Xotidium montanum ( Loebl , 1971)

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 : 155-156

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Xotidium montanum ( Loebl, 1971) Figs 3c, d, 6c, 7e, 9b

Toxidium montanum Löbl, 1971: 1000. Transferred: Löbl 1992.

Type material examined.

Holotype, 1♂, CEYLAN Central, Nuwera Eliya, 1950m, 29. I. 1970, Mussard Besuchet Löbl, MHNG ENTO 00005403 (MHNG).

Paratypes, 4♂, same data as holotype; 2♂1♀, same data as holotype, but 15. II. 1970. (MHNG).

Additional material examined.

1♀, SRI LANKA, 29. iv.-1. v., Idalgashinna, 1400m, 25km SW Badulla, Z. Kejval leg. 1994 (MHNG)

Supplemental description of female genitalia.

Ovipositor simple: gonostylus with a long apical seta, distinctly longer than wide; distal gonocoxites elongated (Fig. 9b). Spermatheca connected in medial portion of vagina (Fig. 9b).

Measurements

(n = 6). Length (PL+EL): 1.38-1.48 mm, PW: 0.73-0.83 mm, EW: 0.79-0.87 mm, HW: 0.32-0.36 mm, ID: 0.13-0.14 mm, PL/PW: 0.64-0.75, EL/EW: 1.00-1.10. Approximate ratio of each antennal segment in length (width) (n = 1): II 1.4 (0.5): III 1.0 (0.3): IV 1.1 (0.3): V 1.3 (0.3): VI 1.3 (0.3): VII 1.6 (0.5): VIII 1.3 (0.4): IX 1.9 (0.6): X 1.8 (0.6): XI 1.9 (0.8).

Distribution

(see Löbl 1971). Sri Lanka.

Remarks.

This species is variable in the color of elytra as shown in Fig. 3c, d.