Three new species of Afropselaphus Jeannel, 1950 (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from Greece and a redescription of Pselaphogenius treskanus (Karaman, 1940) Author Davranoglou, Leonidas-Romanos Oxford University Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX 1 3 PW, UK; Author Baňař, Petr Department of Entomology, Moravian Museum, Zelný trh 6, 659 37 Brno, Czech Republic; Author Kakiopoulos, George 0000-0003-3486-5099 Ilidos 60 - 62 street, 115 27, Athens, Greece; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3486 - 5099 Author Balázs, Attila Department of Zoology, Fisheries, Hydrobiology and Apiculture, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic; Author Avtzis, Dimitrios N. 0000-0002-7772-6892 Forest Research Institute, Hellenic Agricultural Organization Demeter, 570 06 Vassilika-Thessaloniki, Greece; dimitrios. avtzis @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7772 - 6892 dimitrios.avtzis@gmail.com Author Hlaváč, Peter 0000-0001-5060-0811 Department of Entomology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, CZ- 193 00 Praha 9 - Horní Počernice; peterclaviger @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5060 - 0811 peterclaviger@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2023 2023-09-29 5351 5 559 570 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.5.4 journal article 270522 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.5.4 2afd9072-c982-425e-a781-530a51b00153 1175-5326 8392291 C6C7769C-94F6-496A-9293-2F0E1E201330 Pselaphogenius treskanus ( Karaman , 1940) Figs 2D – 6D , 7G, F Material studied. 2 ♁♁, 18 exx., with one label “ GREECE [GR 004], 20.vi.2021 / OROS VITSI, 2km SW DROSOPIGI Vill. / N40°40’13.4’’ E21°26’00.8’’ / sifting in Fagus forest along stream / 1062m, Winkler app. Extraction / P. Baňař , P. Hlaváč & A. Balázs lgt.” [white, printed] ( MMBC , PCPH ); 3 ♁♁, 5 ♀♀ , 37 undetermined sex, with one label “ GREECE [GR 010], 21.vi.2021 / OROS VITSI, 2km SE of OXYA Vill. / N40°37’17.4’’ E21°22’32.7’’ / sifting in Fagus forest, 1599m / Winkler app. extraction / P. Baňař , P. Hlaváč & A. Balázs lgt. ” [white, printed] ( MMBC , PCPH ). 1 ♁, 4 undetermined sex, with one label “GR. Florina , No. 28, 15 km W Florina / Oros Varnous , 1600m / 40°47’51N , 21°14’42E / 23.4.2000 , V. Assing ” [white, printed] PCVB ). 1 ♁, 1 undetermined sex, with one label “GR. Florina , No. 28, 15 km W Florina / Oros Varnous , 1600m / 40°47’51N , 21°14’42E / 23.4.2000 , V. Assing ” [white, printed] PCVB ). Supplement description. Body setation with shorter but denser hair than Afropselaphus ( Fig. 2D ); body length 2.0– 2.2 mm . Coloration largely dark brown, maxillary palpi and legs lighter, posterior margin of elytra much darker, almost black ( Fig. 2D ). Pilosity of body sparse; head, legs, and antennae covered by sparse, adjacent golden setae; frontal rostrum slightly bifid ( Fig. 3D ); eyes with 7–9 ommatidia ( Figs. 3D , 4D ); club of maxillary palpomere 4 elongate; ocular-mandibular carina less pronounced; median gular ridge produced into a rounded bulge ( Fig. 4D ), as in all congeners; metaventrite produced into pair of small protrusions ( Fig. 6D ); elytra with rounded external apex; elytral carinae more strongly pronounced; elytra with few rows of setae, which are denser on elytral marginal line; with row of setae on distal margin of elytra; abdomen distinctly wider than elytra; no tufts on gular plate; tufts on prothoracic-mesothoracic junction almost completely reduced, tufts on tergite 1 ( IV ) and sternite 2 ( IV ) much less dense than in other tergites; proximal margin of tergite II with very dense pilosity ( Fig. 2D ), remaining segment covered by sparse setae. Aedeagus ( Fig. 7G, H ) with single median sclerite with tapered apex. Habitat. Mt Vitsi, this species was collected from leaf litter in dense forest ( Fig. 8D ).