Aleochara (Xenochara) haematoptera Kraatz 1858

Aleochara (Xenochara) haematopteraKRAATZ,1858 M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Armenia: 2♂♂, N Yerevan, NW Hrazdan, 40°34'N, 44°24'E, 2000 m, stream bank with gravel, 28.VI.2016, leg. Assing (cAss); 1♀, 20 km Kapan, W Tsav, 39°03'N, 46°26'E, 1170 m, stream valley, collected from gravel, 9.VII.2016, leg. Assing (cAss). Lebanon: 2♂♂, 4 exs. [det. Feldmann], ca. 30 km NE Beirut, bank of Ibrahim river near Adonis, 5.III.2014, leg. Reuter (cFel). C o m m e n t: This widespread and common species had been reported from Armenia only once (ASSING 2017a). According to SCHÜLKE & SMETANA (2015), it was previously unknown from Lebanon.
Published as part of Assing, Volker, 2018, On the Aleochara subgenera Ceranota and Xenochara. IV. A revision of types, a new species, and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), pp. 129-148 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1) on page 139, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3985350
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