Paraphloeostiba obesa ( Fauvel, 1904 )

Shavrin, Alexey V., 2023, New species and records of the genus Paraphloeostiba Steel, 1960 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae) from Papua New Guinea, and notes on some species from India, Indonesia and Philippines, Zootaxa 5301 (4), pp. 486-500 : 497

Paraphloeostiba obesa ( Fauvel, 1904)

( Fig. 34 )

Homalium obesum Fauvel, 1904: 89

Phyllodrepa (Hapalaraea) obesa: Bernhauer & Schubert 1910: 49 , Cameron 1928: 98

Paraphloeostiba obesa: Steel 1960: 152 , Hammond 1984: 195

Phloeonomus densepunctatus Bernhauer, 1915: 135

Phloeonomus (Phloeonomus) densepunctatus: Scheerpeltz 1933: 1049

Material examined. MALAYSIA: 1 ♁: Borneo, Sabah, Kinabalu National Park : Poring. 500 m a.s.l. 29.11- 02.12.1996. W. Schawaller leg. ( SMNS) .

Remarks. Homalium obesum was originallly described from “Sumatra: région de Deli, dans des tabacs importés”. Steel (1960) redescribed it, designated the lectotype, provided figures of the aedeagus and the female accessory sclerite, and recorded it from Java, Sarawak and Luzon. Phloeonomus densepunctatus Bernhauer, 1915 was originally described from “ Sarawak: Mt. Matang”. Steel (1960) synonymized it with P. obesa . Paraphloeostiba obesa is known from Indonesia, Malaysia (including Sabah) and Philippines ( Herman 2001). Habitus as in Fig. 34 .

Figures

FIGURES 33–36. Habitus of Paraphloeostiba: 33—P. apicalis (Mindanao), 34—P. obesa (Borneo), 35—P. subopaca (Tamil Nadu), 36—P. tonkinensis (Leyte). Scale bars: 1.0 mm.