Xantholinus (Idiolinus) oronticus Coiffait, 1956

Assing, Volker, 2007, On the Xantholinini of Turkey and adjacent regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), Zootaxa 1474, pp. 1-54 : 29-30

Xantholinus (Idiolinus) oronticus Coiffait, 1956 a

Type material examined. Holotype: ɗ, " Liban, El Laboue, H. Coiffait, 21.XI.51 / Holotype / oronticus Coiff. / Museum Paris" ( MNHNP).

Additional material examined. ISRAEL: 1 ex., Upper Galilee, Hurfeish, 33°01'N, 35°21'E, 675 m, 6.II.2006 (cFel); 1 ex. Golan Heights, Merom Golan, 12.VI.2000, leg. Chikatunov ( TAU); 1 ex., Adullam, 15.I.2004, leg. Colubus & Levanony ( TAU).

Comment. The original description is based on a single holotype male from " Liban: El Laboué aux souces de l'Oronte" ( Coiffait 1956a). The species was previously known only from the type locality in Lebanon and is here reported from Israel for the first time.