New species and additional records of Geostiba from the Eastern Mediterranean region and from Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) Author Assing, V. text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2008 2008-12-19 40 2 1327 1335 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5430686 0253-116X 5430686 Geostiba ( Geostiba ) circellaris (GRAVENHORST 1806) A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Russia : 1 ex. , Tulskaja oblast , Jefremov , 53°09'N , 38°07'E , 27.IV.1986 , leg. Pütz (cAss) ; 3 exs. , Tambovskaja oblast , Rasskasovo , 52°40', 41°49'E , swamp, 5. VI .1997 , leg. Pütz (cAss, cPüt) ; 2 exs. , East Siberia , Khamar- Daban Mts. , Kharlakhta river valley, 17.-18. VI .2006 , leg. Shavrin (cAss, cSha) ; 1 ex. , Khamar-Daban Mts. , Bolshoj Mamaj river valley, 19.VIII.2006 , leg. Shavrin (cAss) ; 1 ex. , East Siberia , Khamar-Daban Mts. , Snezhnaya river valley, 19.VIII.2006 , leg. Shavrin (cAss, cSha) ; 4 exs. , Buryatiya , Khamar-Daban Mts. , Vidrinnaya river , 13.VIII.2006 , leg. Shavrin (cSha) ; 3 exs. , East Siberia , Irkutsk , Shelekhov , industrial zone, 15.IX.1906 , leg. Shavrin (cSha) . Geostiba circellaris has a trans-Palaearctic distribution, is adventive also in North America, and is thus the most widespread species of the genus.