Bironium maculatum Löbl, 1989

Löbl, Ivan, 2021, A review of the Bironium Csiki, 1909 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae) of New Guinea and the Moluccas, Acta Musei Moraviae 106 (2), pp. 227-248 : 237

Bironium maculatum Löbl

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Bironium maculatum Löbl, 1989: 371 , Figs 7, 8 .

Material examined. PAPUA NEW GUINEA: 2, Morobe Distr., Lea , H. Franz ( NHMW, MHNG) ; 1, Morobe Distr., Wau, 1150 m, 19.V.1992, G. Cuccodoro ( MHNG) ; 1, Morobe Distr., above Wau, 1400 m, 16.V.1992, G. Cuccodoro ( MHNG) ; 2, Morobe Distr., Mt. Kaindi , 1350 m, 24.V.1992, G. Cuccodoro ( MHNG) ; 1, Morobe Distr., Lakekamu Basin, Tekadu , 200- 400 m, 28.II. - 1.III.1998, A. Riedel ( MHNG).

Distribution. Papua New Guinea.

Comments. This species was based on two specimens collected in 1957 at Popondetta and Kokoda (Oro Province), respectively. The followings characters are here added: ventrite Iwith small basomedian hump, male protarsomere Iabout as wide as three fourth of protibial apex and about as long as protarsomeres II and III combined; protarsomeres III weakly lobed, with long, not widened apicoventral setae; gonocoxite as Fig. 21 , without gonostyle.

Figures

Figs 20-29. 20 – Bironium longipes (Reitter): gonocoxite, scale = 0.1 mm. 21 – Bironium maculatum Löbl: gonocoxite, scale = 0.1 mm. 22–25, Bironium maindai sp. nov.: 22, 23 – Aedeagus in dorsal and lateral views, scale = 0.1 mm; 24 – Paramere in ventral view, scale = 0.1 mm; 25 – Internal sac, scale = 0.1 mm. 26–29, Bironium ornatum sp. nov.: 26, 27 – Aedeagus in dorsal and lateral views, scale 0.2 mm; 28 – Paramere in ventral view, scale = 0.2 mm; 29 – Internal sac, scale = 0.1 mm.

Figs 1-10. 1–6, Bironium albertisi sp. nov.: 1, 2 – Aedeagus in dorsal and lateral views, scale = 0.2 mm; 3 – Tip of median lobe in lateral view, scale = 0.1 mm; 4 – Internal sac, scale = 0.1 mm; 5 – Paramere in ventral view, scale 0.1 mm; 6 – Gonocoxite, scale = 0.05 mm. 7–10, Bironium bicolor sp. nov.: 7, 8 – Aedeagus in dorsal and lateral views, scale = 0.2 mm; 9 – Internal sac, scale = 0.1 mm; 10 – Paramere in ventral view, scale = 0.1 mm.