Pseudolathra quadricollis (FAUVEL, 1875)

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

Pseudolathra quadricollis (FAUVEL, 1875)

Pseudolathra cretense [sic] BORDONI, 1986: 387 f.; nov. syn.

Additional material examined. Turkey: 1 ♂, Osmaniye, 300 m, VI.1968, leg. Schubert (cAss). Cyprus: 1 ♂, Paphos, 6 km N Kedares, 20.VII.2018, leg. Balkenohl (cAss). Greece: Rhodos: 1 ♂, Kolimbia, Loutani river , 10 m, 14.IV.1994, leg. Frisch (cAss).

The original description of P. cretensis is based on a unique male holotype from "Creta, Knossos" deposited in the natural history museum in Prague ( BORDONI 1986). This species has never been recorded again. An examination of the four specimens listed in Tab. 1 , which are in perfect agreement with the illustrations and description provided by BORDONI (1986), revealed that they are conspecific with P. quadricollis , a species originally described from South Turkey and subsequently reported also from Cyprus, Syria, and Algeria ( SCHÜLKE & SMETANA 2015). Consequently, P. cretensis is placed in synonymy with P. quadricollis .