Scymbalopsis, Reitter, 1909

Shavrin, Alexey V. & Anichtchenko, Alexander, 2019, A new species and a new record of the genus Scymbalopsis (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae: Paederini), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 59 (1), pp. 185-188 : 187-188

Key to the species of Scymbalopsis

1 Temples very long, seven times as long as eyes. Median lobe of aedeagus very wide, sharply narrowed toward apex (see GuSAROV 1994: Figs 37–38). Body length: 14.6 mm. Tajikistan. ........ S. beloussovi Gusarov, 1994

– Temples significantly shorter, three to four times as long as eyes. In species with described male, median lobe of aedeagus narrower, gradually narrowed toward apex. .. 2

2 Head distinctly longer than wide. Humeral projections poorly developed ( Fig. 2 ). Body length: 14.6–14.8 mm. Kyrgyzstan. ........................ S. kirghizica Gusarov, 1994

– Head about as long as wide. Humeral projections well developed. ........................................................................ 3

3 Temples three times as long as eyes. Pronotum slightly longer than wide, markedly narrowed posteriad, with moderately sparse and fine punctation. Body yellowish-brown, with slightly darker head and pronotum. Apical part of median lobe of aedeagus relatively wide ( Figs 3, 5 ). Body length: 12.2–14.1 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 1 . Iran. ............................... S. persica sp. nov.

– Temples four times as long as eyes. Pronotum distinctly longer than wide, slightly narrowed posteriad, with dense and moderately large punctation. Body reddish- brown. Apical part of median lobe of aedeagus narrow (see GuSAROV 1994: Figs 31–32). Body length: 11.5 mm. Uzbekistan. ............... S. reitteri ( Jakobson, 1909)

Figures

Figs 1–12. Scymbalopsis persica sp. nov. and S. kirghizica Gusarov, 1994. 1–2 – dorsal habitus (1 – S. persica sp. nov., holotype; 2 – S. kirghizica). 3–11 – morphology of S.persica sp. nov.: 3–5 – aedeagus (3–4 – paratype, parameral and lateral view; 5 – holotype); 6–11 – abdominal segments, dorsal view (6–10) or ventral view (11): 6 – male tergite VIII, 7 – male sternite VIII, 8 – male tergite IX and X, 9 – female tergite VIII, 10 – female sternite VIII, 11 – female genital segment. 12 – type locality of S. persica sp. nov. in Lorestan, Iran. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (Figs 1–2), 0.25 mm (Figs 3–11).