Scaphisoma rufescens ( PIC , 1920)

Ivan Löbl & Ryo Ogawa, 2016, On the Scaphisomatini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scaphidiinae) of the Philippines, IV: the genera Sapitia ACHARD and Scaphisoma LEACH, Linzer biologische Beiträge 48 (2), pp. 1339-1492 : 1412-1413

5.2.18.8. Scaphisoma rufescens ( PIC, 1920) ( Fig. 29)

Pseudoscaphosoma punctatum PIC var. rufescens PIC, 1920a: 24. Syntypes, MNHN; type locality: East Malayasia, Island Banggi. Status and diagnostic characters: LÖBL 1981a: 155, Fig. 4 , 157 . Scutoscaphosoma distinctipenne PIC, 1923 : 195. Lectotype 6, MNHN; type locality: Vietnam, Lac Tho. Lectotype designation and synonymy: LÖBL 1981a: 157.

A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Palawan, Central, Cabayugan nr. Lion’s Cave, sea level, 1.XII.1995, leg. I. Löbl, 2 ex. and leg. J. Kodada, 1 ex (MHNG); Palawan, Sabang, trail to Underground River, sea level, 30.XI.19 95, leg. I. Löbl, 2 ex. (MHNG); Palawan, Sabang, N. of Mt. St. Paul, 11-13.VII.1977, leg. M. Satô, 16 ex. (MHNG); Palawan, Binaluan, 7 ex. (SMTD); Olangoan, 18 km NE San Rafael, sea level, 5-6.XII.1995, leg. I. Löbl, 1 ex. (MHNG); Olanguan, 1.IX.1985, leg. M. Sakai, 1 ex. (EUMJ); Palawan, Matalangao nr. Roxas, 150 m, 29.VIII.1985, leg. M. Sakai, 1 ex. (EUMJ); Palawan, Iwahin River Valley, 16.VI.1977, leg. M. Satô, 5 ex. (MHNG, BZLA).

Distribution: China: Yunnan, Indonesia, West and East Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines: Palawan.

Figures

Figs 1 - 6: Habitus of Scaphisoma; S. anomalum LÖBL (1); S. bibiranense LÖBL (2); S. bicolor nov. sp. (3); S. bicoloripenne nov. sp. (4); S. bicuspidatum nov. sp. (5); S. binaluanum PIC (6). Scale: 1.0 mm.

Figs 157 - 161: Aedeagi of Scaphisoma in dorsal and lateral views; (157 - 159), S. hamatum nov. sp., internal sac extruded, scale = 0.2 mm; (159), ditto, apical part of median lobe with internal sac, scale = 0.1 mm; (160, 161), S. banguiense LÖBL, scale = 0.1 mm.