Scaphisoma anomalum LÖBL , 1972

Ivan Löbl & Ryo Ogawa, 2016, On the Scaphisomatini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scaphidiinae) of the Philippines, IV: the genera Sapitia ACHARD and Scaphisoma LEACH, Linzer biologische Beiträge 48 (2), pp. 1339-1492 : 1389

5.2.13.1. Scaphisoma anomalum LÖBL, 1972 ( Fig. 1 )

Scaphisoma anomalum LÖBL, 1972 : 91, Figs 29, 30. Holotype 6, ZMUB; type locality: Mindanao, Surigao.

A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Mindanao, Davao Prov., 2 5 km NW of New Bataan, 1200 m, 20-22.V.1996, leg. Bolm, 3 ex. (SMNS, MHNG); Leyte, Visca N Baybay, prim. forest 200-500 m, 22.II.1991, leg. W. Schawaller et al. 1 ex. (MHNG).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Philippines: Mindanao, Leyte.

C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: This species may be easily distinguished by the aede- agal characters, in particular by the strongly widened and flattened parameres. It lacks obvious abdominal microsculpture, as most of its allied. The submetacoxal plates of the sternite 1 are about 0.03-0.04 mm, as fifth to fourth of intervals to apical margin, the submetacoxal lines are weakly convex, coarsely and sparsely punctate, these punctures forming an uninterrupted row in the middle of the sternite.

Figures

Figs 1 - 6: Habitus of Scaphisoma; S. anomalum LÖBL (1); S. bibiranense LÖBL (2); S. bicolor nov. sp. (3); S. bicoloripenne nov. sp. (4); S. bicuspidatum nov. sp. (5); S. binaluanum PIC (6). Scale: 1.0 mm.