Lesteva (Lestevidia) punctata Erichson. Scale 1839
Creators: name: Shavrin, Alexey V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Lesteva
Lesteva punctata

description: Lesteva (Lestevidia) punctata Erichson, 1839
Fig. 11
Lesteva punctata Erichson, 1839: 618
Lesteva riparia Heer, 1839: 193
Lesteva muscorum Jacquelin du Val, 1859: 37
Anthophagus villosa Waltl, 1838: 268
Material examined: RUSSIA: Crimea: 1 ♂: ‘ Crimea | Alushta | B.V. Stark’ [Lesteva punctata Erichs. B.V. Starck det.] (ZMM); Rostov Area: 6 ♂, 5 ♀: Krasnosuslinskiy district: Donleshko-2, 02– 04.05.1999, E.A.Khachikov (cKh, cS); 3 ♂, 3 ♀: Proval`skaya Step` Natural Reserve, Gukovo, 30.06.2000, E.A.Khachikov (cKh); 14 ♂, 12 ♀: Sholokhovskiy district: Veshenskaya St., 26.06.2004, E.A.Khachikov (cKh, cS); 8 ♂, 1 ♀: same district, Kalininskiy khutor, 12– 15.07.2000, E.A.Khachikov (cKh, cS); Karachay-Cherkessia: 3 ♀: Teberda, Dombay, 07.2010, E.A.Khachikov (cKh); 1 ♀: Teberda, 07.2011, E.A.Khachikov (cKh); GEORGIA: 1 ♀, Zehneti pr. Tbilisi, [h=] 800 m, 01– 10.06.1987, [D.] Wrase & [M.] Schülke (MNHUB); TURKEY: Izmir province [Izmir ili]: 1 ♂: S Sahlili, Boz Dag, 19.05.1991, [H.] Schönmann & [H.] Schillhammmer (NHMW); Istanbul province [Istanbul ili]: 1 ♂: Õmerli östl. Istanbul, 18.05.1997 (2), leg. [M.] Jäch (NHMW); Mersin province [Mersin ili]: 3 ♂, 1 ♀, Yeniköy, Toros, Anat. 30.viii.47, Exp. N. Mus. ČSR [Lesteva punctata Er. Smetana det. 1963] (NMPC); Artvin province [Artvin ili]: 1 ♂, 3 ♀: Artvin sous Pirnalli, massif du Karkal Daði, [h=] 1250 m, 11.06.1986, [C.] Besuchet, [I.] Löbl & [D.] Burckhardt (MHNG); 1 ♀: Hopa-Kemalpaşa, 30 m, 10.06.1986, [C.] Besuchet, [I.] Löbl & [D.] Burckhardt (MHNG); Erzurum province [Erzurum ili]: 1 ♂: 40 km NW Tortum, Mescit Dağlari, ca. 40°36'N, 41°23'E, 20.06.1998, [h=] 2100 m, pine forest, A.Yu.Solodovnicov (ZMUC); Tunceli province [Tunceli ili]: 1 ♀: Tunceli, Tunceli-Ovacik, [h=] 1100 m, 05.06.1986, [C.] Besuchet, [I.] Löbl & [D.] Burckhardt (MHNG); Kars province [Kars ili]: 1 ♂, 1 ♀: Digor, [h=] 1650 m, 15.06.1986, [C.] Besuchet, [I.] Löbl & [D.] Burckhardt (MHNG); 1 ♀: Kars Doğruyol, [h=] 2000 m, Cildir Gölü, 14.06.1986, [C.] Besuchet, [I.] Löbl & [D.] Burckhardt (MHNG); IRAN: West Azerbaijan province [Ostān - e Āzarbāijān-e Gharbī]: 3 ♂, 2 ♀: 20 km W Salmas: 10 km W Kuzeh Rash, [h=] 2100 m, N 38°11'17'' E 044°31'24'', [J.] Frisch & [S.] Serri (MNHUB); WITHOUT EXACTLY LOCALITY: 1 ♂: ‘ Kaukas Leder’, ‘c. Eppelsh. Steind. d.’, ‘ punctata Er. det. Luze’ (NHMW); 1 ♂: ‘ Kelecsényi [leg.] Caucasus’, ‘ Coll. Stenius’ (MZHF); 1 ♂, 2 ♀: ‘ Transcaucasus’, ‘ Coll. Stenius ’ (MZHF); 1 ♂: SO TŰRKEY [without additional data], 05.1991, [M.] Jäch (NHMW).
Remarks. This is a west Palaearctic species distributed in Europe, European Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Iran. In Turkey, the species was previously known from Ordu, Hatay, Istanbul, Mersin and Sinop provinces (Horion 1963; Smetana 1967; Assing 2010; Bordoni 2010). The species was recorded from Crimea by Gusarov (1989). From the Caucasus it was recorded by Luze (1903) without an exact locality and by Roubal (1913) for Teberda. It was recorded by Jakobson (1908) for Elizavetpol` (‘Елизаветп[оль].’, now Gyandzha, Azerbaijan). In the present study, L. punctata is recorded from Izmir, Artvin, Erzurum, Tunceli and Kars provinces of Turkey, from the Rostov Area of Russia, from Georgia and from Iran for the first time.
description: Published as part of Shavrin, Alexey V., 2014, Review of the genus Lesteva Latreille, 1797 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini) of Iran and adjacent territories, pp. 122-140 in Zootaxa 3884 (2) on pages 137-138, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3884.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4951550