Contributions to Entomology 72(2): 255-258, doi: 10.3897/contrib.entomol.72.e97272
The first record of Tectusa from the Greater Caucasus, Georgia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Oxypodini)
expand article infoVolker Assing‡
‡ Unaffiliated, Hannover, Germany
† Deceased author

Corresponding author: Volker Assing ( vassing.hann@t-online.de )

Academic editor: Thomas Schmitt
© Volker Assing.
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Citation: Assing V (2022) The first record of Tectusa from the Greater Caucasus, Georgia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Oxypodini). Contributions to Entomology 72(2): 255-258. https://doi.org/10.3897/contrib.entomol.72.e97272
ZooBank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BED89B11-0170-43A3-8DDE-7093788828BC
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Abstract
Tectusa abanona spec. nov. (Georgia: Kakheti: Abano pass), the first confirmed record of the oxypodine genus Tectusa Bernhauer, 1899 from the Greater Caucasus, is described and illustrated. The distributions of the two Caucasian representatives of the genus are mapped.
Keywords
Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini, Tectusa, West Palaearctic region, Georgia, Greater Caucasus, taxonomy, new species, distribution map