On the soil dwelling Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) of Romania Author Struyve, Tim text Belgian Journal of Entomology 2022 127 1 22 journal article 298384 10.5281/zenodo.11583639 5a27e9fb-bcb5-4826-b27b-2b1d8a6dbddc 2295-0214 11583639 87B15BA6-A589-418F-90AD-FD09DE4E6C2D Banatotyphlus siclus sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 826A2C6B-5D9C-46DF-8E12-9410FABE9BFB Figs 4 F , 9 A-B TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED . HOLOTYPE . ROMANIA : Eibenthal , 26.III.2019 , 44.546°N 22.205°E : 1 male deposited in the HNHM . PARATYPES . Eibenthal , 26.III.2019 , 44.546°N 22.205°E : 5 exs. (cStr) + 2 exs. ( HNHM ); Cozia , 25.III.2019 , 44.631°N 22.007°E : 1 male (cStr) + 6 exs. ( HNHM ). Cozia , 25.III.2019 , 44.628°N 22.039°E : 1 ex. ( HNHM ). ETYMOLOGY . from the Latin word for sickle, referring to the curved form of the ventral process. DESCRIPTION . MEASUREMENTS : HL: 0.150; HW: 0.170; PL: 0.160; PW: 0.175; EL: 0.120; EW: 0.165; AL: 0.235; TL: 1.1 mm . External hardly different from B. racovitzai , the main difference is in the aedeagus: it is within the known species from this genus easily recognizable by the strongly curved long ventral process.