Scaphobaeocera Csiki

Leschen, Richard A. B. & Löbl, Ivan, 2005, Phylogeny And Classification Of Scaphisomatini Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae With Notes On Mycophagy, Termitophily, And Functional Morphology, The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 3) 59, pp. 1-63 : 25-26

Scaphobaeocera Csiki

Scaphobaeocera Csiki, 1909: 341 . Type species: Scaphobaeocera papuana Csiki, 1909 ; by monotypy.

Baeotoxidium Löbl, 1971: 990 . Type species: Baeotoxidium lanka Löbl, 1971 ; by original designation. New Synonymy.

Comments. Baeotoxidium shares many features in common with Scaphobaeocera and in all of the most-parsimonious trees these two taxa group together consistently by the following characters (see Appendix 2): mesoventral rest and mesoventral lines paralell (53-1), mesometaventral ridge and sulcus absent (62-1 and 63-1), mesocoxae transverse (64-1) and metaventral setiferous patch present (68-1). Based on the sharing of these characters, and similarity among the two genera, we formally synonymize these two names here. Specimens we examined of Scaphobaeocera are maintained in MHNG and NZAC.

New Combinations. From Baeotoxidium : Scaphobaeocera bengalensis (Löbl, 1984) , S. elegans (Löbl, 1971) , S. gagata (Löbl, 1971) , S. lanka (Löbl, 1971) ; S. indica (Löbl, 1979) , S. siamensis (Löbl, 1990) , S. yeti (Löbl, 1992) .