Descriptions of Geostiba dindymosensis sp. n. and Geostiba yagmuri sp. n. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), and additional records for Geostiba Thomson, 1858 from Turkey
Abstract
As a result of field survey in the western Anatolia, Turkey (Aydın, Balıkesir, Denizli, İzmir, Kütahya, Manisa,Muğla) between 2014 and 2016, two new species of the subgenus Tropogastrosipalia Scheerpeltz, 1951 belonging tothe genus Geostiba Thomson, 1858 are described and illustrated: Geostiba dindymosensis sp. n. from Kütahya andGeostiba yagmuri sp. n. from Balıkesir and Manisa. These two new species are compared with morphologically similarand geographically close species. Also, a map illustrating the distributions of these species is provided. Additionalrecords of Geostiba aydinica Assing, 2006, Geostiba biformis Assing, 2006 and Geostiba nifica Assing, 2006 arepresented. These three species are recorded for the first time since their descriptions.