A revision of Geostiba of the West Palaearctic region. XXII. Two new species from Jordan and the Caucasus, and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) Author Assing, Volker text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2016 2016-07-30 48 1 221 228 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5416167 0253-116X 5416167 9F9BF88A-DFB2-49B5-88BD-D49CF6C0FE3D Geostiba ( Sibiota ) kobrisensis PACE, 1996 M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Georgia : 13 exs. , Kvemo Svanetia , north slopes of Svaneti Mts. , NW Tsanashi , 42°48'N , 42°40'E , 1360 m , 4.VII.2015 , leg. Pütz (cPüt, cAss) ; 1 ex. , Kvemo Svanetia , Lechkhumi Mts. , Sasashi , Muashi , 42°47'N , 42°59'E , 1390 m , 1.VII.2015 , leg. Pütz (cPüt) ; 6 exs. , Ratcha , south slopes of Letchkhumskiy Mts. , Likheti env., 42°36'N , 43°14'E , 760 m , 4.VII.2015 , leg. Pütz (cPüt, cAss) ; 8 exs. , Ratcha , Ratschinskyi Mts. , 5 km NW Nakerala pass, Tkibuli env., 42°23'N , 42°59'E , 1440 m , 6.VII.2015 , leg. Pütz (cPüt, cAss) ; 1 ex. , Kachetia , Tsiv- Gombori Mts. , 5 km W Telavi , 41°54'N , 45°24'E , 1090 m , Fagus orientalis forest, 8.VII.2015 , leg. Pütz (cAss) . C o m m e n t: This microphthalmous species was previously known only from two localities to the north of Tiflis in the Central Caucasus ( ASSING 2005 ). The above records reveal that it is rather widespread across the southern slopes of the Central Caucasus.