Scaphidium spinatum Tang & Li, 2010

Tang, Liang & Li, Li-Zhen, 2010, On Scaphidium grande-complex (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scaphidiinae), ZooKeys 43 (43), pp. 65-78 : 70-72

Scaphidium spinatum Tang & Li , sp. n.

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Figs 6, 7, 23–26

Type Material. Holotype. China: Anhui: male, glued on a board with labels as follows: “ Yuexi Couty, Yaoluoping Village , 17.VII.2007 – 4.VIII.2007, coll. Ba Yi-Bing, Lang Jun-Tong & Wang Feng-Yan ” “ Holotype / Scaphidium spinatum / Tang & Li”

Figures 6–9. Adult habitus of Scaphidium . 6, 7 S . spinatum 8,‹ S. laxum . Scales = 1 mm.

[red handwritten label] ( HBUM). Paratypes. 6 males, 12 females, same data as for the holotype (male, female in SHNU, rest in HBUM).

BL: 5.9–7.3 mm, ED: 0.27–0.32.mm, PL / PW of male: 0.78–0.80, PL / PW of female: 0.75–0.79.

Similar to S. grande in most respects, but differs in the following characters: antennal club (Figs 25) relatively stouter; most punctures on head well delimited, connected by weakly confluent traces; apical portion of elytra indistinctly impressed; male profemora (Figs 26) with inner side expanded gradually from base forming an acute angle at apical third, tubercles smaller and sparser; male tibiae (Figs 26) with two widest points forming a blunt and a sharp angle on inner side at about apical 1/5 and apical end respectively; internal sac of aedeagus as in Figs 23, 24.

Distribution. China (Anhui).

Diagnoses. This species can be easily distinguished from other member of the species complex by its small body size.

Etymology. The Latin adjective “ spinatum ” refers to the spined male profemora of the new species.

Biological notes. All specimens were collected from a log covered with fungi.