taxonID	type	description	language	source
E74F4D719660FF86399BFC8EFEA3FB49.taxon	description	valley with Quercus ilex, soil washing, 27. XII. 2017, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ♀, SW Sitia, NW Makrigialos, 35 ° 04 ' N, 25 ° 57 ' E, 70 m, valley with small temporary stream, with Platanus, bushes, undergrowth, and reed, soil washing, 30. XII. 2017, leg. Assing (cAss). Montenegro: 1 ex., Boka, Prčah, 20 m, 18. VII. 2009, leg. Stevanović (cAss). C o m m e n t: The genus Typhlocyptus SAULCY, 1878 includes only two species, one from the Himalaya and the type species T. pandellei, whose known distribution ranges from France, Italy, and Switzerland to Greece and Azerbaijan. The above specimens represent to the first records from Crete and Montenegro. Considering that this species is of minute size, blind, depigmented, and wingless, such a vast distribution and the occurrence in Crete are most remarkable. The presence of a winged morph would be a plausible explanation, but so far such a dimorphism has not been documented.	en	Assing, Volker (2018): On the Staphylinidae of Crete III. The first records of endogean fauna (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Leptotyphlinae, Aleocharinae. Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1): 7-15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3985195
E74F4D719660FF81399BFB3EFE63FCBA.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype ♂: " GR - Crete [17], SW Sitia, Kimouriotis, 35 ° 10 ' 40 '' N, 26 ° 03 ' 00 '' E, 110 m, soil washing, 28. XII. 2017, V. Assing / Holotypus ♂ Allotyphlus candicus sp. n. det. V. Assing 2018 " (cAss). Paratypes: 5 ♂♂, 1 ♀: same data as holotype (cAss); 1 ♂, 1 ♀: " GR - Crete [12], W Kritsa, 35 ° 09 ' 11 '' N, 25 ° 35 ' 20 '' E, 1050 m, soil washing, 27. XII. 2017, V. Assing " (cAss); 2 ♀♀: " GR - Crete [16], S Kritsa, SW Kroustas, 35 ° 06 ' 40 '' N, 25 ° 37 ' 31 '' E, 960 m, soil washing, 27. XII. 2017, V. Assing " (cAss); 1 ♀: " GR - Crete [18], SW Sitia, NW Makrigialos, 35 ° 03 ' 31 '' N, 25 ° 56 ' 49 '' E, 70 m, soil washing, 30. XII. 2017, V. Assing " (cAss). E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet is an adjective derived from Candia, the Latin and Venetian name for Crete and Iraklion. D e s c r i p t i o n: 1.3 - 1.5 mm (abdomen extended), length of forebody 0.5 - 0.6 mm. Forebody as in Fig. 1. Colour of body dark-yellowish. Head with pronounced microsculpture. Pronotum and elytra without microsculpture. Abdomen with very shallow microreticulation. ♂: posterior margin of tergite VIII distinctly convex; sternite VIII with semi-circular posterior excision in somewhat asymmetric position (Figs 2 - 3); sclerotized part of aedeagus 0.25 - 0.27 mm long and distinctly asymmetric, shaped as in Figs 4 - 11. ♀: tergite VIII with very weakly convex, practically truncate posterior margin; sternite VIII triangularly produced posteriorly. C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: This species is reliably distinguished from other Moreotyphlus species only by the shape of the aedeagus. For illustrations of species of this subgenus previously recorded from Greece see COIFFAIT (1972, 1973) and PACE (1983). D i s t r i b u t i o n a n d n a t u r a l h i s t o r y: This species is endemic to Crete, where it is apparently rather widespread in the eastern parts of the island, from the eastern slope of the Oros Dikti to the environs of Sitia. The specimens were collected in quite different habitats and at a wide range of altitudes (70 - 1050 m): beneath Platanus and other trees and bushes near a small stream (Fig. 12) and in a dry stream valley with Platanus, bushes, and undergrowth at low elevations (70 - 110 m), and in old Quercus ilex forests on rocky slopes at higher elevations (960 - 1050 m), partly under snow (Fig. 13). The only evident characteristic that the habitats seem to have in common is that old trees were present at the sites.	en	Assing, Volker (2018): On the Staphylinidae of Crete III. The first records of endogean fauna (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Leptotyphlinae, Aleocharinae. Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1): 7-15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3985195
E74F4D719667FF81399BFCAAFC78F9AD.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype ♂: " GR - Crete [25], SW Malia, Gonies env., 35 ° 14 ' 43 '' N, 25 ° 25 ' 34 '' E, 220 m, soil washing, 1. I. 2018, V. Assing / Holotype ♂ Kenotyphlus creticus sp. n. det. V. Assing 2018 " (cAss). Paratypes: 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀: same data as holotype (cAss). E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet is an adjective derived from Crete. D e s c r i p t i o n: 1.1 - 1.3 mm (abdomen extended), length of forebody 0.4 - 0.5 mm. Forebody as in Fig. 14. Colour of body yellowish. Head with a pair of black ocelli in postero-median portion, without microsculpture; pronotum with an oblong impression on either side of midline, without microsculpture; elytra with microsculpture composed of large and irregular meshes; abdomen with pronounced microsculpture composed of relatively large and more or less isodiametric meshes. ♂: posterior margin of tergite VIII weakly convex; sternite VIII distinctly oblong and with rather large and deep, nearly U-shaped posterior excision in symmetric position (Figs 15); median lobe of aedeagus (Figs 16 - 18) 0.18 - 0.19 mm long and slightly asymmetric, parameres strongly asymmetric. ♀: tergite VIII similar to that of male; sternite VIII with strongly convex posterior margin. C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: This species is reliably distinguished from its congeners only by the shape of the aedeagus. For illustrations of the four previously known species of the genus see COIFFAIT (1972, 1973). D i s t r i b u t i o n a n d n a t u r a l h i s t o r y: The type locality is situated to the southwest of Malia, East Crete. The specimens were washed from soil in a site with old oak, grass, and Rubus undergrowth surrounded by arable land (Fig. 19).	en	Assing, Volker (2018): On the Staphylinidae of Crete III. The first records of endogean fauna (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Leptotyphlinae, Aleocharinae. Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1): 7-15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3985195
E74F4D719664FF82399BFB15FE2AF9A3.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: The above specimens are clearly not conspecific with Gynotyphlus perpusillus (DODERO, 1900), which is represented by eleven subspecies distributed in the Mediterranean from the Iberian Peninsula to Turkey (SCHÜLKE & SMETANA 2015). The material from Crete is distinguished from that seen from other regions by much larger size alone, additionally also by differently shaped sclerotized structures in the abdominal apex. Whether or not the species from Crete is parthenogenetic like most populations of G. perpusillus can be answered only when more material is available. In the meantime, the species remains unnamed.	en	Assing, Volker (2018): On the Staphylinidae of Crete III. The first records of endogean fauna (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Leptotyphlinae, Aleocharinae. Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1): 7-15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3985195
