Domene stilicina (ERICHSON, 1840)

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 : 229

Domene stilicina (ERICHSON, 1840)

Domene losheianum [sic] BORDONI, 1977: 148; syn. nov.

Type material examined: Holotype ♂ [teneral]: “ Kreta, 19.5.70, Kamanes, leg. Irmler / Holotypus / losheianum [sic] n. sp., Det. A. Bordoni 1976” ( cBor).

Comment: The original description of D. lohseiana (emendation of the erroneous original spelling D. “ losheianum ”) is based on a unique male holotype from “ Creta, Kamanes, G. A. Lohse leg [sic]” (BORDONI 1977). The true collector is U. Irmler, not G. A. Lohse as indicated by BORDONI (1977). The holotype was examined by Benedikt Feldmann (Münster), who observed that it is conspecific with D. stilicina (FELDMANN e-mail 30.I.2018). The holotype is somewhat teneral, which explains why the aedeagus is deformed and the illustrations in BORDONI (1977) misleading.