Scaphidium comes Loebl , 1968

Tang, Liang, Li, Li-Zhen & He, Wen-Jia, 2014, The genus Scaphidium Olivier in East China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scaphidiinae), ZooKeys 403, pp. 47-96 : 49-50

Scaphidium comes Loebl, 1968 Figs 5, 6, 62-65, 142-144

Scaphidium comes Löbl, 1968: 388; He et al. 2008a: 181.

Material examined.

Zhejiang: 1♂5♀♀, Lin’an City, West Tianmushan, alt. 350m, 1.V.2006, Y.-X. Wu leg. (SHNU); 1♂2♀♀, same locality but alt. 300m, 29.V.2008, Huang & Yan leg. (SHNU). Hunan: 4♂♂6♀♀, Xiangtan City, Zhaoshan County, 30.I.2011, Z. Peng leg. (SHNU). Hubei: 1♂1♀, Wufeng County, Houhe N. R., 30°5'7"N, 110°33'11"E, 9.VII.2013, Dai, Peng & Xie leg. (SHNU). Guangxi: 6♂♂7♀♀, Shangsi County, Shiwandashan N. R., 300-400m, 23.IV.2011, Zhai, Peng & Zhu leg. (SHNU). Hainan: 1♂, Baishan County, Yinggeling N. R., 3.XII.2007, G.-Y. Yang leg. (SHNU)

Distribution.

China (Zhejiang, Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi, Hainan), North Korea.

Remarks.

These are new records to Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi and Hainan. The species is similar to Scaphidium jinmingi , but it can be easily recognized by the entirely black coloration which is metallic blue in Scaphidium jinmingi . The coloration of the femora is variable, being reddish in a few specimens from Zhejiang and more than half of the specimens from Hunan.