Leptusa (Stictopisalia) caucasica EPPELSHEIM, 1878 (Map 1) M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Georgia: R a c h a: 1 ex., northslopesofRatchinskyiMts.,SE Bokva, 42°32'N, 43°24'E, 1245 m, 5.VII.2015, leg. Pütz (cAss); 5 exs., Ratchinskyi Mts., 5 km NW Nakerala pass, Tkibuli env., 42°23'N, 42°59'E, 1440 m, 6.VII.2015, leg. Pütz (cPüt, cAss); 233, 3 ♀♀, 4 km N Nakerala, 42°24'N, 43°02'E, 1150 m, 18. V.2016, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss, MNB); 1♀, 4 km NW Nikortsminda, 42°29'N, 43°06'E, 1395 m, 23. V.2016, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss). I m e r e t i: 1433, 18 ♀♀, 6 km W Nakerala, 42°23'N, 42°57'E, 1450 m, 17. V.2016, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss, MNB).S h i d a K a r t l i:13, 1♀, Kvishkheti, 41°57'N, 43°29'E, 1300 m, 24.VII.2016, leg. Meybohm (cAss). C o m m e n t: The distribution of L. caucasica includes both the Greater and the Lesser Caucasus (Map 1). For additional, mostly old records without specified locality see PACE (1989).

Published as part of Assing, Volker, 2017, On the Leptusa fauna of the Caucasus region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), pp. 1049-1074 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (2) on pages 1052-1053, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5183138

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