Anotylus tetracarinatus (BLOCK, 1799)

Assing, Volker, Schülke, Michael, Brachat, Volker & Meybohm, Heinrich, 2018, On the Staphylinidae of the Greek island Corfu (Insecta: Coleoptera), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology (Beitr. Entomol.) 68 (1), pp. 31-67 : 55

Anotylus tetracarinatus (BLOCK, 1799)

Oxytelus (Anotylus) corcyranus COIFFAIT, 1968: 95 f.; syn. nov.

According to the original description, which is based on a unique male from “Corfou, Route de Kerkyra à Paléokastritsa, à 15 km de Kerkyra”, Anotylus corcyranus is similar to the species of the A. tetracarinatus group, but distinguished “par ses antennes plus longues e plus grèles ansi que par les caractères sexuels secondaires du mâle tout différents” ( COIFFAIT 1968). The species has never been recorded since and is currently known only from Corfu ( HERMAN 2001, SCHÜLKE & SMETANA 2015). Since West Palaearctic Anotylus species are generally widespread and active dispersers, the presence of an endemic species in Corfu can be ruled out. Owing to the current restrictive loan policy of the natural history museum in Paris, where the Coiffait collection is deposited, the holotype of A. corcyranus is inaccessible for scientific study (TAGHAVIAN, e-mail 9 October, 2017). However, according to the illustrations and description provided by COIFFAIT (1968), the male sternite VIII and the aedeagus of the holotype of A. corcyranus agree with those of A. tetracarinatus , a common species in Corfu; for comparison see figures 106i, m in SCHÜLKE (2012a). In consequence, A. corcyranus is placed in synonymy with A. tetracarinatus .