Dergiler / Turkish Journal of Zoology / 2020 / Cilt: 44 - Sayı: 2

Description of three new species of Geostiba Thomson, 1858 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from central western Anatolia

Sayfa
156–164
DOI
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Abstract

As result of faunistic studies from Afyonkarahisar province in central western Anatolia, three new species of the subgenusTropogastrosipalia Scheerpeltz belonging to the genus Geostiba Thomson are described and illustrated: Geostiba ahirensis sp. nov. (AhırDağları), G. sandiklica sp. nov. (Sandıklı Dağı), and G. karakusensis sp. nov. (Karakuş Dağları). A key is presented for distinguishing thenew species from related congeners and a map shows the distributions of seven species.