Scaphidum vernicatum ( Pic, 1954 )

Tu, Yue-Ye & Tang, Liang, 2017, Supplement to the knowledge of the genus Scaphidium Olivier of East China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae), Zootaxa 4268 (4), pp. 593-596 : 596

Scaphidum vernicatum ( Pic, 1954)

Scaphium vernicatum Pic, 1954: 57 .

Material examined. China: Fujian: 3♂♂, Kuatun (2300m), 27,40n. Br. 117,40ö., 12–13.VI.1938, J. Klapperich leg. ( ZFMK).

Distribution. China (Fujian, Jiangxi).

To accommodate the new species and new recorded species, the key to Scaphidium species of East China ( Tang, Li & He, 2014) should be modified as follows:

2 Meso- and metafemora black with reddish fasciae .......................................................................................................................... 3 - Meso- and metafemora blackish or reddish without fascia............................................................................................................... 4

4 Body form elongate with lateral sides somewhat parallel; elytra evenly punctate without puncture row....................................... 5 - Body form oval; elytra with one or two puncture rows consisting of coarse punctures................................................................. 4a 4a Elytra with one puncture row; femora reddish. BL: 4.1–4.5 mm. China (Fujian) .......................................................... S. fukiense - Elytra with two puncture rows; femora black. BL: 5.5–6.1 mm . China (Fujian) ............................................................. S. ahrensi

6 Pronotum and elytra entirely reddish brown without fascia............................................................................................................ 6a - Elytra with fasciae, pronotum with or without fasciae ..................................................................................................................... 7 6a Smaller species, BL: 3.7–4.6 mm; pronotum usually with black dots. China (Zhejiang, Anhui) .......................... S. varifasciatum - .........................................................................Larger species, BLḵ 5.9 mm; pronotum without black dots . China (Fujian, Taiwan)

........................................................................................................................................................................................... S. vicinum