DOI: 10.15468/83qvyq
title: Monograph of the Staphylinidae of Crete (Greece). Part II. Descriptions of new species (Insecta: Coleoptera)

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Assing, Volker, Brachat, Volker, Meybohm, Heinrich (2019): Monograph of the Staphylinidae of Crete (Greece). Part II. Descriptions of new species (Insecta: Coleoptera). Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 69 (2): 239-289, DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.69.2.239-289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21248/contrib.entomol.69.2.239-289AbstractOne genus, Cretotyphlus ASSING gen. nov., and 48 species of Staphylinidae from the Greek island Crete, 47 of them island endemics or even locally endemic, are described and illustrated: Amischa cretica ASSING spec. nov., Atheta (Anopleta) digitalis ASSING spec. nov., Hydrosmecta insularum ASSING spec. nov. (Crete, Ikaría, Lesbos, Samothraki), Geostiba (Sipalotricha) inexsecta ASSING spec. nov. (region to the east-southeast of Rethimno), Cousya candica ASSING spec. nov. (East Crete: Dikti), Oxypoda (Bessopora) bimontium ASSING spec. nov. (Dikti, Psiloritis), O. (Mycetodrepa) retunsa ASSING spec. nov., and Typhlocyptus creticus ASSING spec. nov. of the Aleocharinae; Geomitopsis cretica ASSING spec. nov. (East Crete) of the Osoriinae; Allotyphlus (Moreotyphlus) foedatus ASSING spec. nov. (West Crete), Kenotyphlus virgatus ASSING spec. nov. (West Crete), Cretotyphlus hamatus ASSING spec. nov. (East Crete: Dikti), C. chanianus ASSING spec. nov. (region to the southwest of Chania), and C. idanus ASSING spec. nov. (Central Crete: Psiloritis) of the Leptotyphlinae; Pseudobium creticum ASSING spec. nov. of the Paederinae; Gabrius candicus ASSING spec. nov. of the Staphylininae; Cephennium arcuatum ASSING spec. nov. (East Crete), C. thripticum ASSING spec. nov. (East Crete: Thripti), C. selinonum ASSING spec. nov. (Southwest Crete), C. meybohmi ASSING spec. nov. (West Crete), C. idanum ASSING spec. nov. (Central Crete: Psiloritis), C. sinuosum ASSING spec. nov. (East Crete), C. fortespinosum ASSING spec. nov. (East Crete), C. hamulatum ASSING spec. nov. (East Crete: Dikti), C. curvatum ASSING spec. nov. (East Crete), C. selenanum ASSING spec. nov. (East Crete: Selena Oros), C. latius ASSING spec. nov. (Central Crete: Psiloritis), C. chanianum ASSING spec. nov. (West Crete), Euconnus (Tetramelus) zakrius MEYBOHM spec. nov. (East Crete), Stenichnus (Stenichnus) brachati MEYBOHM spec. nov., S. (S.) orientalis MEYBOHM spec. nov. (East Crete), S. (S.) aegialioides MEYBOHM spec. nov., Leptomastax cretica MEYBOHM spec. nov., and L. thriptica MEYBOHM spec. nov. (East Crete: Thripti) of the Scydmaeninae; Afropselaphus doernfeldae BRACHAT spec. nov. (West Crete: Lefka Ori), A. assingi BRACHAT spec. nov. (West Crete: Lefka Ori), A. diktianus BRACHAT spec. nov. (East Crete: Dikti), A. thripticus BRACHAT spec. nov. (East Crete: Thripti), Amauronyx chanianus BRACHAT spec. nov. (West Crete), A. occidens BRACHAT spec. nov. (West Crete), A. askifouicus BRACHAT spec. nov. (West Crete), Bryaxis meybohmianus BRACHAT spec. nov. (West Crete), Bythinus creticus BRACHAT spec. nov. (Central Crete: Psiloritis), Euplectus assingi BRACHAT spec. nov. (Crete), Faronus meybohmi BRACHAT spec. nov. (West Crete: Lefka Ori), F. lefkamontium BRACHAT spec. nov. (West Crete: Lefka Ori), F. albimontium BRACHAT spec. nov. (West Crete: Lefka Ori), and Tychus chanianus BRACHAT spec. nov. (West Crete) of the Pselaphinae; Sepedophilus creticus SCHÜLKE spec. nov. of the Tachyporinae. Keys to the species of Cephennium MÜLLER & KUNZE, 1822 and Stenichnus THOMSON, 1859 of Crete are provided. A lectotype is designated for Amauronyx paganettii BLATTNÝ & BLATTNÝ, 1916.