taxonID	type	description	language	source
CF53878CFF938F0B2AD38271FBD2FE3C.taxon	description	(Figs 1 - 5)	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF938F0B2AD38271FBD2FE3C.taxon	materials_examined	Type material examined: M. orbicularis: Holotype ♂: " ♂ / Carlshafen, 30. X. 32, Hess. [word illegible] Folwaczny / Meotica orbicularis G. Bck Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica filiformis det. J. Vogel, 2017 / Meotica filiformis (Motschulsky), det. V. Assing 2018 " (MHNG). M. apicalis: Syntypes: 1 ♀: " ♀ / M. Pfaundler, Birket IV. 41 / Meotica apicalis ♀ G. Bck Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica filiformis det. J. Vogel, 2017 / Meotica filiformis (Motschulsky), det. V. Assing 2018 " (MHNG); 1 ♂: " ♂ / Geesthacht, Oberelbe, 9.4.52 Dr. Lohse / Meotica apicalis ♂ G. Benick Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica filiformis det. J. Vogel, 2017 / Meotica filiformis (Motschulsky), det. V. Assing 2018 " (MHNG). M. hoelzeli: Lectotype ♂, present designation: " ♂ / Steiermark, Wind. Bühel, 4.79 Hölzel / Meotica Hölzeli ♂ G. Bck Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica filiformis det. J. Vogel, 2017 / Lectotypus ♂ Meotica hoelzeli Benick, desig. V. Assing 2018 / Meotica filiformis (Motschulsky), det. V. Assing 2018 " (MHNG). M. clavata: Lectotype ♂, present designation: " Kongsvinger, A. Strand / Meotica clavata ♂ G. Bck Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica filiformis det. J. Vogel, 2017 / Lectotypus ♂ Meotica clavata Benick, desig. V. Assing 2018 / Meotica filiformis (Motschulsky), det. V. Assing 2018 " (MHNG). Paralectotype ♀: same data as holotype. M. ermischi: Holotype ♀: " ♀ / Umgeb. Düsseldorf, K. Ermisch / Meerer Busch, 20.11.84, Schilf / Meotica Ermischi G. Bck Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica filiformis det. J. Vogel, 2017 / Meotica filiformis (Motschulsky), det. V. Assing 2018 " (MHNG). M. foveolata: Holotype ♂: " ♂ / Ammendorf, 1.5.17, F. Bischof / Meotica foveolata G. Bck Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica filiformis det. J. Vogel, 2017 / Meotica filiformis (Motschulsky), det. V. Assing 2018 " (MHNG). M. globulosa: Holotype ♀: " ♀ / Nordtirol, Pechlaner / Thierburg, 8.11.36 / Meotica globulosa ♂ G. Bck Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica filiformis det. J. Vogel, 2017 / Meotica filiformis (Motschulsky), det. V. Assing 2018 " (MHNG). M. fageli: Syntype ♀ [?] [dissected prior to present study; primary sexual characters missing]: " For. de Soignes, Quatre-Bras, 8 - vii- 1947, G. Fagel / Meotica Fageli ♂ G. Bck Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica filiformis det. J. Vogel, 2017 / Meotica filiformis (Motschulsky), det. V. Assing 2018 " (MHNG). M. bohemica: Holotype ♂ [dissected prior to the present study; aedeagus missing]: " ♂ / Bilichov. 1. V. 913, Bohemia. col. A. Procházka / Meotica bohemica ♂ G. Bck typus [sic] / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica filiformis det. J. Vogel, 2017 / Meotica filiformis (Motschulsky), det. V. Assing 2018 " (MHNG). Additional material examined: SWEDEN: 1 ♀, Ystadt env., Sövde, 2. I. 1984, leg. Assing (cAss). SPAIN: 1 ♂, Aragón, Sierra de Albarracín, 1968 (?), leg. Franz (cVog). FRANCE: 2 ♀♀, Moret-sur-Loing, Fontainebleau env., 1884, leg. Royer (cVog); 1 ♀, Orval, 20. VI. 1955, leg. Derenne (MHNG); 1 ♂, Alpes-Maritimes, Caille, 20. III. and IV. 1959, leg. Ochs (MHNG); 1 ♀, Alpes-Maritimes, Péone env., Valberg, V. 1954, leg. Ochs (MHNG). BELGIUM: 1 ♂, Huy (Ben-Ahin), 19. IV. 1949, leg. Fagel (cVog); 1 ♂, Ardennes, Seilles, 19. VIII. 1945, leg. Fagel (MHNG). GERMANY: numerous specimens from numerous localities. SWITZERLAND: 1 ♂, Genève env., 22. X. 1962, leg. Besuchet (cVog); 1 ex., Genève, Veyrier, 1968, leg. Besuchet (MHNG); 1 ex., Genève, La Laire, 1964, leg. Comellini (MHNG); 1 ex., Jura, Le Noirmont, 1973, leg. Besuchet (MHNG); Vaud, Saint-Livres, 1965, leg. Toumayeff (MHNG); 1 ex., Luzern, Flühli, 8. V. 1992, leg. Kiener (NMB); 1 ex., Bern, Thörishaus, 13. VII. 1992, leg. Kiener (NMB). AUSTRIA: T i r o l: 1 ex., Forchach, 22. IV. 1941, leg. Kofler (TLMF), 1 ex., Angerberg, 15. IV. 1962, leg. Zschästak (TLMF); 1 ex., Kramsach, 17. VI. 1983, leg. Kahlen (TLMF). Niederösterreich: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Erbreichsdorf, 1941, leg. Franz (MHNG); 1 ♂, Orth an der Donau, Donauauen, 1966, leg. Franz (cVog); 1 ♂, Langenzersdorf, leg. Mandl (cVog); 2 exs., Baumgarten an der March, 2. IV. 1994, leg. Kahlen (TLMF); 2 exs., Marchegg, 28. II. & 1. IV. 1994, leg. Kahlen (TLMF). Burgenland: 1 ♀, Zurndorf, 1926, leg. Franz (cVog). Steiermark: 1 ♀, Graz env., 27. II. 1992, leg Kreissl (cVog).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF938F0B2AD38271FBD2FE3C.taxon	discussion	Comment: Meotica capitalis was described based on type material from Lyon and is the type species of the genus group name Cryptusa MULSANT & REY, 1873, originally established as a subgenus of Meotica. This type material was looked for, but not found in the Rey collection. The only specimen from Lyon located in this collection is conspecific with M. apicalis (MUONA 1979), which is now a junior synonym of M. filiformis (NIKIKITSKY et al. 1998). MUONA (1979) suggested that " the name Meotica capitalis should not be used any more, as its identity can no longer be determined ". Such an appeal, however, is taxonomically meaningless; the name is currently listed as a nomen dubium in the Palaearctic Catalogue (SCHÜLKE & SMETANA 2015). We conclude that the original type material is conspecific with the non-type specimen from Lyon, which, according to MUONA (1979), belongs to M. apicalis. It follows that M. capitalis is a junior synonym of M. filiformis and Cryptusa a junior synonym of Meotica.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF938F0B2AD38271FBD2FE3C.taxon	description	In the description of M. orbicularis, which is based on a unique specimen from " Carlshafen (Weser) ", BENICK (1953) tentatively sexed the holotype as a female. The specimen is in fact a male and conspecific with M. filiformis. The original description of M apicalis is based on " Typen " from " Geesthacht Oberelbe " and " Birket b. München ", as well as on additional material from " Burgenland: Zurndorf, Wolfratshausen und Grünwald .... Geramis (Tirol), Schleissheim b. München, Rheinprovinz (Hild. Heide), Schellbruch b. Lübeck, Schönberg, Mecklenburg " and " Kärnten " (BENICK 1953). The examined syntypes confirm that the previously established synonymy with M. filiformis is correct. Meotica hoelzeli was described based on " ein Pärchen " from " Windisch-Bühel, Steiermark " (BENICK 1953). The examined male is designated as the lectotype and conspecific with M. filiformis. Meotica clavata was described based on " ein Pärchen " from " Kongsvinger in [sic] nördlichen Norwegen " (BENICK 1953). The examined male is designated as the lectotype and conspecific with M. filiformis. The original description of M. ermischi is based on a unique female collected " bei Düsseldorf in [sic] Meerer Busch " (BENICK 1953). The holotype is conspecific with M. filiformis. In the description of M. foveolata, which is based on a unique specimen from " Ammendorf ", BENICK (1953) tentatively sexed the holotype as a male. The specimen is in fact a male and conspecific with M. filiformis. In the original description of M. globulosa which is based on a unique specimen from " Thierburg in der Nähe Innsbrucks ", BENICK (1953) erroneously sexed the holotype as a male. An examination of this specimen revealed that it is in fact a female and conspecific with M. filiformis. Meotica fageli was described based on two syntypes from " Forêt de Soignes bei Quatre-Bras " which BENICK (1953) sexed as a male and a female and of which he retained the former. The syntype in the Benick collection was dissected prior to the present revision and the genitalia are missing. Nevertheless, based on external characters, the specimen is conspecific with M. filiformis. In the original description of M. bohemica, which is based on a unique specimen from " Bilichow, Bohemia ", BENICK (1953) erroneously sexed the holotype as a female. An examination of this specimen confirmed the previously established synonymy.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF938F0B2AD38271FBD2FE3C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Body usually dark-coloured. ♂: sternite VIII (Fig. 1) strongly transverse, with weakly convex posterior margin; median lobe of aedeagus (Figs 2 - 3) approximately 0.3 mm long and of distinctive shape; ventral process stout in lateral view; apical lobe of paramere blackish. ♀: posterior margin of sternite VIII strongly convex (Fig. 4); spermatheca of distinctive shape (Fig. 5).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF938F0B2AD38271FBD2FE3C.taxon	distribution	Confirmed distribution: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, British Isles, Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Ukraine.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF9C8F172AD383E4FC17FEB2.taxon	description	(Figs 6 - 17)	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF9C8F172AD383E4FC17FEB2.taxon	materials_examined	Type material examined: M. simillima: Lectotype ♂, present designation: " ♂ / Keerbergen (Zeept) sphagnum, 8 - 3 - 1950, G. Fagel / Meotica simillima ♂ G. Bck Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica exilis det. J. Vogel / Lectotypus ♂ Meotica simillima Benick, desig. V. Assing 2018 / Meotica exilis (Gravenhorst), det. V. Assing 2018 " (MHNG). Paralectotype ♂ [median lobe of aedeagus missing]: same data as lectotype (MHNG). Additional material examined: SWEDEN: 1 ♀, Ystadt env., Sövde, 2. I. 1984, leg. Assing (cAss). PORTUGAL: 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, Algarve, Serra de Monchique, Portela Viuva env., 20 - 21. II. 1999, leg. Meybohm (cAss); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Serra de Monchique, N Foia, 850 m, 18. II. 1999, leg. Meybohm (cAss); 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, Serra de Montezinho, Montezinho, 41 ° 56 ' N, 6 ° 46 ' W, 1030 nm 21. III. 2002, leg. Meybohm (cAss); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Serra de Montezinho, Rio Sabor, 41 ° 54 ' N, 6 ° 48 ' W, 970 m, margin of meadow, sifted, 21. III. 2002, leg. Meybohm (cAss); 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Serra do Geres, Portela de Leote, 41 ° 46 ' N, 8 ° 09 ' W, 860 m, 22. III. 2002, leg. Meybohm (cAss); 1 ♂, Serra da Estrela, Manteigas, 1650 m, 16. IV. 1960, leg. Besuchet (cVog); 1 ♂, Guarda, Manteigas env., Penhas Douradas, 1600 m, 17. IV. 1960, leg. Besuchet (MNHG). SPAIN: 1 ♂, León, Molinaferrera, Sierra de Cabrera (cVog). FRANCE: m a i n l a n d: 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, Bourget, V. 1960, leg. Ochs (MHNG); 1 ♂, N Nice, Launes river, IV. 1951, leg. Ochs (MHNG); 1 ♂, Fréjus env., Argens river, 26. V. 1956, leg. Ochs (MHNG); 1 ♀, Nice env., Vésubie river, 26. V. 1941, leg. Ochs (MHNG); 1 ♂, Vésubie, VI. 1951, leg. Ochs (cVog); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Hautes-Alpes, Aspres-sur-Buëch, 3. X. 1966, leg. Comellini (cVog); 1 ex., Haute-Savoie, La Vernaz, 1100 m, 1985, leg. Besuchet (MHNG); 1 ♂, N Nice, Loup river, X. 1953, leg. Ochs (cVog); 1 ♂, Occitanie, Lozère, Villefort, 8. IV. 1980, leg. Löbl (cVog); 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, SW Bordeaux, Gazinet, 17. III. 1935, leg. Tempère (MHNG). C o r s i c a: 2 ♀♀, 2 exs., Sabara env., Castiglione, grotte, 21. X. 1987 (cTro); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Corse, Forêt de Valdo Niello, 3. VI. 1987, leg. Tronquet (cTro); 1 ♂, St. - Andréa-di-Cotone, 42 ° 19 ' N, 9 ° 27 ' E, 450 m, 7. X. 1984 (cTro); 1 ♂, Haute-Corse, SE Serra-di-Fiumorbo, W Piediquarcio, Monte Cuchero, 41 ° 58 ' N, 9 ° 19 ' E, 350 m (cTro); 1 ♂, Poggio-d’Oletta, 6. VII. 1974, leg. Löbl (MHNG); 1 ♀, Omessa, 8. VII. 1974, leg. Löbl (MHNG); 3 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀, Ostriconi beach, 15. VII. 1976, leg. Löbl (MHNG); 5 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, Ostriconi beach, 19. VII. 1978, leg. Löbl (MHNG). GERMANY: numerous specimens from numerous localities. POLAND: 1 ex., Pomorskie (SMNG). SWITZERLAND: 1 ex., Bern, Seeland, 1988, leg. Besuchet (MHNG); 1 ex., Genf, Meyrin (Mategnin), 1984, leg. Besuchet (MHNG); 1 ex., Glarus, Elm, 1300 m, leg. Besuchet (MHNG); 1 ex., Neuenburg, Vaumarcus, 1984, leg. Besuchet (cMHNG); 1 ex., St. Gallen, Oberuzwil, 1987, leg. Besuchet (MHNG); 1 ex., Ticino, Ligornetto-Genestrerio, 1987, leg. Besuchet (MHNG); 1 ex., Ticino, Muzzano (Lago di Muzzano), 1987, leg. Besuchet (MHNG); 1 ex., Thurgau, Riedt (Erlen), 1984, leg. Besuchet (MHNG); 1 ♀, Vaud, Boussens, III. 1951, leg. Ochs (MHNG); 1 ♂, Vaud, Yverdon-les-Bains, 10. III. 1994, leg. Kiener (cVog); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Valais, Siders, Forêt de Finges, 17. IV. 1987, leg. Besuchet (cVog); 1 ♀, Ticino, Bioggio, 9. VIII. 1990, leg. Besuchet (cVog). AUSTRIA: 1 ♀, Vorarlberg, Schlins, 5. IV. 1990, leg. Brandstetter (cVog); 3 exs., Tirol, Innsbruck, Viller Moor, 25. IV. 1959, leg. Pechlaner (TLMF); 2 exs., Innsbruck, Schweinsbrücker Mühle, 10. IV. 1955, leg. Pechlaner (TLMF); 1 ex., Tirol, Karwendel, Hinterautal, 1075 m, 7. V. 1992, leg. Kahlen (TLMF); 1 ex., Tirol, Karwendel, Risstal, 950 m, 22. VII. 1995, leg. Kahlen (TLMF); 1 ♀, Niederösterreich, Erbreichsdorf, 16. X. 1941, leg. Franz (MHNG); 4 exs., Steiermark, Graz env., 17. II. 1992, leg. Kreissl (cVog); 1 ♀, Burgenland, Zurndorf, leg. Franz (MHNG); 4 exs., Burgenland, Weiden am See, 12. VI. 1993, leg. Kahlen (TLMF). SLOVAKIA: 1 ♂, Banska Bystrica (cVog). HUNGARY: 59 exs., Neusiedler See (MHNG); 1 ♀, Bugac National Park, grassland, pitfall trap, 16. VI. 1982, leg. Galle (cAss); 6 exs., Balatongyörök, 25. V. 1995, leg. Sieber (cVog). ITALY: Trentino - Alto Adige: 19 exs., Bolzano, Lago Caldaro, 14. III. 1971, 23. VII. 1973, 25. XI. 1978, 8. XII. 1980, 5. I. 1986, all leg. Kahlen (TLMF, MHNG); 1 ex., Bolzano, Gries-San Quirino, 17. V. 1956, leg. Peez (TLMF); 50 exs., Bressanone, 13. XI. 1947, 18. IV. 1953, 4. XI., 3. XII. & 16. XII. 1954, 16. X. & 20. XI. 1955, 17. III. & 20. IV. 1956, 24. VI., 25. IX. & 19. XI. 1957, 20. III., 29. X. & 1. XII. 1958, 18. II. & 24. VII. 1959, 21. IV. 1962, all leg. Peez (TLMF); 2 ♀♀, Bressanone, floodplain of Eisack river, 8. II. 1976, leg. Kahlen (TLMF, cVog); 3 Ex., Merano, Lago di Monticolo, “ Burgstaller Aue ”, 23. XI. 1990, leg. Kahlen (TLMF); 3 exs., Merano, “ Falschauer Aue ”, 2. III. 1991, leg. Kahlen (TLMF). Lombardia: 1 ♀, Monte Pagano, leg. Paganetti (MHNG). Piemonte: 1 ♂, B. Conchette, Cerano (NO), 100 m, mixed forest, 24. II. 2005, leg. Chersi (cAss). Toscana: 1 ♂, Lucca, Lago Massaciuccoli, III. 1971, leg. Rosa (cVog); 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, Pisa, San Rossore, 25. V. 2008, leg. Magrini (cAss); 5 ♂♂, Alpi Apuane, 300 m, 10. III. 1989, leg. Poggi (cAss). P u g l i a: 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, Foresta Umbra, Falascone, beech forest, 10. VII. 1991, leg. Angelini (cAss); 1 ♀, Monte Gargano, 2. V. 1907, leg. Hill (cVog); 2 ♀♀, Monte Gargano (cVog). C a m p a n i a: 1 ♀, Valle della Lucania (MHNG). CROATIA: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Istria, Učka, Monte Maggiore, leg. Winkler (MHNG); 1 ♀, 7 km E Senj, 1 km S Vratnik, forest litter, 5. VIII. 1999, leg. Schuh (cAss); 1 ♀, Opatija, 19. VIII. 1977 (cVog). BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: 1 ♀, Jablanica, leg. Winkler (MHNG); 1 ♀ Kraljeva-Sutesca-Zadoici, car-net, 5. V. 1990, leg. Wunderle (cWun). GREECE: 1 ♂, Ipiros, Thesprotia, road Morfio-Margariti, Pirgi env., Kalodiki swamp, swept from vegetation, 7. VI. 1999, leg. Brachat (cAss); 4 ♂♂, Makedhonía, Pieria Ori, above Skotina, 40 ° 12 ' N, 22 ° 10 - 11 ' E, 900 - 1000 m, 9. IV. 1998, leg. Assing & Wunderle (cAss, cWun); 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀, same data, but 650 m, leg. Wunderle (cWun, cAss); 5 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Thessalía, NE Ossa Oros, Stomio, 40 ° 00 ' N, 22 ° 43 ' E, floodplain forest, 3. IV. 1998, leg. Assing (cAss). TURKEY: 1 ♂, Denizli, ca. 60 km E Muğla, S Kale, 37 ° 26 '' N, 28 ° 53 ' E, 1280 m, N-slope, stony limestone pasture, under stones and sifted, 11. IV. 2006, leg. Wunderle (cAss); 1 ♀, Göynük near Kemer, 14. V. 2009, leg. Sieber (cVog); 1 ♂, Artvin, 5 km E Hopa, 10. VI. 1986, leg. Besuchet et Löbl (cVog). UKRAINE: 1 ♂, Odessa obl., Berezovka env., Berezovskiy forest, saline soil, 1. V. 2017, leg. Gontarenko (cGon). RUSSIA: 2 ♂♂, West Caucasus, 4 km NNW Krasnaya Polyana, Atchishkho Mt., 43 ° 42 ' N, 40 ° 11 ' E, 1000 m, chestnut forest with beech and maple, leaf litter and bark sifted, 18. VII. 2011, leg. Assing (cAss). GEORGIA: 1 ♀, Imereti, NW Rikoti pass, 42 ° 03 ' N, 43 ° 29 ' E, 950 m, 14. V. 2016, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 1 ♂, Imereti, Baghdati, 42 ° 01 ' N, 42 ° 49 ' E, 290 m, 18. V. 2018, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 1 ♀, Samtskhe-Javakheti, N Abastumani, 41 ° 46 ' N, 42 ° 50 ' E, 1370 m, 15. V. 2016, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 1 ♀, Racha, 10 km W Lentekhi, 42 ° 48 ' N, 42 ° 38 ' E, 1100 m, 20. V. 2016, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 1 ♀, Racha, S Lailashi, 42 ° 36 ' N, 42 ° 51 ' E, 520 m, 21. V. 2016, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Adjara, Danisparauli, 41 ° 38 ' N, 42 ° 30 ' E, 1790 m, 21. VI. 2017, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 2 ♀♀, Adjara, Shavsheti Range, SE Batumi, Machakhela National Park, 41 ° 31 ' N, 41 ° 49 ' E, 170 m, forest margin with ash, walnut, hazelnut, chestnut, and rhododendron, litter sifted, 17. VII. 2019, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ♀, Adjara, Shavsheti Range, SE Batumi, Machakhela National Park, 41 ° 29 ' N, 41 ° 52 ' E, 700 m, stream valley with alder and rhododendron, litter sifted, 17. VII. 2019, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ♀, Adjara, Meskheti Range, NE Batumi, Mtirala National Park, 41 ° 50 ' N, 41 ° 52 ' E, 300 m, deciduous forest with predominant alder, chestnut, and rhododendron, soil washing, 18. VII. 2019, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, Guria, NE Bakhmaro, 41 ° 54 ' N, 42 ° 23 ' E, 1080 m, pasture with alder and streams, 15. V. 2019, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 1 ♀, Guria, Kvaghba-Zoti, 41 ° 54 ' N, 42 ° 26 ' E, 680 m, stream valley with water fall and with deciduous forest, litter sifted and soil-washing, 16. V. 2019, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 1 ♀, Guria, Kvaghba-Zoti, 41 ° 55 ' N, 42 ° 24 ' E, 530 m, flood plain forest (alder), litter sifted, 16. V. 2019, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 1 ♀, Imereti, Meskheti Range, S Sairme, 41 ° 52 ' N, 42 ° 48 ' E, 1670 m, stream valley with predominant alder, ash, and Tussilago and fern undergrowth, soil washing, 23. VII. 2019, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ♀, Racha, Likheti, 42 ° 06 ' N, 43 ° 14 ' E, 800 m, 27. V. 2018, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 1 ♂, Svaneti, NW Lentekhi, 42 ° 48 ' N, 42 ° 41 ' E, 1240 m, 2. VII. 2017, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss). ARMENIA: 1 ♀, S Spitak, 40 ° 46 ' N, 44 ° 16 ' E, 2000 m, deforested stream valley, bank of small stream, roots and moss sifted, 7. VII. 2017, leg. Assing (cAss).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF9C8F172AD383E4FC17FEB2.taxon	discussion	Comment: The original description of M. simillima is based on three syntypes from " Keerbergen (Zeept, Belgien) " (BENICK 1953). Both examined syntypes had been dissected prior to the present study. The median lobe of the aedeagus of one of them is missing. The male with an aedeagus attached to the pin is designated as the lectotype. The specimen is conspecific with M. exilis.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF9C8F172AD383E4FC17FEB2.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: ♂: sternite VIII (Fig. 6) strongly transverse, posterior margin truncate or very weakly convex; median lobe of aedeagus approximately 0.25 mm long and shaped as in Figs 7 - 11; apical lobe of paramere blackish. ♀: posterior margin of sternite VIII strongly convex (Fig. 12); spermatheca of distinctive shape (Figs 13 - 17).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF9C8F172AD383E4FC17FEB2.taxon	distribution	Confirmed distribution: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, British Isles, Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Italy, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Greece, Turkey, Ukraine, Russia (South European territory), Georgia, Armenia; North America (adventive).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF808F172AD38659FE71F9D2.taxon	description	(Figs 18 - 28)	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF808F172AD38659FE71F9D2.taxon	materials_examined	Type material examined: Lectotype ♂: " Syntype / H. exillima / New Forest, ix. 1914, M. A. Sharp / D. Sharp Coll. B. M. 1932 - 166 / Lectotype " (BMNH). Additional material examined: SPAIN: 1 ♀, Pontevedra, Montes del Testeiro, 800 - 900 m, leg. Franz (cVog). FRANCE: 1 ♀, Lozère, 2 km S Villefort, 8. IV. 1980, leg. Löbl (MHNG). GERMANY: N i e d e r s a c h s e n: 1 ♀, N Hannover, Bissendorfer Moor, 22. X. 1988, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ♀, NW Hannover, Helstorfer Reiterheide, heathland, soil extraction, XII. 1981, leg. Melber (cAss); 1 ♂, Lüneburger Heider, Schneverdingen env., heathland, soil extraction, XII. 1984, leg. Melber (cAss); 1 ♂, Lüneburger Heider, Schneverdingen env., Tütsberg, sparsely vegetated heathland, pitfall trap, V. 1994, leg. Melber (cAss); 1 ♂, Gifhorn env., NSG " Heiliger Hain ", heathland, soil extraction, VII. 1985, leg. Assing et al. (cAss); 2 ♀♀, same data, but VIII. 1985 (cAss); 7 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, same data, but IX. 1985 (cAss); 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, same data, but XII. 1985 (cAss); 1 ♂, same data, but I. 1986 (cAss); 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, same data, but II. 1986 (cAss); 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, same data, but III. 1986 (cAss); 4 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀ [5 with mature eggs in ovaries], same data, but IV. 1986 (cAss); 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, same data, but V. 1986 (cAss); 4 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, same data, but VI. 1986 (cAss); 1 ♂, same data, but VII. 1986 (cAss); 1 ♂, same data, but X. 1986 (cAss); 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, same data, but XII. 1986 (cAss); 1 ♂, same data, but pitfall trap, V: 1985 (cAss); 1 ♂, Gifhorn env., Wesendorf, Talpa nest, 14. IV. 1984, leg. Assing (cAss). Nordrhein - Westfalen: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Mönchengladbach, Gerkerath, 25. III. 1989, leg. Wunderle (cVog); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Wesel, NSG Schwarzes Wasser, 30 XII. 1974, leg. Hozman (cVog).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF808F172AD38659FE71F9D2.taxon	discussion	Comment: The original description is based on numerous syntypes from " Anglia mer. " collected in " Sphagnum in the spring and autumn " (SHARP 1915). MUONA (1991) designated a lectotype.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF808F172AD38659FE71F9D2.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Wing-polymorphic species. ♂: sternite VIII (Fig. 18) strongly transverse, posterior margin obtusely produced in the middle; median lobe of aedeagus approximately 0.23 - 0.24 mm long and shaped as in Figs 19 - 22; apical lobe of paramere blackish. ♀: posterior margin of sternite VIII convex, in the middle truncate or weakly concave (Fig. 23); spermatheca comma-shaped, very stout and short (Figs 24 - 28). Although very similar in external characters and in the morphology of the aedeagus to M. exilis, M. exillima is reliably distinguished by the shape of the male sternite VIII and by the much shorter and stouter spermatheca.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF808F172AD38659FE71F9D2.taxon	distribution	Confirmed distribution: South England, Spain, France, Germany. Note that, aside from the type material, MUONA (1991) had seen only a single specimen from North Germany.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF808F172AD38659FE71F9D2.taxon	biology_ecology	Natural history: The type material from South England was collected from Sphagnum, where it " though local is by no means rare " (SHARP 1915). The material listed above was found in sandy Calluna heathlands, partly also in very sparsely vegetated plots, primarily by extracting soil. One specimen was collected in a bog and one was extracted from a mole nest. The ovaries of five dissected females collected in April contained mature eggs.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF838F142AD387E4FCC4F9CB.taxon	description	(Figs 29 - 31)	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF838F142AD387E4FCC4F9CB.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: NORWAY: 1 ♀, 55 km N Oslo, Roa, 3. VI. 1961, leg. Strand (cVog). SWEDEN: 1 ♀, SW Stockholm, Södertälje, 24. VII. 1977, leg. Lundberg (cVog). FRANCE: 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, Vosges, Lignéville, 6. IV. 1926 (cVog). GERMANY: several records. POLAND: 1 ♀, Węgliniec (SMNG). SWITZERLAND: 1 ex., Vaud, Yverdon-les-Bains, 08. III. 1966, leg. Comellini (MHNG). AUSTRIA: V o r a r l b e r g: 1 ♂, WBregenz, shoreof Bodensee, Speicherwiesen, 14. V. 1999, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ♂, Höchst, NSG Rohrspitz, 25. X. 1993, leg. Kapp (cVog); 1 ♂, Rankweil, leg. Kapp (cVog); 1 ♀, Bregenz, Lochau, 16. V. 1999, leg. Gollkowski (cVog). CZECH REPUBLIC: 1 ♀, Františkovy Láznĕ, Soos, 18. IX. 1960, leg. Smetana (cVog); 1 ♀, Nový Bor env., Pihel, 13. IV. 1979, leg. Sieber (cVog). SLOVAKIA: 1 ♀, Banska Bystrica, leg. Roubal (cVog). HUNGARY: 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, Balatongyörök, 25. V. 1995, leg. Sieber (cVog). ITALY: Trentino - Alto Adige: 7 exs., Bolzano, Gries-San Quirino, 17. V. 1956, leg. Peez (TLMF); 3 exs., Bressanone, floodplain of Eisack river, 17. III. 1953, 22. X. 1955 & 10. IV. 1956, leg. Peez (TLMF); 1 ex., Merano, “ Burgstaller Aue ”, 24. XI. 1990, leg. Kahlen (TLMF); 1 ♀, 14 km S Bolzano, Lago di Caldaro, 14. III. 1971, leg. Kahlen (cVog). BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, Sarajevo env., Gromiljak, car-net, 6. V. 1990, leg. Wunderle (cWun, cAss); 1 ♀ Kraljeva-Sutesca-Zadoici, car-net, 5. V. 1990,. leg. Wunderle (cWun). TURKEY: 1 ♀, Balıkesir, Kurucam Tepe, 39 ° 42 ' N, 27 ° 09 ' E, 710 m, 13. IV. 2010, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 3 ♀♀, Muğla, Gölgeli Dağları, 20 km NE Köycegız, 37 ° 03 ' N, 28 ° 49 ' E, 1690 m, 6. X. 2002, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ♀, Zonguldak, Ereğli, 15. V. 1976, leg. Besuchet & Löbl (cVog); 1 ♀, Erzincan, Tercan, Euphrate, 1400 m, 6. VI. 1986, leg. Besuchet & Löbl (cVog).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF838F142AD387E4FCC4F9CB.taxon	discussion	Comment: BENICK (1953) attributed M. hanseni to SCHEERPELTZ (1954), but in providing and publishing characters and a name prior to SCHEERPELTZ (1954) he unintentionally made the name available, rendering M. hanseni SCHEERPELTZ, 1954 a junior primary homonym. It is an open question, however, whether the material cited by BENICK (1953) or that mentioned by SCHEERPELTZ (1954) should be considered the type material of M. hanseni BENICK, 1953. In any case, since the type material of M. hanseni SCHEERPELTZ, 1954 is conspecific with M. pallens (MUONA 1991, VOGEL 1991) and BENICK (1953) regarded the material listed in his description as conspecific with that examined by SCHEERPELTZ (1954), it follows that both of the names made available by Benick and Scheerpeltz refer to the same species and are junior synonyms of M. pallens.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF838F142AD387E4FCC4F9CB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Wing-dimorphic species. ♂: sternite VIII weakly transverse, approximately as long as tergite VIII, posterior margin truncate or weakly concave; median lobe of aedeagus relatively large, approximately 0.35 mm long and shaped as in Figs 29 - 30; apical lobe of paramere blackish. ♀: posterior margin of sternite VIII convex; spermatheca relatively long and of distinctive shape (Fig. 31).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF838F142AD387E4FCC4F9CB.taxon	distribution	Confirmed distribution: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Great Britain, France, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Italy, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Turkey; North America.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF828F1A2AD387E4FE49FE7F.taxon	description	(Figs 32 - 38)	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF828F1A2AD387E4FE49FE7F.taxon	materials_examined	Type material examined: Atheta filaria: Lectotype ♂, present designation: " Porto Vecchio / Coll. et det. A. Fauvel, Meotica filaria Fvl., R. I. Sc. N. B. 17.479 / Syntype / Lectotypus ♂ Atheta filaria Fauvel, desig. V. Assing 2018 / Meotica filaria (Fauvel), det. V. Assing 2018 " (IRSNB). Paralectotypes: 3 ♀♀: same data as lectotype (IRSNB); 1 ♂, 1 ♀ [dissected by R. Pace]: same data, but with additional label " vidit R. Pace 1982 " (IRSNB); 1 ♀ [dissected by R. Pace]: " Hyères / Coll. et det. A. Fauvel, Meotica filaria Fvl., R. I. Sc. N. B. 17.479 / Syntype / vidit R. Pace 1982 " (IRSNB). Meotica meridiogallica: Syntypes: 1 ♂ [damaged, dissected by R. Pace], 1 ♀ [without forebody; attached to the same pin]: " ♂ / Béziers, El Puel / ex coll. Scheerpeltz / Typus Meotica meridiogallica O. Scheerpeltz / Meotica meridiogallica m. / vidit R. Pace 1982 / Meotica pallens (Redtenbacher), det. V. Assing 2017 " (NHMW); 1 ♂ [damaged, dissected by R. Pace]: same data (NHMW); 1 ex. [dissected prior to present study; heavily damaged; genitalia and part of abdomen missing]: same data, but " Cotypus " (NHMW); 1 ex. [dissected prior to present study; damaged; genitalia missing]: same data (NHMW). Additional material examined: SPAIN: 2 ♀♀, Tarragona, Aldover, 28. IX. 1966, leg. Comellini (cVog). FRANCE: 3 ♀♀, Pyrénées-Orientales, Salse, 8. VI. 1964, leg. Comellini (MHNG); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Camargue, Albaron, Arles, 3. IV. 1926, leg. Thérond (cVog); 1 ♀, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Rhône, 19. IV. 1964, leg. Comellini (MHNG); 7 exs., La Garde, IV. & XII. 1957, leg. Ochs (MHNG); 7 exs., Hyères, XII. 1959, leg. Ochs (MHNG); 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Var, Fréjus env., Argens river, III. 1956 & XII. 1958, leg. Ochs (MHNG, cVog); 1 ♂, Var, Cannes env., Siagne river, XI. 1951, leg. Ochs (cVog); 1 ♂, Nice env., Var river, XII. 1957, leg. Ochs (MHNG). AUSTRIA: 1 ♂, Niederösterreich, Bruck, oak litter, leg. Bernhauer (cVog). ITALY: 1 ♂, Sardegna, Oristano, Laconi, 5. XI. 2013, leg. Fancello (cTro).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF828F1A2AD387E4FE49FE7F.taxon	discussion	Comment: Atheta filaria was originally described based on an unspecified number of syntypes from " Province d'Oran: Tiaret. - Espagne: Pozuelo de Calatrava! - Corse: Porto-Vecchio, Bastia! - Var: Hyères! " (FAUVEL 1898). When examining the type material PACE (1983) noticed that the type series was composed of two species. He did not explicitly designate a lectotype, but illustrated the primary sexual characters of the " lectoholotypus e lectoallotypus di Monzaia (Algeria) ". However, since this locality is not mentioned in the original description, these specimens do not qualify as syntypes and, if Pace meant to designate a lectotype, this designation cannot be regarded as valid. When requesting a loan of the type material of M. filaria at the IRSNB, the specimens from Algeria were not in the material received on loan and consequently not studied. However, based on previous experience with material dissected by R. Pace there is little doubt that the Algerian specimens are in very poor condition. Therefore, one of the males (the only one that had not been dissected previously) from Porto Vecchio is designated as the lectotype. The original description of Meotica meridiogallica is based on an unspecified number of paratypes from " Tarbes, Bezières [sic], Marseille, Hyères, Korsika " (SCHEERPELTZ 1954 a). The genitalia of the previously dissected syntypes in the Scheerpeltz collection are damaged or missing, so that they cannot be assessed any more. However, an examination of a previously undissected female, of which only an abdomen was left, revealed that it is conspecific with M. filaria. The same applies to two paratypes from Porto Vecchio, whose primary sexual characters were illustrated by PACE (1983). Hence the synonymy proposed above.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF828F1A2AD387E4FE49FE7F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: ♂: posterior margin of tergite VIII truncate (Fig. 32); sternite VIII distinctly transverse, posterior margin with conspicuous projection of trapezoid shape in the middle (Fig. 33); median lobe of aedeagus relatively small, of compact shape (Figs 34 - 35); apical lobe of paramere blackish. ♀: sternite VIII moderately transverse, posterior margin of similar shape as in male (Fig. 36); spermatheca of distinctive shape (Figs 37 - 38).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF828F1A2AD387E4FE49FE7F.taxon	distribution	Confirmed distribution: Spain, South France (including Corsica), Austria, Italy: Sardinia.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF8D8F1B2AD38683FD70FC0F.taxon	description	(Figs 40 - 47)	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF8D8F1B2AD38683FD70FC0F.taxon	materials_examined	Type material examined: M. parasita: Lectotype ♀ [dissected by J. Muona; antennae and posterior abdominal segments damaged]: " ♀ / Meotica parasita M. & R., Lectotype ♀, Muona des. 1979 / Muona det. Meotica parasita M. & R. " (MHNL). M. winkleri: Holotype ♀ [dissected prior to present study; spermatheca missing; abdominal segments VIII-X strongly damaged]: " ♀ / Neusiedler-See / Meotica winkleri ♀, G. Bck Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica parasita Mulsant & Rey, det. V. Assing 2018 " (MHNG). M. bosnica: Lectotype ♂, present designation: " ♂ / Majevica-pl., Bosnia bor. / ex coll. Scheerpeltz / Typus Meotica bosnica O. Scheerpeltz / Lectotypus ♂ Meotica bosnica Scheerpeltz, desig. V. Assing 2017 / Meotica parasita Mulsant & Rey, det. V. Assing 2018 " (NHMW). M. albanica and M. albanicola: Lectotype ♂, present designation: " ♂ / Albania bor., Shkodër, Smetana 1958 / 15. V. B [overleaf] / ex coll. Scheerpeltz / Typus Meotica albanica O. Scheerpeltz / Lectotypus ♂ Meotica albanica Scheerpeltz, desig. V. Assing 2017 / Meotica parasita Mulsant & Rey, det. V. Assing 2018 " (NHMW). Paralectotype ♀: same data as lectotype (NHMW). M. aegyptia: Holotype ♀: Meadi, Egypt, 26.6.33 D, Dr. H. Priesner / Meotica libanica Fauvel / ex coll. Scheerpeltz / Holotypus Meotica aegyptia m., det. R. Pace 1972, Meotica aegyptia sp. n. det. R. Pace 1982 / Meotica marchica Benick [sic] det. V. Assing 2003 (NHMW). Additional material examined: FRANCE: 1 ♂, Nice env., Loup river, X. 1953, leg. Ochs (cVog). ITALY: 1 ♂, Roma env., leg. Winkler (cVog). HUNGARY: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Bugac National Park, grassland, 11. XI. 1980 & 23. IX. 1983, leg. Galle (cVog). CROATI A: 1 ♂, 1 ♀ Josipdol-Karlovac, car-net, 9. V. 1990,. leg. Wunderle (cWun); 2 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀, Plitvice-Josipdol, car-net, 9. V. 1990,. leg. Wunderle (cWun). BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ Kraljeva-Sutesca-Mostre, arable land, car-net, 5. V. 1990, leg. Wunderle (cWun); 1 ♀, Kraljeva-Sutesca-Zadoici, car-net, 5. V. 1990,. leg. Wunderle (cWun). GREECE: CRETE: 1 ♂, Damnoni, 35 ° 10 ' 28 '' N, 24 ° 24 ' 55 '' E, VII. 1978, leg. Tronquet (cTro); 1 ♀, Zakros, 28. III. 1973, leg. Fülscher et Meybohm (cVog); see also ASSING (2019). C o r f u: see ASSING et al. (2018). TURKEY: 1 ♀, Erzincan, Tercan, 1400 m, 6. VI. 1986, leg. Besuchet et Löbl (cVog).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF8D8F1B2AD38683FD70FC0F.taxon	discussion	Comment: The original description of M. parasita is based on an unspecified number of syntypes from " le Bugey " (East France: Ain) (MULSANT & REY 1873). MUONA (1979) designated the sole syntype in the Rey collection as the lectotype. The lectotype, a somewhat damaged macropterous female, had been dissected by J. Muona. In the description of M. winkleri, which is based on a unique specimen from " Neusiedler-See ", BENICK (1953) sexed the holotype as a male. An examination of the specimen, however, revealed that it is in fact a female, whose abdominal apex is severely damaged and whose spermatheca is missing. Based on external characters and on notes of the second author, this specimen is conspecific with M. parasita. The original description of M. bosnica is based on an unspecified number of syntypes from " Bosnien-Herzegowina " (SCHEERPELTZ 1954 a). The sole syntype in the Scheerpeltz collection, a male, is designated as the lectotype. An examination of the aedeagus revealed that the specimen is conspecific with M. parasita. Meotica albanica was described based on " 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Typen " from " Albania bor., Shkodër " (SCHEERPELTZ 1967). The name is preoccupied by Meotica albanica BENICK, 1953 and was subsequently replaced with the nomen novum M. albanicola by SCHEERPELTZ (1969). Since a holotype is not specified in the description, the male syntype is designated as the lectotype. The specimen is conspecific with M. parasita. Meotica szeli, whose description is based on a male holotype and a female paratype from " Dömsöd " in Hungary (ÁDÁM 1987), was synonymized with M. winkleri by VOGEL (2015). Meotica aegyptia was described based on a unique female from " Egypt, Meadi " (PACE 1983). The spermatheca illustrated by PACE (1983) is identical to that of M. parasita. This, in combination with the dark coloration and the long elytra, suggests that the holotype of M. aegyptia is in fact conspecific with that species. When examining the specimen in 2003, the first author identified it as M. marchica (now a synonym of M. moczarskii) based on the shape of the spermatheca. The identity of M. parasita was clarified only very recently.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF8D8F1B2AD38683FD70FC0F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Winged and usually dark-coloured species. ♂: sternite VIII strongly transverse, posterior margin broadly truncate (Fig. 39); median lobe of aedeagus approximately 0.25 mm long and shaped as in Figs 40 - 43, with apical internal structure of distinctive shape (lateral view); apical lobe of paramere blackish. ♀: tergite VIII with distinctly concave posterior margin; sternite VIII (Fig. 44) much longer than that of male, posterior margin broadly and weakly convex; spermatheca of simple shape, similar to that of M. moczarskii (Figs 45 - 47).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF8D8F1B2AD38683FD70FC0F.taxon	distribution	Confirmed distribution: France, Austria, Italy, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Egypt.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF8C8F1C2AD38313FD72FED3.taxon	description	(Figs 48 - 51, 53 - 58)	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF8C8F1C2AD38313FD72FED3.taxon	materials_examined	Type material examined: M. moczarskii: Lectotype ♂, present designation: " ♂ / Parnassos, Graecia c / Cotypus Meotica moczarskii O. Scheerpeltz / ex coll. Scheerpeltz / Meotica parasita det. J. Vogel, 1996 / Lectotypus ♂ Meotica moczarskii Scheerpeltz, desig. V. Assing 2017 / Meotica moczarskii Scheerpeltz, det. V. Assing 2018 " (NHMW). Paralectotypes: 2 ♂♂ [1 dissected prior to present study]: same data as lectotype, but with additional labels: " aus Rasen gesiebt. 1200 m / leg. E. Moczarski, 3. V. 1914 " (NHMW); 1 ♂ [dissected prior to present study; aedeagus missing]: same data as lectotype, but " Typus " (NHMW); 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀: same data as lectotype, but " ♀ " (NHMW); 1 ♀: same data, but " Typus " (NHMW). M. finnmarchica: Holotype ♀: " ♀ / ZFExp.: A. Strand, Alten .. VI. 24 / Meotica finnmarchica G. Benick, Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica moczarskii Scheerpeltz, det. V. Assing 2018 " (MHNG). M. angulata: Holotype ♀: " ♀ / Kongsvinger, A. Strand / Meotica finnmarchica ♀ G. Bck, Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica finnmarchica det. J. Vogel 1996 / Meotica moczarskii Scheerpeltz, det. V. Assing 2018 " (MHNG). M. pechlaneri: Holotype ♀: " ♀ / Umg. Innsbruck, Ti. Pechlaner / Meotica Pechlaneri Bck., Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica marchica det. J. Vogel 2017 / Meotica moczarskii Scheerpeltz, det. V. Assing 2018 " (MHNG). M. wagneri: Holotype ♀: " ♀ / Mark: Herzfelde b. Rüdersdorf / Meotica Wagneri G. Bck., Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica marchica det. J. Vogel 2017 / Meotica moczarskii Scheerpeltz, det. V. Assing 2018 " (MHNG). M. romana: Holotype ♂: " ♂ / Roma, Inond. Aniene, Luig. 26 - 12 - 914 / Meotica romana G. Bck., Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica moczarskii Scheerpeltz, det. V. Assing 2018 " (MHNG). M. albanica: Syntypes: " ♀ / Albanien, Avlona, v. Oertzen / Meotica albanica G. Bck. Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica marchica det. J. Vogel 2017 / Meotica moczarskii Scheerpeltz, det. V. Assing 2018 " (MHNG); 2 ♀♀ [attached to the same pin]: same data as before (MHNG). M. marchica: Lectotype ♂, present designation: " ♂ / Mark: Herzfelde b. Rüdersdorf, 1.5.41 Neresheimer / Meotica marchica ♂ G. Bck Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Lectotypus ♂ Meotica marchica Benick, desig. V. Assing 2018 / Meotica moczarskii Scheerpeltz, det. V. Assing 2018 " (MHNG); 2 ♀♀: same data as lectotype (MHNG). M. neresheimeri: Holotype ♀: " ♀ / Mark: Herzfelde b. Rüdersdorf / Meotica Neresheimeri Bck., Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica marchica det. J. Vogel 2017 / Meotica moczarskii Scheerpeltz, det. V. Assing 2018 " (MHNG). M. alpina: Lectotype ♂, present designation: " ♂ / Umg. Bozen, Ti. Pechlaner / Leifers 21.4.35, Graswurzeln am Bach / Meotica alpina G. Bck., Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica marchica det. J. Vogel 2017 / Lectotypus ♂ Meotica alpina Benick, desig. V. Assing 2018 / Meotica moczarskii Scheerpeltz, det. V. Assing 2018 " (MHNG); 1 ♀: same data as lectotype (MHNG); 1 ♀: same data, but " Leifers, Bach 5.6.38 / Meotica alpina? G. Bck. Cotypus " (MHNG). M. exigua: Lectotype ♂, present designation: " ♂ / Trento, Pechlaner / Vallarse 11.6.32, Malgafrete [?] / Meotica exigua Bck Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica marchica det. J. Vogel 2017 / Lectotypus ♂ Meotica exigua Benick, desig. V. Assing 2018 / Meotica moczarskii Scheerpeltz, det. V. Assing 2018 " (MHNG); 1 ♀: same data as lectotype (MHNG). M. roubali: Lectotype ♂, present designation: " ♂ / Slov. B. Bystrica, Roubal / Meotica Roubali ♂ G. Bck Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica marchica det. J. Vogel 2017 / Lectotypus ♂ Meotica roubali Benick, desig. V. Assing 2018 / Meotica moczarskii Scheerpeltz, det. V. Assing 2018 " (MHNG); 1 ♂: same data as lectotype (MHNG); 1 ex.: " Leithageb. Spaeth / Senckenberg Museum / Meotica Roubali ♂ Bck Cotypus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica marchica det. J. Vogel 2017 / Meotica moczarskii Scheerpeltz, det. V. Assing 2018 ". M. testacea: Holotype ♀: " ♀ / Italia, Bazzano / Meotica testacea G. Bck., Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica marchica det. J. Vogel 2017 / Meotica moczarskii Scheerpeltz, det. V. Assing 2018 " (MHNG). M. neapolitana: Lectotype ♂, present designation: " ♂ / Hbdy, I. m., U. Neapel / bei Amalfi, ca 800 m, 25.3.29 / Meotica spec.? / ex coll. Scheerpeltz / Typus Meotica neapolitana O. Scheerpeltz / Lectotypus ♂ Meotica neapolitana Scheerpeltz, desig. V. Assing 2017 / Meotica moczarskii Scheerpeltz, det. V. Assing 2018 " (NHMW). M. transversiceps: Syntype ♂: " ♂ / Grünburg, Austr. sup. / ex coll. Scheerpeltz / Typus Meotica transversiceps O. Scheerpeltz / Meotica moczarskii Scheerpeltz, det. V. Assing 2018 " (NHMW). M. kochi: Holotype ♀: " ♀ / Düsseldorf, 21.3.59, C. Koch. Düsseldorf / Meotica kochi G. Bck., Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica marchica det. J. Vogel 2017 / Meotica moczarskii Scheerpeltz, det. V. Assing 2018 " (MHNG). M. curtipennis: Holotype ♀: " ♀ / Sollenau Heide A. i., 17.7.1965 / Meotica curtipennis Bck. ♀, Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica marchica det. J. Vogel 2017 / Meotica moczarskii Scheerpeltz, det. V. Assing 2018 " (MHNG). M. stockmanni: Holotype ♂ [dissected prior to present study; spermatheca missing]: " Finland N 667: 38, Helsinki Lehtisaari, 8.4.1976, J. Muona leg. / Meotica nov. spec., Dr. G. Benick det. / Holotypus / Meotica stockmanni n. sp., J. Muona det. 1976 / Meotica moczarskii Scheerpeltz, det. V. Assing 2018 " (MZH). Additional material examined: SWEDEN: 1 ♀ [identified as M. finnmarchica by S. Lundberg], Åna, 9. VI. 1982, leg. Balanus (cWun). MOROCCO: 8 exs., Haut Atlas, SE Asni, Oukaimeden, 31 ° 13 ' N, 7 ° 50 ' W, 2500 m, pasture with large rocks, floated from grass roots, 28. XII. 2002, leg. Assing & Wunderle (cAss, cWun). SPAIN: 1 ♀, Tarragona, Sierra de Prades, Montreal, 4. VI. 1965, leg. Comellini (cAss); 1 ♀, Castilla-León, Palencia, leg. Paganetti (MHNG); 1 ♀, Andalucía, Jaén, Sierra de Cazorla, 1350 - 1400 m, 15. V. 1960, leg. Besuchet (cVog). FRANCE: 6 exs., E Marseille, Roquevaire, XII. 1959, leg. Ochs (MHNG); 1 ♂, 20 km NW Marseille, Marignane (cVog); 2 ♀♀, Nice, saline, XII. 1959, leg. Ochs (MHNG); 2 ♀♀, Nice env., Vésubie, Figaret river, leg. Ochs (MHNG); 1 ♀, Indre-et-Loire (cVog); 2 ♀♀, Haute-Savoie, Vougy, 18. VIII. 1978, leg. Besuchet (cVog). GERMANY: 1 ♀, Schleswig-Holstein, Kreis Stormarn, Witzhave, Billetal, 31. XII. 1999, leg. Siede (cAss); 1 ♀, Niedersachsen, Wilhelmshaven, Neuenburger Urwald, window trap, 24. VI. 1996, leg. Menke (cAss); 4 exs., Niedersachsen, Hameln env., Düt, sifted from roots in fine gravel, 1. V. 1989, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ex., same data, but 27. V. 1989 (cAss); 1 ♀, Rheinland-Pfalz, Ahrtal, Altenahr, 26. VI. 1987, leg. Wunderle (cAss); 1 ♀, Brandenburg, Oderberg, 14. V. 1932 (cVog); 2 ♂♂, Thüringen, Eisenach, 11. IV. & 30. IV. 1989, leg. Apfel (cVog); 1 ♂, Thüringen, Mihla, Werra-Aue, 29. III. 1998, leg. Apfel (cApf). SWITZERLAND: 3 exs., Vaud, Onnens, 19. V. 1977 & 6. V. 1990, leg. Besuchet (MHNG). AUSTRIA: 3 exs., Vorarlberg, Doren, Weissbachtal, river gravel, 30. VI. 1992, leg. Brandstetter (NMB); 4 exs., Tirol, Silz, 15. V. 1992, leg. Kahlen (TLMF); 1 ex, Tirol, Kufstein, flood plain of Inn river, 6. XI. 1988, leg. Kahlen (TLMF); 1 ex., Tirol, Lechtal, 14. VI. 1992, leg. Schatz (cVog); 1 ♀, Zurndorf, grass debris, 5. IV. 1993, leg. Kahlen (TLMF). SLOVAKIA: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Banská Bystrica, 8. X. 1924, leg. Roubal (MHNG, cVog); 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, Rožňava, Silická planina, 20. V. 1993, leg. Richter (cVog). ITALY: 13 exs., Trentino-Alto Adige, Bressanone, 25. V. 1949, 10. IV. 1950, 4. IV. 1951, 8. V. 1955, 17. III. 1956, 2. III. 1962, 27. III. 1963, all leg. Peez (MHNG, TLMF); 2 exs., Veneto, Vicenza, Monte Pasubio, 2. VI. & 4. VI. 1972, leg. Kahlen (TLMF); 1 ♀, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Udine, Amaro, Tagliamento-Fella flood plain, flood debris, 22. VI. 1996, leg. Kahlen (cVog); 5 exs., Toscana, Lucca, Garfagnana, leg. Paganetti (MHNG); 1 ♀, Toscana, Abetone, 1200 m, 20. V. 1975, leg. Castellini (cTro). BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: 1 ♀, Sarajevo, Pašin brdo (MHNG). MACEDONIA: 1 ♀, Vardar plain, NE Skopje, leg. Schatzmayr (cVog); 1 ♀, Skopje, 19. VI. 1958, leg. Besuchet (MHNG). GREECE: m a i n l a n d: 2 ♀♀, Ioánnina, Katara pass, 39 ° 47 ' N, 21 ° 14 ' E, 1770 m, subterranean pitfall trap, VI. 2008 - VI. 2010, leg. Giachino & Vailati (cAss); 1 ♂, Etolía-Arkananía, Ano Hora, 38 ° 32 ' N, 21 ° 51 ' E, 1240 m, subterranean pitfall trap, VI. 2010 - V. 2011, leg. Giachino & Vailati (cAss);. 1 ♂, Lárissa, Oros Ossa, 1010 m, 30. V. 2017, leg. Giachino & Vailati (cAss); 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Fthiotis, W Lamia, Oros Oxia, 38 ° 50 ' N, 22 ° 56 ' E, 1500 m, meadow, under stones, 11. IV. 2001, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ♀, Oros Parnassos (MHNG); 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, S-Pindos, Oros Vardousia, leg. Weirather (MHNG); 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, Ípiros, Metsovo, 1620 m, 28. IV. 1973, leg. Löbl (MHNG); 1 ♂, Ípiros, Anemorrachi env., 400 m, 2. V. 1973, leg. Löbl (MHNG); 1 ♂, Patras, 30. III. 1971, leg. Mahnert (MHNG). P e l o p ó n n i s o s: 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Mistras-Taygetos, 37 ° 04 ' N, 22 ° 22 ' E, 690 m, 16. IV. 2018, leg. Meybohm (cAss); 2 ♀♀, Erimanthos, Platanitsa, 37 ° 57 ' N, 21 ° 51 ' E, 970 m, 23. IV. 2018, leg. Meybohm (cAss); 1 ♂, Ahaia, Oros Aroánia, 38 ° 01 ' N, 22 ° 11 ' E, 1600 m, 4. VI. 2012, leg. Giachino & Vailati (cAss); 1 ♂, W Patras, Kalogria, beach, 27. III. 1986, leg. Assing (cAss). CYPRUS: 1 ♀, Baths of Aphrodite, 20. VII. 1977, leg. Besuchet (cVog). TURKEY: 1 ♀, Erczincan, Tercan, Euphrat, 1400 m, 6. VI. 1986, leg. Besuchet & Löbl (cVog); for previously published records see ASSING (2013).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF8C8F1C2AD38313FD72FED3.taxon	discussion	Comment: Meotica moczarskii was described from an unspecified number of " Typen und Cotypen " collected " auf dem Parnass in Mittelgriechenland " (SCHEERPELTZ 1927). Nine type specimens, seven males and two females (partly in poor condition), were located in the Scheerpeltz collection (NHMW). Since a holotype is not specified, all of them have syntype status. One male in fair condition is designated as the lectotype. Strangely, MUONA (1974) synonymized M. moczarskii with M. hanseni SCHEERPELTZ, 1954, although the former name is significantly older than the latter and although the latter is preoccupied by M. hanseni BENICK, 1953.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF8C8F1C2AD38313FD72FED3.taxon	description	The original description of M. finnmarchica is based on a unique female from " Alten (Finnmark) " (BENICK 1953). The spermatheca of the holotype is damaged (proximal portion missing), but the distal portion is identical to that of M. moczarskii. The illustration of an intact spermatheca by MUONA (1991) supports this conclusion, so that M. finnmarchica is placed in synonymy with M. moczarskii. Shortly after the description of M. angulata, which is based on a unique specimen from " Kongsvinger, Nordnorwegen " (BENICK 1953), STRAND (1955) expressed grave doubts that this species was in fact distinct from M. finnmarchica. Benick (1968) objected to this view stating that the female tergite VIII was of different shape (posterior margin with a deep median excision). An examination of the holotype revealed that Strand was right: the posterior margin of tergite VIII is completely damaged (practically nonexistent) and, based on the shape of the spermatheca, M. angulata is conspecific with M. moczarskii. Meotica pechlaneri was described from a unique female collected near " Kranebitten in der Nähe Innsbrucks " (BENICK 1953). VOGEL (1991) synonymized the name with M. marchica, together with which it is placed in synonymy with M. moczarskii. Meotica romana was described based on a unique specimen from " Roma, Inond. Aniene " (BENICK 1953). The aedeagus had been dissected prior to the present study and is damaged and incomplete (apex of ventral process missing). However, both the remains of the aedeagus and the shapes of the male tergite VIII and sternite VIII are in agreement with M. moczarskii. Hence the synonymy proposed above. The original description of M. albanica is based on " Mehrere Exemplare " from " Albanien, Arlona " [sic] (BENICK 1953). All three specimens in the Benick collection (MHNG) are females and conspecific with M. moczarskii. The original description of M. marchica is based on " einige Exemplare von Herzfelde b. Rüdersdorf, Mark " (BENICK 1953). An examination of a male and two female syntypes revealed that they are conspecific with M. moczarskii. The male is designated as the lectotype. Meotica neresheimeri was described from a unique female from the type locality of M. marchica. VOGEL (1991) synonymized the name with M. marchica, together with which it is placed in synonymy with M. moczarskii. The type locality of M. wagneri is identical to that of M. marchica and M. neresheimeri. A re-examination of the uniqe female holotype confirmed that it is conspecific with both (VOGEL 1991) and consequently also a junior synonym of M. moczarskii. The original description of M. alpina is based on five syntypes from " Leifers, Umgebung Bozen, an einem Bachrand am 21.4.35 " (BENICK 1953). Two additional females from the same locality, one of them collected on " 5.6.38 " were only tentatively attributed to the same species and labelled as " Cotypus ". All examined syntypes are conspecific with M. moczarskii. The only male available is designated as the lectotype. The original description of M. roubali is based on numerous syntypes (" zahlreich ") from Banska Bystrica and singletons from " Leithagebirge ", " Austria ", and " Wimpfen " (BENICK 1953). The name was synonymized with M. marchica by VOGEL (1991). One of the males from Banska Bystrica is designated as the lectotype. Meotica testacea was described from a unique female from " Italia, Bazzano " (BENICK 1953). An examination of this specimen revealed that it is conspecific with M. moczarskii. The original description of Meotica neapolitana is based on an unspecified number of paratypes from " Umgebung von Neapel (Amalfi) " (SCHEERPELTZ 1954 a). The sole syntype found in the Scheerpeltz collection, a male, is designated as the lectotype. It is conspecific with M. moczarskii. Meotica transversiceps was described based on an unspecified number of syntypes from " den Sandbänken der Steyr bei Grünburg in Oberösterreich (SCHEERPELTZ 1954 a). Only a single male syntype was located in the collections of the NHMW. According to VOGEL (2015), the name is a junior synonym of M. marchica. Meotica kochi was described based on a unique female from " Düsseldorf " (BENICK 1968). The name was synonymized with M. marchica by VOGEL (1991), which apparently escaped the notice of SCHÜLKE & SMETANA (2015). A re-examination of the holotype revealed that the synonymy with M. marchica and consquently its senior synonym M. moczarskii is correct. The original description of M. curtipennis is based on a unique female from " Sollenauer Heide ", Austria (BENICK 1970). VOGEL (1991) synonymized the name with M. marchica. The synonymy with M. marchica and its senior synonym, M. moczarskii, is confirmed. In the original description of M. stockmanni, which is based on a unique female from " Helsinki, Lehtisaari ", MUONA (1978) provided a rough sketch of the spermatheca and compared the species with M. caucasica and the (mis-) interpretation of M. pallens at that time. Subsequently, MUONA (1991) considered M. stockmanni identical to the respective interpretations of M. pallens sensu BENICK (1953) and MUONA (1974), as well as to M. tenuis of the authors, and provided new illustrations of the aedeagus and the spermatheca .. Moreover, he stated that the holotype lacked genitalia even at the time of the description, that (based on the chaetotaxy of sternite VIII the specimen was in fact a male, and that " the structure figured as the spermatheca is a part of the alimentary canal ". We conclude that, based on the illustrations of the aedeagus and the spermatheca provided by MUONA (1991), as well as on the external characters of the holotype, the specimen is conspecific with M. moczarskii. Meotica anglica was a manuscript name until it was made available in an article by MUONA (1991), who, in a footnote on p. 233, emphasized that the " description is to be regarded as written by Dr. Benick ". Consequently, BENICK (1991) is the author of this species. According to MUONA (1991), the holotype is deposited in BMNH and the genitalia are very similar to those of M. finnmarchica, from which this species is distinguished by larger eyes. However, the illustrations of the aedeagus and the spermatheca provided in the article do not present convincing evidence that M. anglica is distinct from M. moczarskii, which is why we consider the former the macropterous morph of M. moczarskii and M. anglica a junior synonym of this name.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF8C8F1C2AD38313FD72FED3.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Pale-coloured and wing-dimorpic species. ♂: sternite VIII (Fig. 48) strongly transverse, posterior margin weakly convex; median lobe of aedeagus approximately 0.25 mm long and shaped as in Figs 53 - 58; apical lobe of paramere blackish. ♀: posterior margin of sternite VIII broadly produced, truncate or weakly concave in the middle (Fig. 49); spermatheca of simple shape, similar to that of M. parasita (Figs 50 - 51).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF8C8F1C2AD38313FD72FED3.taxon	distribution	Confirmed distribution: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Great Britain, Morocco, Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Slovakia, Italy, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania, Macedonia, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF8B8F1C2AD3867FFD43FC2D.taxon	description	(Figs 52, 59, 76 - 77)	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF8B8F1C2AD3867FFD43FC2D.taxon	materials_examined	Type material examined: SeeASSING (2013). Additional material examined: TURKEY: 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, Istanbul, road Yalova-Orhangazi, 11. V. 1976, leg. Besuchet (cVog).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF8B8F1C2AD3867FFD43FC2D.taxon	discussion	Comment: The original description is based on ten type specimens from the Turkish province Isparta (ASSING 2013).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF8B8F1C2AD3867FFD43FC2D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: ♂: sternite VIII (Fig. 76) strongly transverse; posterior margin weakly convex in the middle; median lobe of aedeagus approximately 0.28 mm long and shaped as in Fig. 59; apical lobe of paramere blackish. ♀: sternite VIII (Fig. 77) approximately as long as broad, posterior margin broadly produced in the middle; spermatheca as in Fig. 52. Though somewhat similar in shape to that of M. moczarskii, the aedeagus is distinguished by distinct and constant differences in the shape and position of the crista apicalis, the shape of the ventral process, and the shapes of the internal structures. However, these differences are not pronounced and the male and female sternites VIII are highly similar. Consequently, the possibility that, if intermediate conditions in the shape of aedeagus should be found, M. wunderlei may eventually have to be synonymized cannot be ruled out. The species is distinguished from the similar M. andujari particularly by the different ventral aspect of the aedeagus.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF8B8F1C2AD3867FFD43FC2D.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Turkey (Istanbul, Isparta).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF8B8F1D2AD3833CFCDEFDC7.taxon	description	(Figs 60 - 64, 74 - 75)	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF8B8F1D2AD3833CFCDEFDC7.taxon	materials_examined	Type material examined: M. ochsi: Lectotype ♂, present designation: " Berthemont, A. M. b. Nizza, IV. 51 Ochs / Meotica ochsi ♂ ♀ G. Bck, Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica ochsi Benick teste J. Vogel / Lectotypus ♂ Meotica ochsi Benick, desig. V. Assing 2018 / Meotica ochsi Benick, det. V. Assing 2018 " (MHNG). Paralectotype ♀: on same pin as lectotype (MHNG). M. punctulata: Syntypes: 1 ♀: " In. Loup b. Nizza, A. M. XI. 51 Ochs / Meotica punctulata ♀ G. Bck, Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica ochsi Benick corr. J. Vogel / Meotica ochsi Benick, det. V. Assing 2018 " (MHNG); 1 ♀: " [without locality label] / Meotica punctulata ♂ [sic] G. Bck Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica ochsi Benick corr. J. Vogel / Meotica ochsi Benick, det. V. Assing 2018 " (MHNG). Additional material examined: FRANCE: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Haute-Provence, Annot, Iscle, in sand of stream bank, VI. 1988, leg. Wunderle (cWun, cAss); 1 ♀, Nice env., Var river, 3. VI. 1988, leg. Renner (cRen); 5 ♀♀, Nice env., Vésubie river, VI. 1951, XII. 1954, IV. 1956, II. 1958, all leg. Ochs (MHNG); 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, same locality data, VI. 1975, leg. Curti (MHNG); 6 exs., Nice env., Loup river, XII. 1954, leg. Ochs (MHNG, cVog). SWITZERLAND: 1 ♂, Genf, La London, 25. III. 1965, leg. Comellini (MHNG); 1 ♀, Vaud, Rossinière, 14. V. 1967, leg. Comellini (cVog); 1 ♂, Valais, Berisal, 1400 m, 29. VI. 1962, leg. Besuchet (cVog).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF8B8F1D2AD3833CFCDEFDC7.taxon	discussion	Comment: The original description of M. ochsi is based on three syntypes, two males and one female, from " Berthemont in der Nähe Nizzas ", that of M. punctulata on " Ein Pärchen " from " Nizza In. Versubie ", two unsexed specimens from " In. Loupe ", and one from " In. Rhone " (BENICK 1953). The examined male syntype of M. ochsi is designated as the lectotype. Based on the shape of the spermatheca, the type material of both names is undoubtedly conspecific. Both names were made available in the same article. Since all the examined syntypes of M. punctulata are females, M. ochsi is designated as the senior synonym.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF8B8F1D2AD3833CFCDEFDC7.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: ♂: sternite VIII (Fig. 74) moderately transverse, posterior margin concave; median lobe of aedeagus approximately 0.3 mm long and shaped as in Figs 60 - 62; apical lobe of paramere blackish. ♀: posterior margin of sternite VIII convex (Fig. 75); spermatheca short and commashaped (Figs 63 - 64).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF8B8F1D2AD3833CFCDEFDC7.taxon	distribution	Confirmed distribution: France, Switzerland.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF8A8F1D2AD383BDFDD6FA16.taxon	discussion	Comment: The original description is based on an unspecified number of syntypes from " Mittelspanien (Sierra Guadarrama) " (SCHEERPELTZ 1954 a). PACE (1983) studied two syntypes, which he regarded as " l'holotypus e l'allotypus " and provided illustrations of the aedeagus and the spermatheca.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF8A8F1D2AD383BDFDD6FA16.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: According to SCHEERPELTZ (1954), the abdominal tergite VI is distinctly impressed anteriorly. For illustrations of the distinctive primary sexual characters see PACE (1983).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF8A8F1D2AD383BDFDD6FA16.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Central Spain.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF8A8F1D2AD3856BFD58FBAE.taxon	description	(Figs 65 - 68)	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF8A8F1D2AD3856BFD58FBAE.taxon	materials_examined	Type material examined: Lectotype ♂, present designation: " ♂ / Albania centr., Tiranë, Smetana 1958 / 27. IV. A [overleaf] / ex coll. Scheerpeltz / Cotypus Meotica smetanai O. Scheerpeltz / Lectotypus ♂ Meotica smetanai Scheerpeltz, desig. V. Assing 2017 / Meotica smetanai Scheerpeltz, det. V. Assing 2017 " (NHMW). Paralectotypes: 1 ♀: same data as lectotype (NHMW); 1 ♂, 1 ♀: same data as lectotype, but " Typus " (NHMW).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF8A8F1D2AD3856BFD58FBAE.taxon	discussion	Comment: The original description is based on " 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Typen, 3 ♀♀ Paratypen " from " Albania centr., Tiranë " (SCHEERPELTZ 1967). Since a holotype is not specified, all the type specimens must be regarded as syntypes. The male labelled as " Cotypus " is designated as the lectotype, as it is in better condition.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF8A8F1D2AD3856BFD58FBAE.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: ♂: median lobe of aedeagus 0.23 mm long, somewhat resembling that of M. filaria (Figs 65 - 66); apical lobe of paramere blackish. ♀: sternite VIII (Fig. 67) weakly transverse, posterior margin convex; spermatheca similar to that of M. parasita and M. moczarskii, but with coiled proximal portion (Fig. 68).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFF8A8F1D2AD3856BFD58FBAE.taxon	distribution	Confirmed distribution: Albania.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB58F222AD387E4FDC6FCCF.taxon	description	(Figs 69 - 73)	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB58F222AD387E4FDC6FCCF.taxon	materials_examined	Type material examined: SeeASSING (2007). Additional material examined: SPAIN: 1 ♀, Murcia, Moratalla, Rio Alharabe, 12. X. 2002, leg. Lencina (cAss).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB58F222AD387E4FDC6FCCF.taxon	discussion	Comment: The original description is based on twelve type specimens from the Sierra de Espuña and the Sierra de Segura in South Spain.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB58F222AD387E4FDC6FCCF.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Coloration of body uniformly yellowish, i. e., abdomen not infuscate; hind wings completely reduced. ♂: sternite VIII (Fig. 69) moderately transverse, posterior margin convex; median lobe of aedeagus (Figs 70 - 71) approximately 0.33 mm long; ventral process straight in basal portion (lateral view); apical lobe of paramere blackish. ♀: sternite VIII (Fig. 72) indistinctly transverse, posterior margin convex, in the middle concave; spermatheca as in Fig. 73. The aedeagus is somewhat similar to those of M. moczarskii and M. wunderlei, but distinguished by larger size, a longer, practically straight (lateral view), and apically truncate (ventral view) ventral process. The spermatheca is of the M. parasita type (like that of M. moczarskii), but distinguished by a longer and more slender distal portion. For additional illustrations see ASSING (2007).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB58F222AD387E4FDC6FCCF.taxon	distribution	Distribution: SouthSpain.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB58F232AD38454FC2EFE6C.taxon	description	(Figs 78 - 84)	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB58F232AD38454FC2EFE6C.taxon	materials_examined	Type material examined: Lectotype ♂, present designation: " C. Aïn Senour, Dr. Normand / Meotica Normandi ♂ G. Bck typus [sic] / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica filaria corr. J. Vogel / Lectotypus ♂ Meotica normandi Benick, desig. V. Assing 2018 / Meotica normandi Benick, det. V. Assing 2018 " (MHNG). Paralectotypes: 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ [1 ♀ on same pin as lectotype; spermathecae of ♀♀ missing]: same data as lectotype (MHNG). Additional material examined: MOROCCO: 1 ♀, Asilah, stream 4 km S Asilah, 35 ° 25 ' N, 6 ° 02 ' W, 25 m, 27. III. 2008, leg. Andújar et al. (cAss). SPAIN: 1 ♂, Cádiz, Tarifa, I. 1996, leg. Poot (cAss); 1 ♀, same data, but XII. 1995 (cWun).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB58F232AD38454FC2EFE6C.taxon	discussion	Comment: The original description of M. normandi is based on an unspecified number of syntypes from " C. Ain-Senour " (BENICK 1953). Two males and two females were found in the Benick collection. One of the males is designated as the lectotype. PACE (1983) described M. franzi based on a unique male from " Spagna meridionale, dintorni di Algeciras ". A comparison of the illustrations provided by PACE (1083) for M. franzi and M. filaria with the sexual characters of the non-type specimens from the environs of Tarifa and of the type material of M. normandi revealed that M. normandi, M. franzi, and M. filaria sensu PACE (1983) refer to the same species.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB58F232AD38454FC2EFE6C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Small species. Body yellowish with segments V-VI and the anterior portion of segment VII more or less distinctly infuscate. Eyes very small. Hind wings reduced. Tergite VIII with truncate posterior margin, without distinct sexual dimorphism. ♂: sternite VIII (Fig. 78) strongly transverse, posterior margin acutely pointed in the middle; median lobe of aedeagus relatively small, 0.20 - 0.22 mm long, and with short ventral process (Figs 80 - 83); internal sac with a conspicuously long flagellum; apical lobe of paramere yellowish. ♀: sternite VIII (Fig. 79) noticeably longer than tergite VIII, posterior margin convex, in the middle indistinctly concave; spermatheca rather stout and large in relation to aedeagus, of distinctive shape (Fig. 84).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB58F232AD38454FC2EFE6C.taxon	distribution	Confirmed distribution: Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, South Spain.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB48F232AD386FCFDACFC1B.taxon	description	(Fig. 85)	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB48F232AD386FCFDACFC1B.taxon	materials_examined	Type material examined: Syntype ♀: " ♀ / Caucasus. Araxesthal, Leder. Reitter. / Amischa / exilis Er / ex coll. Klima / ex coll. Scheerpeltz / Typus Meotica caucasica O. Scheerpeltz / Syntypus Meotica caucasica Scheerpeltz, rev. V. Assing 2017 " (NHMW). Additional material examined: ARMENIA: 1 ♀, reservoir 15 km SW Sisian, 39 ° 28 ' N, 46 ° 08 ' E, 1340 m, shore of reservoir, Salix litter, moss, and roots sifted, 16. VII. 2018, leg. Schülke (MNB).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB48F232AD386FCFDACFC1B.taxon	discussion	Comment: The original description is based on an unspecified number of syntypes from " Kaukasus (Araxestal) " (SCHEERPELTZ 1954 a). Meotica caucasica is a junior primary homonym of M. caucasica BENICK, 1953 and was subsequently replaced with the nomen novum M. arasensis by SMETANA (2004 a). The sole syntype in the Scheerpeltz collection is a female and consequently not designated as the lectotype.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB48F232AD386FCFDACFC1B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: ♂: unknown. ♀: spermatheca of the M. parasita type, but with longer and more slender proximal portion (Fig. 85).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB48F232AD386FCFDACFC1B.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Azerbaijan, Armenia.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB48F202AD38327FD88FD63.taxon	description	(Figs 86 - 89)	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB48F202AD38327FD88FD63.taxon	materials_examined	Type material examined: M. caucasica: Holotype ♂: " ♂ / Caucasus. Araxestal. Leder. Reitter. / Meotica caucasica ♂ G. Bck Typus / Coll. G. Benick / Meotica caucasica Benick, det. V. Assing 2018 " (MHNG). M. decolor: see ASSING (2004 b). Additional material examined: TURKEY: Adana: 1 ♂, SWHasandede Geçidi, NE Kayadili, 37 ° 30 ' N, 35 ° 23 ' E, 1230 m, 26. IV. 2007, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, Belemedik, 37 ° 20 ' N, 34 ° 55 ' E, 690 m, 16. IV. 2011, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 2 ♀♀, N Kozan, S Eskiyen Geçidi, 37 ° 38 ' N, 35 ° 51 ' E, 630 m, 3. V. 2002, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss). Kahramanmaraş: 1 ♀, Andırın-Geben, 11 km from Geben, 37 ° 42 ' N, 36 ° 27 ' E, 1320 m, 27. IV. 2007, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Geben-Göksun, 17 km from Göksun, 37 ° 53 ' N, 36 ° 27 ' E, 1550 m, 27. IV. 2007, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 1 ♀, Çinarpınar, 37 ° 39 ' N, 36 ° 35 ' E, 575 m, 22. IV. 2009, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 1 ♀, Çinarpınar, 37 ° 40 ' N, 36 ° 35 ' E, 960 m, 22. IV. 2009, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 1 ♀, SW Imalı, 37 ° 20 ' N, 36 ° 42 ' E, 1050 - 1100 m, 21. IV. 2009, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Tekir, 900 - 1400 m, 5. V. 1978, leg. Besuchet and Löbl (cVog). O s m a n i y e: 1 ♀, Kaypak-Yarpuz, 37 ° 06 ' N, 36 ° 27 ' E, 990 m, 3. V. 2007, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 1 ♀, N Bahçe, Bekdemir, 37 ° 16 ' N, 36 ° 36 ' E, 1200 m, 21. IV. 2007, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss). H a t a y: 1 ♂, Antakya, Urabat, 6. V. 1967, leg. Besuchet (cVog).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB48F202AD38327FD88FD63.taxon	discussion	Comment: The original description of M. caucasica is based on a unique male from " Caucasus, Araxestal " (BENICK 1953). An examination of the aedeagus revealed that it is conspecific with M. decolor, whose description is based on type material from the Turkish provinces Hatay, KahramanmaraŞ, and Adana (ASSING 2004 b). The species was subsequently recorded (as M. decolor) from KahramanmaraŞ, Adana, Kocaeli, and Gaziantep provinces (ASSING 2006, 2009, 2013).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB48F202AD38327FD88FD63.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: ♂: sternite VIII (Fig. 86) moderately transverse, posterior margin obtusely angled in the middle; median lobe of aedeagus (Figs 87 - 88) 0.24 - 0.25 mm long, with large crista apicalis; apical lobe of paramere yellowish. ♀: posterior margin of sternite VIII strongly convex, in the middle often shallowly concave; spermatheca (Fig. 89) minute, of the M. parasita type, but with much stouter proximal portion. For a detailed description and additional illustrations see ASSING (2004 b).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB48F202AD38327FD88FD63.taxon	distribution	Confirmed distribution: Turkey (Kocaeli, Adana, Kahramanmaraş, Osmaniye, Hatay, Gaziantep); Azerbaijan.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB78F202AD3858FFF27FA5E.taxon	description	(Figs 90 - 93)	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB78F202AD3858FFF27FA5E.taxon	materials_examined	Type material examined: SeeASSING (2006). Additional material examined: CYPRUS: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Paphos, Miliou, 8. VI. 2016, leg. Miessen (cTro, cAss); 1 ♂, Kannaviou, Ezousa river, 350 m, 10. III. 1996, leg. Frisch (cAss).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB78F202AD3858FFF27FA5E.taxon	discussion	Comment: The original description is based on a unique male holotype from the Turkish province Kahramanmaraş. The species was subsequently recorded also from Greece (Pelopónnisos) and the Turkish province Muğla (ASSING 2013). Based on the similar shape of the spermatheca, it seems possible that M. subnigra is conspecific with M. arasensis. Males from the vicinity of the type locality of the latter would be needed to clarify this.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB78F202AD3858FFF27FA5E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Body of dark coloration. Hind wings present. ♂: sternite VIII (Fig. 90) moderately transverse, posterior margin truncate; median lobe of aedeagus (Figs 91 - 92) 0.27 - 0.31 mm long; ventral process very slender both in ventral and in lateral view, and apically acute; apical lobe of paramere weakly to moderately infuscate. ♀: sternite VIII approximately as long as broad, posterior margin broadly convex; spermatheca of the M. parasita type (Fig. 93). For additional illustrations see ASSING (2006). The aedeagus is of similar general morphology as that of M. parasita, but distinguished by larger size, a greater distance between the smaller crista apicalis and the base of the ventral process, the presence of an indenture at the based of the ventral process (lateral view), and by a relatively smaller flagellum in the internal sac.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB78F202AD3858FFF27FA5E.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Greece (Pelopónnisos); Turkey (Muğla, Kahramanmaraş); Cyprus.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB78F212AD382EDFE67FD34.taxon	description	(Figs 94 - 96)	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB78F212AD382EDFE67FD34.taxon	materials_examined	Type material examined: SeeASSING (2004 b). Additional material examined: TURKEY: 1 ♂, Izmir, Bozdağ, 38 ° 20 ' N, 28 ° 06 ' E, 1300 - 1560 m, 21. IV. 2006, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, Aydın, Dilek Dağı, S Güzelçamlı, 37 ° 41 ' N, 27 ° 14 ' E, 440 m, 28. IV. 2006, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 1 ♀, Isparta, Sultan Dağları, W Çankurtaran, 38 ° 15 ' N, 31 ° 23 ' E, 1550 m, 17. IV. 2008, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Kayseri, 70 km SW Kayseri, Sultansazliği National Park, 1000 m, 6. V. 1978, leg. Besuchet and Löbl (cVog).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB78F212AD382EDFE67FD34.taxon	discussion	Comment: The original description is based on eight type specimens from the Turkish province Antalya (ASSING 2004 b). The species was subsequently recorded also from Mersin, Kahramanmaraş, and Niğde provinces (ASSING 2006, 2013).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB78F212AD382EDFE67FD34.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: ♂: sternite VIII (Fig. 94) strongly transverse and with truncate or weakly concave posterior margin; median lobe of aedeagus (Fig. 95) approximately 0.25 mm long; ventral process strongly curved and apically straight (lateral view); crista apicalis broad; apical lobe of paramere blackish. ♀: sternite VIII with broadly convex posterior margin; spermatheca as in Fig. 96. For additional illustrations see ASSING (2004 a).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB78F212AD382EDFE67FD34.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Turkey (Izmir, Aydın, Antalya, Isparta, Niğde, Mersin, Kahramanmaraş, Kayseri).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB68F212AD385C4FDB7FB00.taxon	description	(Figs 97 - 99)	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB68F212AD385C4FDB7FB00.taxon	materials_examined	Type material examined: SeeASSING (2011). Additional material examined: UKRAINE: 1 ♂, Kyiv, M " Lisova " env., leaf litter, 9. IV. 2018, leg. Gontarenko (cAss).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB68F212AD385C4FDB7FB00.taxon	discussion	Comment: Meotica hamata was originally described based on a unique male holotype from the Turkish province Bolu (ASSING 2011). The above male from Ukraine represents a new country record. Based on the similarly derived morphology of the aedeagus, this species is closely allied to M. filiformis.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB68F212AD385C4FDB7FB00.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: ♂: sternite VIII (Fig. 97) strongly transverse, posterior margin obtusely produced in the middle; median lobe of aedeagus (Figs 98 - 99) of distinctive shape; ventral process apically spear-shaped in ventral view; apical lobe of paramere blackish. ♀: unknown. For additional illustrations see ASSING (2011).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB68F212AD385C4FDB7FB00.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Turkey (Bolu); Ukraine.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB68F212AD38228FE11F9C8.taxon	discussion	Comment: The original description is based explicitly on a male holotype from " Hazara, dintorni di Dunga Gali ", Pakistan. However, PACE (1986) illustrated the spermatheca, evidence that he also studied a female.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB68F212AD38228FE11F9C8.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Based on the general shape of the median lobe of the aedeagus, this species is closely allied to M. hamata. For illustrations of the primary sexual characters see PACE (1986).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB68F212AD38228FE11F9C8.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Pakistan.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB18F262AD387E4FE0BFE6C.taxon	discussion	Comment: The original description is based on a unique male from " Nepal, Royal Chitwan National Park, Sauraha " (PACE 1992).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB18F262AD387E4FE0BFE6C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: For illustrations of the aedeagus see PACE (1992).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB18F262AD387E4FE0BFE6C.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Nepal.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB08F272AD387E4FECEFDB5.taxon	materials_examined	Type material: Lectotype ♀, present designation: " ♂ / Rotentm. Pass, Translv. Breit / ex coll. Breit / ex coll. Scheerpeltz / Typus Meotica quadraticollis O. Scheerpeltz / Apimela, J. Muona det. / Lectotypus ♀ Meotica quadraticollis Scheerpeltz, V. Gusarov des. 1996 / Apimela sabulicola Bh. V. I. Gusarov det. 1996 " (NHMW).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB08F272AD387E4FECEFDB5.taxon	discussion	Comment: The original description of Meotica quadraticollis is based on an unspecified number of syntypes from " den transsylvanischen Alpen (Rotenturmpass) " (SCHEERPELTZ 1954 a). Only one syntype was located in the Scheerpeltz collection. The specimen was examined, labelled as the lectotype, and identified as Apimela sabulicola by Vladimir Gusarov (Oslo). With his consent, the lectotype designation is here published.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB08F272AD38544FF3FFAFF.taxon	materials_examined	Type material examined: Holotype ♀: " ♀ / Ziria-Massiv, 2100 m, 21. IV. 60, Felsspaltenmulm / Peloponnes, Griechenland, W. Kühnelt / Ziria, 2100 m, 21. IV. 60 / ex coll. Scheerpeltz / Typus Leptusa (Micropisalia) Kühnelti O. Scheerpeltz / Meotica nec Leptusa, det. R. Pace 1979, tarsi 5 - 5 - 5 / Tectusa killinica nom. n., det. V. Assing 2017 " (NHMW).	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
CF53878CFFB08F272AD38544FF3FFAFF.taxon	discussion	Comment: The original description of Leptusa kuehnelti is based on a unique " ♂ (Typus) " collected " in Felsspaltenmulm in 2100 m Höhe am 21.4.1960 " in the Killini range, northeastern Pelopónnisos (SCHEERPELTZ 1963). PACE (1980) subsequently examined the specimen, noticed it was a female, and transferred the species to the genus Meotica. The present revision of the holotype, however, revealed that the species belongs to Tectusa BERNHAUER, 1899. Tectusa kuehnelti (SCHEERPELTZ, 1963) is preoccupied by T. kuehnelti (SCHEERPELTZ, 1962), a species described from the same mountain range " in etwa 1600 m Höhe in einem Walde von Abies cephalonica " (SCHEERPELTZ 1962) and distinguished by completely different coloration alone (T. kuehnelti (SCHEERPELTZ, 1962): forebody and abdominal apex pale reddish-brown; T. kuehnelti (SCHEERPELTZ, 1963): forebody blackish-brown, abdomen uniformly blackish). Therefore, the junior secondary homonym T. kuehnelti (SCHEERPELTZ, 1963) is replaced with the nomen novum Tectusa killinica.	en	Assing, Volker, Vogel, Jürgen (2019): The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2): 731-772, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3738506
