Scaphidium laxum Tang & Li, 2010

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

Scaphidium laxum Tang & Li , sp. n.

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Figs 8, 9, 27–30

Type Material. Holotype. China: Yunnan: male, glued on a board with labels as follows: “ China, Yunnan, Nabanhe N. R., Benggangxinzhai , alt. 1750 m, 3.V.2009, Hu Jia-Yao & Yin Zi-Wei leg” “ Holotype / Scaphidium laxum / Tang & Li” [red handwritten label] ( SHNU) . Paratype. female, same as for the holotype. ( SHNU)

BL: 8.9–9.4 mm, ED: 0.33–0.35 mm, PL / PW of male: 0.75, PL / PW of female: 0.69.

Similar to S. grande in most respects, but differs in the following characters: body form slightly wider, posterior-lateral angles of pronotum more prominent; male profemora (Figs 30) with inner side expanded gradually from base to form a blunt angle at apical third, tubercles smaller and sparser; male tibiae (Figs 30) more incurved; internal sac of aedeagus as in Figs 27, 28.

Etymology. The Latin adjective “ laxum ” refers to the broad body form of the new species.

Biological notes. Specimens were collected from a log covered with white fungi while mating (Fig 44).