Scaphobaeocera sp. 2

Löbl, Ivan, 2022, Supplement to the knowledge of the Scaphidiinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of the Moluccas, Revue suisse de Zoologie 129 (1), pp. 103-118 : 115

Scaphobaeocera sp. 2

Material examined: MHNG; 1 female; MALUK: Tanimbar Isl. , Yamdena, 22 km N Samlaki via Aram, Desa Lorulun , 11.IX.1981, D. Agosti .

Remarks: This specimen would fall in the key to the New Guinean Scaphobaeocera ( Löbl, 2017) under the couplet 5, to S. antennalis Löbl, 1975 and S. remota Löbl, 1981 , and it shares with S. remota the elytra darkened apically and the antennomeres XI more than twice as long as the antennomeres X.

Habitat: Melaleuca open forest on limestone, leaf litter heavily infested by mycorrhiza.

Distribution: Indonesia: Moluccas, Tanimbar Island.