Paraphloeostiba tonkinensis ( Cameron, 1940 )

Shavrin, Alexey V., 2023, New species and records of the genus Paraphloeostiba Steel, 1960 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae) from Papua New Guinea, and notes on some species from India, Indonesia and Philippines, Zootaxa 5301 (4), pp. 486-500 : 499

Paraphloeostiba tonkinensis ( Cameron, 1940)

( Figs. 36 , 41–42 )

Phloeonomus tonkinensis Cameron, 1940: 181

Paraphloeostiba tonkinesis: Steel 1960: 167

Material examined. PHILIPPINES: 2 ♁♁: Leyte, Visca N Baybay. 22.02.1991. 200–500 m a.s.l., primary forest. W. Shawaller et al. leg. ( SMNS) .

Remarks. Phloeonomus tonkinensis was origianlly described from “ Tonkin: Hoa Binh ”. Steel (1960) redescribed it as Paraphloeostiba , and provided figures of the aedeagus, the female genital segment and the spermatheca. The species was known from Vietnam and Singapore ( Herman 2001). It is here recorded from Philippines for the first time. Habitus as in Fig. 36 . Aedeagus as in Figs. 41–42 .

Figures

FIGURES 33–36. Habitus of Paraphloeostiba: 33—P. apicalis (Mindanao), 34—P. obesa (Borneo), 35—P. subopaca (Tamil Nadu), 36—P. tonkinensis (Leyte). Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

FIGURES 37–42. Aedeagus of Paraphloeostiba (Figs. 37–38: P. apicalis (Mindanao), Figs. 39–40: P. obesa (Sabah), Figs. 41–42: P. subopaca (Tamil Nadu), Figs. 43–44: P. tonkinensis (Leyte)): 37, 39, 41, 43—parameral view, 38, 40, 42, 44—lateral view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.