Scaphisoma assimile assimile Erichson, 1845 Material. 1 ex. [GE19-41] (ZMB), Adjara, Meshekti Range, NE Batumi, Mtirala NP, 41°40 ʹ 35 ʺ N / 41°52 ʹ 29 ʺ E, 330 m, deciduous forest / rhododendron, litter, 18.07.2019 (M. Schülke); 1 ex. [GE2021-02] (ZMB), Racha, E Ambrolauri, SE Oni, Tskhmori, 42°32 ʹ 08 ʺ N / 43°29 ʹ 38 ʺ E, 1320 m, moist deciduous forest with predominant alder and forest margin, 23.07.2021 (M. Schülke); 4 ex. [GE2021-03] (ZMB), 1 ex. (MHNG), Racha, E Ambrolauri, SE Oni, Tskhmori, 42°32 ʹ 36 ʺ N, / 43°28 ʹ 35 ʺ E, 1120 m, deciduous forest with predominant alder, litter near stream, 23.07.2021 (M. Schülke); 1 ex. [GE21-09] (ZMB), Racha, NE Oni, W Glola, 42°41 ʹ 47 ʺ N / 43°35 ʹ 04 ʺ E, 1140 m, mixed forest margin, litter, 25.07.2021 (M. Schülke). Notes. The nominotypical subspecies is widely distributed throughout Western, Central and Eastern Europe. Now it is found in Georgia which is the first record of this species in this country.

Published as part of Löbl, I., 2022, On the genus Scaphisoma Leach, 1815 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae) from Georgia, with description of a new species, pp. 31-33 in Caucasian Entomological Bulletin (Caucas. entomol. bull.) (Caucas. entomol. bull.) 18 (1) on page 33, DOI: 10.23885/181433262022181-3133, http://zenodo.org/record/6380484