On the Staphylinidae of Crete III. The first records of endogean fauna (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Leptotyphlinae, Aleocharinae Author Assing, Volker text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2018 2018-07-27 50 1 7 15 journal article 21318 10.5281/zenodo.3985195 ebfafafe-ed6f-4fc7-a34e-770cdde8ede6 0253-116X 3985195 Typhlocyptus pandellei SAULCY , 1878 M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Greece : Crete : 1♀ , S Kritsa, 35°09'N , 25°38'E , 400 m , dry stream valley with Quercus ilex , soil washing, 27.XII.2017 , leg. Assing (cAss); 1♀ , SW Sitia, NW Makrigialos, 35°04'N , 25°57'E , 70 m , valley with small temporary stream, with Platanus , bushes, undergrowth, and reed, soil washing, 30.XII.2017 , leg. Assing (cAss). Montenegro : 1 ex. , Boka, Prčah, 20 m , 18.VII.2009 , leg. Stevanović (cAss). C o m m e n t: The genus Typhlocyptus SAULCY, 1878 includes only two species, one from the Himalaya and the type species T. pandellei , whose known distribution ranges from France , Italy , and Switzerland to Greece and Azerbaijan . The above specimens represent to the first records from Crete and Montenegro . Considering that this species is of minute size, blind, depigmented, and wingless, such a vast distribution and the occurrence in Crete are most remarkable. The presence of a winged morph would be a plausible explanation, but so far such a dimorphism has not been documented.