Myllaena brevicornis (MATTHEWS 1838)

Assing, V., 2006, Three new species of Staphylinidae from Spain, with a new synonymy (Insecta: Coleoptera), Linzer biologische Beiträge 38 (2), pp. 1129-1137 : 1129-1137

Myllaena brevicornis (MATTHEWS 1838)

Myllaena oviedensis PACE 2004: 15 f., syn.n.

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Holotype 3: E - Oviedo Pola de Lena, Urbies , m 600, 20.VI.1989, Meregalli leg. / Holotypus Myllaena oviedensis n.sp. det. R. Pace 2004 / Myllaena

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oviedensis n.sp. det. R. Pace 2004 / Myllaena brevicornis (Matthews) det. V. Assing 2005 (cGia). Paratype: same data as holotype (cGia).

C o m m e n t s: The original description of M. oviedensis is based on a male holotype and a female paratype from the surroundings of Oviedo, Spain. PACE (2004) compares the type material with M. gracilis (MATTHEWS) , but there is no reference whatsoever to M. brevicornis , a widespread and common species in Spain, which perfectly matches the details indicated in the original description (including the illustrations of the genitalia). An examination of the type material of M. oviedensis eventually confirmed that it is conspecific with M. brevicornis ; hence the synonymy indicated above.