On the Xantholinini of Turkey and adjacent regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) Author Assing, Volker text Zootaxa 2007 1474 1 54 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.176738 2dabade9-cae2-445f-a67b-40807d76c658 1175-5326 176738 Megalinus scutellaris ( Fauvel, 1900 ) ( Fig. 108 ) Xantholinus scutellaris Fauvel, 1900 : 228 f. Lepidophallus denticulatus Bordoni, 2004 : 33 ff.; syn. n. Type material examined. Holotype : ɗ, "TR-Antalya, zw. Antalya u. Alanya, 20 km vor Alanya, Fluss Kargi, 30.4.1984 , leg. Brachat / Holotypus Lepidophallus denticulatus sp. n. Bordoni det. 2002 / Megalinus scutellaris (Fauvel) det. V. Assing 2006" (cSch). Additional material examined. GREECE : Rhodos: 1 ex., Lindos, Saidouras river, 18.IV.1994 , leg. Frisch (cAss); 2 exs., Platania, 16.IV.1994 , leg. Frisch ( MNHUB ); 1 ex., Petaloudes, 19.IV.1994 , leg. Frisch ( MNHUB ). TURKEY : Çanakkale: 1 ex., 25 km S Kumkale, Beşik Koyu ["Besika Bay", ca. 39°49'N , 26°10'E ], leg. Walker ( BMNH ); Denizli: 4 exs., ca. 50 km N Fethiye, S Çameli, 36°59'N , 29°16'E , 1250 m , Quercus ilex litter, 9.VII.2002 , leg. Assing (cAss); Antalya: 2 exs., Antalya–Kemer, 4.V.1975 , leg. Besuchet & Löbl (cAss); 1 ex., Kemer, 21.V.1991 , leg. Schmid ( NHMW ); 1 ex. [det. Feldmann], Kemer, Beldibi, 5.V.2001 , leg. Röwekamp (cFel); 3 exs., 30 km N Finike, W Çatallar, 23.V.1991 , leg. Schönmann & Schillhammer ( NHMW ); 10 exs., N Kumluca, 25.IV.1991 , leg. Schödl ( NHMW , cAss); 3 exs., 22 km W Alanya, Avsallar near Incekum, 9.–23.V.1995 , leg. Pütz (cAss); 1 ex., Manavgat env., Aydınkent, 1000 m , bank of stream, leaf litter and moss sifted, 31.XII.1990 , leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ex., Manavgat env., Kızılot, 50m , garden, leaf litter sifted, 2.I.1991 , leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ex., Selge env., 800 m , 29.IV.1995 , leg. Schröder (cSch); 1 ex., 26 km W Alanya, Incekum, 16.IV.–2.V.1984 , leg. Brachat (cSch); Mersin: 1 ex., N Anamur, Köşekbaşı, 36°08'N , 32°46'E , 18.V.2000 , leg. Meybohm (cAss); 1 ex., Silifke, V.1967 , leg. Schubert (cAss); 2 exs., Çamlıyayla, 37°10'N , 34°35'E , 1150 m , 3.V.2004 , leg. Besuchet (cAss). Comment. The original description of M. scutellaris is based on a single specimen from " Turquie " ( Fauvel 1900 ); the locality is not specified. The species was later recorded also from Adana by Bordoni (1971) . Both the description and the illustrations of the holotype of Lepidophallus denticulatus ( Bordoni 2004 ) leave no doubt that it is conspecific with M. scutellaris , a conclusion confirmed by an examination of the holotype of L. denticulatus , which was collected in Antalya province. Lepidophallus denticulatus is consequently a junior synonym of M. scutellaris . The distribution of this species is apparently confined to southern Anatolia and adjacent islands ( Fig. 108 ). The specimens from Rhodos represent the first records from Greece .