Monograph of the Staphylinidae of Crete (Greece). Part I. Diversity and endemism (Insecta: Coleoptera) Author Assing, Volker text Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 2019 2019-12-23 69 2 197 238 journal article 20921 10.21248/contrib.entomol.69.2.197-238 8d46c970-6e12-4b41-8b53-9e3afc0c373f 0005-805X 4755216 9B8BCFC0-C491-45EF-9BC8-04A6B6B7DB8C Atheta ( Datomicra ) nigra (KRAATZ, 1856) Atheta ( Microdota ) biroi SCHEERPELTZ, 1964: 306 ff.; syn. nov. The original description of Atheta biroi is based on “1 ♂, 1 ♀, Typen, 76 Ex. , Paratypen ” from “Herakleion” ( SCHEERPELTZ 1964 ). According to Jürgen Vogel (Görlitz), who revised type specimens, this material is conspecific with the widespread and common A. nigra . Hence the synonymy proposed above.