Phloeocharis longipennis 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 : 227

Phloeocharis longipennis FAUVEL, 1875

Phloeocharis subtilissima var. hummleri BERNHAUER, 1915: 69 ; syn. nov.

Phloeocharis hummleri was originally described as a variety of P. subtilissima , based on an unspecified number of syntypes from “Kreta” ( BERNHAUER 1915). According to the original description, it is distinguished from P. subtilissima only by longer elytra and the presence of a palisade fringe at the posterior margin of the abdominal tergite VII. SCHEERPELTZ (1931) regarded the taxon as a distinct species. An examination of recently collected material (including a male) from Crete, which is in perfect agreement with the original description of P. hummleri , revealed that it is conspecific with P. longipennis FAUVEL, 1875 . Since there is little doubt that the same is true of the type material of P. hummleri , this name is placed in synonymy with P. longipennis . The previously known distribution of P. longipennis ranged from the Greek Aegean islands Lesbos and Samos across Turkey to the Middle East ( Lebanon, Syria, Israel) ( ASSING 2004c, 2005c, SCHÜLKE & SMETANA 2015). The record of P. hummleri from Hungary by TÓTH (1982) most likely refers to P. subtilissima MANNERHEIM, 1830 .