Xotidium Löbl, 1992

Löbl, Ivan, 2023, On the Scaphidiinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of Java, Indonesia, Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae 108 (1 - 2), pp. 1-34 : 30

Xotidium Löbl, 1992

This genus was reviewed by OGAWA & LÖBL (2016). It comprises ten Southeast Asia species, and a single species from Australia, Mauritius, and Madagascar each. Members of the genus have approximate mesotibiae and metatibia, as those of Scaphicoma , Scaphobaeocera , Scaphoxium and Toxidium LeConte, 1860 . They may be readily distinguished from the similar Scaphoxium by the margin of the hypomera not lobed, from Scaphobaeocera by the basal angles of pronotum not extending posteriad, and from Toxidium by the aciculate maxillary palpomere IV. The 2­segmented labial palpus is an autapomorphy of Xotidium . A single species has been found in the examined collections.