inferred from the morphology of the median lobe of the aedeagus (base abruptly convex in lateral view; see figure 190 in ASSING 2005 ), G. carinicollis is closely allied to the four species described from Armenia below).