Baeocera sp. B

Löbl, Ivan, 2022, Supplement to the knowledge of the Scaphidiinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of the Moluccas, Revue suisse de Zoologie 129 (1), pp. 103-118 : 112

Baeocera sp. B

Material examined: MHNG; 1 female; MALUC: Kai Besar Island , G. Dab , leaf litter, 400 m, 5.IX.1981, D. Agosti, F911046 .

Remarks: This is the second Moluccan species of Baeocera remaining unnamed, in absence of at least one male specimen (see “ Baeocera sp. A ” in Löbl, 2015a). It is similar to the Papuan B. curta Löbl, 2002 , differs by the less arcuate suture of the metanepisterna and the ventrite I lacking basal striae. Thus, it may be an undescribed species. Baeocera curta has a complex aedeagus providing reliable specific characters which are quite unlike those of members of the Baeocera lenta group and of B. agostii . The specimen has slightly prominent apical inner apical angles of the elytra, a character noted for the first time in Baeocera . It may be sexual, as it is in some species of Scaphisoma Leach.