Xotidium notatum ( Loebl , 1977)

Ogawa, Ryo & Loebl, Ivan, 2016, A review of the genus Xotidium Loebl, 1992 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scaphidiinae), with descriptions of five new species, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 63 (1), pp. 155-169 : 156

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Xotidium notatum ( Loebl, 1977) Figs 4c, d, 6d, 7c, 9f

Toxidium notatum Löbl, 1977: 65. Transferred: Löbl 1992.

Type material examined.

Holotype, 1♂, Acacia Plat. N. S. W., J. Armstrong, W. Steel coll., B. M. 1969-552 (NHM).

Paratype, 1♂, N. S. Wales, Acacia Plat, J. Armstrong (MHNG).

Additional material examined.

3♂, Queensland, Umg, Bisbane, Wachtel. V. 1981; 1♂1♀, Monsildale Via Kilcay, S. E. Qld., 22. IV. 1963, Monteith; 1♀, N. S. W. Sydeny, Oxford falls, litter + bails, Au: 33, 29. X. 1982, Endrödy-Younga (MHNG).

Supplemental description of female genitalia.

Ovipositor simple: gonostylus with a long apical seta, almost as long as wide: distal gonocoxites elongated (Fig. 9f). Spermatheca connected in medial portion of vagina.

Measurements

(n = 5). Length (PL+EL): 1.19-1.38 mm, PW: 0.62-0.68 mm, EW: 0.66-0.74 mm, HW: 0.32-0.36 mm, ID: 0.09-0.13 mm, PL/PW: 0.67-0.74, EL/EW: 1.08-1.24. Approximate ratio of each antennal segment in length (width) (n = 1): II 1.2 (0.5): III 1.0 (0.3): IV 1.0 (0.3): V 1.2 (0.3): VI 1.3 (0.3): VII 1.5 (0.4): VIII 1.4 (0.3): IX 1.6 (0.5): X 1.5 (0.5): XI 2.0 (0.6).

Distribution

(see Löbl 1977). Australia: New South Wales and Queensland.

Remarks.

The male genitalia have a long sclerite (Fig. 7c), given as short in Löbl (1977). Moreover, the body color is variable (Fig. 4c, d).