Xotidium mauritianum (Vinson, 1943)

Ogawa, Ryo & Loebl, Ivan, 2016, A review of the genus Xotidium Loebl, 1992 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scaphidiinae), with descriptions of five new species, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 63 (1), pp. 155-169 : 155

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Xotidium mauritianum (Vinson, 1943) Figs 4b, 6b, 9g

Toxidium mauritianum Vinson, 1943: 201. Transferred: Leschen and Löbl 2005.

Material examined.

2♂1♀, Mauritius, Le Pouce, 18. XI. 1943, J. Vinson. (MHNG).

Supplemental description of female genitalia.

Ovipositor simple: gonostylus short, longer than wide, with a long apical seta: distal gonocoxites elongated and slightly robust (Fig. 9g). Spermathecae undetected.

Measurements

(n = 3). Length (PL+EL): 1.34-1.51 mm, PW: 0.72-0.79 mm, EW: 0.75-0.85 mm, HW: 0.32-0.34 mm, ID: 0.11-0.13 mm, PL/PW: 0.71-0.74, EL/EW: 1.08-1.11. Approximate ratio of each antennal segment in length (width) (n = 1): II 1.5 (0.5): III 1.0 (0.3): IV 1.0 (0.3): V 1.0 (0.3): VI 1.1 (0.3): VII 1.5 (0.4): VIII 1.1 (0.3): IX 1.5 (0.5): X 1.5 (0.6): XI 1.8 (0.7).

Distribution

(referred to Vinson 1943). Mauritius.