Typhlocyptus pandellei, Saulcy, 1878

Assing, Volker, 2018, On the Staphylinidae of Crete III. The first records of endogean fauna (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Leptotyphlinae, Aleocharinae, Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1), pp. 7-15 : 9

Typhlocyptus pandellei SAULCY, 1878

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Greece: Crete: 1♀, S Kritsa, 35°09'N, 25°38'E, 400 m, dry stream

valley with Quercus ilex, soil washing, 27.XII.2017, leg. Assing (cAss); 1♀, SW Sitia, NW

Makrigialos, 35°04'N, 25°57'E, 70 m, valley with small temporary stream, with Platanus, bushes,

undergrowth, and reed, soil washing, 30.XII.2017, leg. Assing (cAss). Montenegro: 1 ex., Boka,

Prčah, 20 m, 18.VII.2009, leg. Stevanović (cAss). C o m m e n t: The genus Typhlocyptus SAULCY, 1878 includes only two species, one from the Himalaya and the type species T. pandellei , whose known distribution ranges from France, Italy, and Switzerland to Greece and Azerbaijan. The above specimens represent to the first records from Crete and Montenegro. Considering that this species is of minute size, blind, depigmented, and wingless, such a vast distribution and the occurrence in Crete are most remarkable. The presence of a winged morph would be a plausible explanation, but so far such a dimorphism has not been documented.