Oxypoda (Sphenoma) vicina KRAATZ, 1858 M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Armenia: 13♂♂, 20♀♀, 8 exs., S Martuni, Sulema Pass, 39°58'N, 45°14'E, 2340 m, slope with small stream and scattered bushes, litter and roots near stream sifted, 29. VI.2016, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, MNB); 2♀♀, S Martuni, Sulema Pass, 39°58'N, 45°14'E, 2340 m, rocky slope with grass, moss, and fern, roots and moss sifted, 29. VI.2016, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ex., 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. Schülke (MNB); 2♂♂, 2♀♀, 5 exs., 35 km NW Sisian, 39°41'N, 45°47'E, 2070 m, stream valley, litter beneath bushes near stream sifted, 3.VII.2016, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, MNB); 1 ex., 35 km NW Sisian, 39°41'N, 45°47'E, 2080 m, swampy meadow, debris sifted, 3.VII.2016, leg. Schülke (MNB); 4♂♂, 6♀♀, 1 ex., 25 km SW Kapan, 39°04'N, 46°16'E, 2150 m, near stream, litter of Salix and debris sifted, 10.VII.2016, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, MNB); 1♂, 3♀♀, 3 exs., Vardenis mountain range SE Vardenis, 40°05'N, 45°49'E, 2330 m, stream valley with Salix, litter and roots beneath Salix sifted, 27. VI.2017, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, MNB); 21♂♂, 17♀♀, 8 exs., Sevani mountain range E Sevan lake, Tsapatagh env., 40°24'N, 45°30'E, 2025 m, oak forest margin, litter and roots sifted, 28. VI.2017, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, MNB); 2♀♀, NE Sevan Lake, Karmir pass, 40°34'N, 45°18'E, 2150 m, debris, grass, and roots beneath scattered Sorbus sifted, 30. VI.20176, leg. Assing (cAss); 1♂, 5♀♀, S Martuni, Sulema Pass, 39°58'N, 45°14'E, 2340 m, slope with small stream and scattered bushes, litter and roots near stream sifted, 8.VII.2017, leg. Assing (cAss); 1♂, pass N Goris, 39°35'N, 46°20'E, 2110 m, grassy slope with stones, mouse nest under stone sifted, 9.VII.2017, leg. Assing (cAss); 1♀, 40 km NW Sisian, Vorotan Pass, 39°41'N, 45°45'E, 2140 m, stream valley with Salix, litter and roots sifted, 10.VII.2017, leg. Assing (cAss). C o m m e n t: Oxypoda vicina, a rather common species distributed in the West Palaearctic region from West Europe to Middle Asia, had not been reported 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 124, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3985332