The Staphylinidae of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh (Coleoptera)
Author
Assing, Volker
Author
Schülke, Michael
text
Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology
2019
2019-06-24
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journal article
10.21248/contrib.entomol.69.1.091-173
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Aleochara
(
Ceranota
)
subtumida
(
HOCHHUTH, 1849
)
Aleochara (Polychara) khnzoriani
AMIRYAN,1999b:
62
f.;
syn. nov.
Type material examined
:
Holotype
: “
Armenia
, Goris, sel. [village] Tatev, pod kamnem [under stones], 21.05.88, c. Kalashian M. / Type /
Aleochara khnzoriani
sp. n.
Det. Amiryan A
/
Aleochara subtumida
(Hochhuth)
, det.
V. Assing
2018” (
IZAY
).
Comment
: In the original description of
Aleochara khnzoriani
, which is based on a unique female,
AMIRYAN (1999b)
attributed the species to the subgenus
Polychara
MULSANT & REY, 1874
, now a synonym of
Xenochara
MULSANT & REY, 1874. An examination of the
holotype
, however, revealed that the specimen belongs to the subgenus
Ceranota
STEPHENS, 1839
and is conspecific with
A. subtumida
. Hence the synonymy proposed above.