On the Aleochara subgenera Ceranota and Xenochara. IV. A revision of types, a new species, and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) Author Assing, Volker text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2018 2018-07-27 50 1 129 148 journal article 21208 10.5281/zenodo.3985350 18b7b01a-43f9-4707-b54a-d62d02ee7d34 0253-116X 3985350 Aleochara ( Ceranota ) erythroptera GRAVENHORST , 1806 ( Map 1 ) M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Germany : 1♂ , Thüringen, Woffleben , pitfall , 10.VI.2006 , leg. Sparmberg ( NME ). Croatia : 1 ex. , Istra, Limski kanal, 2.IV.2010 , leg. Hlaváč (cAss). Greece : 1♂ , 3♀♀ , Pelopónnisos, Parnon , NE Agriani , 37°10'N , 22°36'E , 1290 m , fir forest, 20.IV.-6.V.2007 , leg. Schnitter & Arndt ( NME , cAss). Greece : 1♂ , Pelopónnisos, Korinthía, Feneos, 37°56'N , 22°17'E , IV-VI.2006, leg. Miksch ( NME ). Ukraine : 4 exs. , Odessa , right bank of Kuyalnik liman, lower reaches, pitfall , 25.III.-11.IV.2000 , leg. Gontarenko (cGon, cAss) ; 1 ex. , Odessa , Kubanka , grass turf, 16.III.2008 , leg. Gontarenko (cAss) ; 1 ex. , Odessa, right bank of Tiligul liman, Kalinovka env., pitfall , 12.IV..- 13.V.2007 , leg. Gontarenko (cGon). Turkey : 1♀ , Izmir , Bozdağlar , Sazlı , 15.IV.2014 , leg. Örgel (cAnl) ; 1♀ , Denizli , Acıpayam , Elmadağ , 37°37'N , 29°27'E , 1660 m , 17.IV.2015 , leg. Örgel (cAnl) ; 1♀ , Osmaniye , 10 km N Andırın , road to Çokak , 37°39'N , 36°21'E , 1150 m , 1-2.V.2005 , leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss) ; 1♀ , Kahramanmaras , Başkonuş Yaylaşı , 37°34'N , 36°34'E , 1270 m , 27.IV.2004 , leg. Besuchet (cAss). Russia : 1♂ , Rostov region , Razdorovskiy district , Razdorovka , 8.-16.X.2009 , leg. Ponomaryov (cAss). Armenia : 1♂ , SW Goris , ESE Tatev , 39°22'N , 46°17'E , 1950 m , margin of mixed deciduous forest, sifted from nest of Formica exsecta (det. Seifert ), 13.VII.2017 , leg. Assing (cAss). Lebanon [all det. Feldmann ]: 1 ex. , Rayfoun , ca. 33°58'N , 35°42'E , 990 m , mixed oak forest, pitfall trap , 15.III.2013 , leg. Reuter (cFel) ; 1 ex. , same data, but III.2014 (cFel) ; 1 ex. , same data, but IV.2014 (cFel) ; 1 ex. , same data, but III.2015 (cFel) ; 6 exs. , same data, but 31.III.-9.IV.2016 (cFel) ; 2 exs. , same data, but 9- 12.IV.2016 (cFel) ; 1 ex. , same data, but 30.V.2016 (cFel) ; 2 exs. , ca. 27 km NE Beirut , Kfardebian env., ~ 1100 m , mixed oak forest, pitfall trap , 10-16.V.2016 , leg. Reuter (cFel) . C o m m e n t: Unlike many of its congeners, A. erythroptera is relatively widespread. The distribution is of the expansive Ponto-Mediterranean type ( ASSING 2009b ). For recent records from Israel see ASSING (2014) . The above specimens from Armenia and Lebanon represent new country records. The currently known distribution is illustrated in Map 1 . Interestingly, the male from Armenia was found in a nest of Formica exsecta .