Bironium loksai 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 : 236

Bironium loksai Löbl

Bironium loksai Löbl, 1989: 368 , Figs 1 -3.

Material examined. Additional specimens not found in the new collections .

Distribution. Papua New Guinea.

Comments. The species was based on four specimens from Wau, Morobe Prov., Papua New Guinea. The followings characters are here newly given: elytra with basal striae entire, joined to lateral striae; male protarsomere Iabout as wide as half of protibial apex, nearly as long as protarsomeres II and III combined; protarsomeres III lacking prominent ventral lobes, with long ventral setae slightly widened apically. The latter characters state is diagnostic.

Figures

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.