Baeocera rufula ( Löbl, 1973 )

Löbl, Ivan & Smetana, Aleš, 2021, On the Baeocera Erichson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae) of Sabah, Malaysia, and a tale on mystified biodiversity, J. Insect Biodiversity 23 (2), pp. 23-42 : 31

Baeocera rufula ( Löbl, 1973)

Eubaeocera rufula Löbl, 1973: 164 , Figs 11, 12 .

Material examined. 3 ♂, Sabalangan River. env. 25 km SE Sapulut , 26.06.98, Kodada & Čiampor ( MHNG) ; 3 ♂, Crocker Range, Tenom env., Kalang Waterfall env., 18.VI.98, Kodada & Čiampor ( MHNG) ; 1 ♂, Poring Hot Springs, 495 m, 25.VIII.88, Smetana [B148] ( CNC) ; 2 ♂, with the same data but 21.VIII.88 [B136] ( CNC, MHNG) ; 1 ♂, Poring Hot Springs, area Kipungit Creek 2, 490 m, 15.VIII.88 [B113] ( CNC) ; 4 ♂, Poring Hot Springs, 550–600 m, 9.V.87, Burckhardt & Löbl ( MHNG) ; 2 ♂, with the same data ( MHNG) ; 4 ♂, Poring Hot Springs, Mamut River below bridge, 500 m, 13.V.87, Burckhardt & Löbl ( MHNG) ; 3 ♂, Poring Hot Springs, Langanan Falls , 900–950 m, 12.V.87, Burckhardt & Löbl ( MHNG) .

Distribution. Singapore, East Malasia: Sabah.

Comments. The description of the species was based on three specimens found in the Bukit Timah Natural Reserve, Singapore.

Figures

Figures 8–15. Baeocera spp., aedeagi; (8–9) B. secreta sp. nov.. in dorsal and lateral views, scale = 0.1 mm; (10) ditto, paramere in ventral view, scale = 0.05 mm; (11) ditto, internal sac in dorsal view, scale = 0.05 mm. (12, 13) B. segregata sp. nov., in dorsal and lateral views (left paramere missing), scale = 0.1 mm; (14) ditto, paramere in ventral view, scale = 0.05 mm; (15) ditto, internal sac in dorsal view, scale = 0.05 mm.