Heterothops dissimilis (GRAVENHORST, 1802)

Assing, Volker, 2019, Monograph of the Staphylinidae of Crete (Greece). Part I. Diversity and endemism (Insecta: Coleoptera), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 69 (2), pp. 197-238 : 231

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.21248/contrib.entomol.69.2.197-238
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9B8BCFC0-C491-45EF-9BC8-04A6B6B7DB8C
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4755643
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AA5C87B4-A617-FFEE-72FA-F73166DAF9A9
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Heterothops dissimilis (GRAVENHORST, 1802)
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Comment: A revision of Heterothops material from the East Mediterranean revealed that the existing identification keys are highly erroneous and misleading. Specimens previously reported as H. minutus WOLLASTON, 1860 not only from Crete, but also from Samos, Ikaría, and Israel ( ASSING 2013a, 2015a, c, 2017c, ASSING & FELDMANN 2012) all belong to H. dissimilis . In fact, I have not seen a single specimen of H. minutus from the whole of the East Mediterranean region, nor from Central Europe.