Gynotyphlus, Coiffait, 1955

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 : 13

Gynotyphlus sp.

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Greece: Crete: 2♀♀, NE Lassithi Plateau, 35°13'N, 25°32'E, 850 m, dry ruderal stream valley with old Platanus, soil washing, 26.XII.2017, leg. Assing (cAss).

C o m m e n t: The above specimens are clearly not conspecific with Gynotyphlus perpusillus (DODERO, 1900), which is represented by eleven subspecies distributed in the Mediterranean from the Iberian Peninsula to Turkey (SCHÜLKE & SMETANA 2015). The material from Crete is distinguished from that seen from other regions by much larger size alone, additionally also by differently shaped sclerotized structures in the abdominal apex. Whether or not the species from Crete is parthenogenetic like most populations of G. perpusillus can be answered only when more material is available. In the meantime, the species remains unnamed.