Oxypoda (Sphenoma) abdominalis (MANNERHEIM, 1830) M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Armenia: 1♂,N Yerevan, W Hrazdan, 40°31'N, 44°31'E, 2020 m, grassy slope with scattered oak, litter and roots sifted, 25.VI.2016, leg. Assing (cAss); 1♀, WSW Kapan, S Meghri Pass, 39°06'N, 46°11'E. 2310 m, oak forest near tree line, oak litter sifted, 6.VII.2016, leg. Assing (cAss); 1♂, 20 km Kapan, W Tsav, 39°03'N, 46°26'E, 1170 m, stream valley, litter and flood debris near stream sifted, 9.VII.2016, leg. Assing (cAss). C o m m e n t: This widespread and common trans-Palaearctic species was previously unknown from Armenia.

Published as part of Assing, Volker, 2018, Three new species of Oxypoda from Spain, Armenia, and Ukraine with notes on the fauna of Armenia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), pp. 111-127 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1) on page 123, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3985332