Scaphisoma simillimum Löbl, 1970 Material. 1 ex. [GE19-08] (ZMB), Samtskhe-Javakheti, Trialet Range, N Bakuriani, 1150 m, E Tsaghveri, 41°47 ʹ 25 ʺ N, 43°32 ʹ 27 ʺ E, mixed forest, litter sifted, 8.07.2019 (M. Schülke); 1 ex. [GE19-13] (ZMB), Samtskhe-Javakheti, Trialet Range, SE Borjomi, 950 m, 41°48 ʹ 38 ʺ N / 43°26 ʹ 15 ʺ E, grassy forest margin with Fagus, Crataegus, and bushes, litter, 9.07.2019 (M. Schülke); 1 ex. [GE19-29] (ZMB), Adjara, Meskheti Range, NW Khulo, 41°42 ʹ 46 ʺ N / 42°19 ʹ 52 ʺ E, 920 m, stream valley with hazelnut, litter, 14.07.2019 (M. Schülke); 3 ex. [GE19-51] (ZMB, MHNG), Imereti, NW Bagdati, 42°08 ʹ 52 ʺ N / 42°45 ʹ 43 ʺ E, 120 m, oak forest, bark of dead oak trees with mushrooms, 24.07.2019 (M. Schülke); 1 ex. [GE21-03] (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); 3 ex. [GE2021-37] (ZMB), Zemo Svaneti, NW Khaishi, 43°01 ʹ 26 ʺ N / 42°05 ʹ 50 ʺ E, 1430 m, mixed forest, litter near rotten trunks and logs, 6.08.2021 (M. Schülke); 1 ex. [GE2021-40] (ZMB), Zemo Svaneti, NW Khaishi, 43°01 ʹ 16 ʺ N / 42°06 ʹ 14 ʺ E, 1360 m, mixed forest near dead trunks and logs, 7.08.2021 (M. Schülke); 2 ex. [GE2021-36a] (ZMB), Zemo Svaneti, NW Khaishi, 43°01 ʹ 28 ʺ N / 42°05 ʹ 42 ʺ E, 1440 m, mixed forest, litter near rotten logs and trunks, 11.08.2021 (M. Schülke); 2 ex. [GE2021-54] (ZMB, MHNG), Imereti, N Kutaisi, Sataplia Nature Reserve, 42°18 ʹ 58 ʺ N / 42°39 ʹ 30 ʺ E, 330 m, mixeddeciduousforest withlarge rocks,litter, 16.08.2021 (M. Schülke); 1 ex. [GE2021-72] (ZMB), Imereti, NW Surami, Rikoti Pass, 42°03 ʹ 40 ʺ N / 43°28 ʹ 59 ʺ E, 930 m, stream valley, chestnut litter, 24.10.2021 (M. Schülke). Notes. The range of this species is likely restricted. Currently, the species is known only from Eastern Turkey, Armenia and Georgia.

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