Scaphidium sauteri Miwa & Mitono, 1943

Tang, Liang, Li, Li-Zhen & He, Wen-Jia, 2014, The genus Scaphidium Olivier in East China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scaphidiinae), ZooKeys 403, pp. 47-96 : 57

Scaphidium sauteri Miwa & Mitono, 1943 Figs 20, 21, 86-89

Scaphidium sauteri Miwa & Mitono, 1943: 529.

Material examined.

Fujian: 1♂1♀, Wuyishan City, Guadun Vil., 27°43'59"N, 117°39'3"E, alt. 1000-1100m, 27.V.2012, X.-B. Song leg. (SHNU); 1♂: ibidem, 27°44'25"N, 117°38'9"E, alt. 1200-1300m, 26.V.2012, X.-B. Song leg. (SHNU). Anhui: 1♀, Yuexi County, Yaoluoping N. R., Ximianzi Vil., 30°58'55"N, 116°3'49"E, alt. 1050m, 21.VI.2013, Dai & Peng leg. (SHNU). Zhejiang: 1♂, Kaihua County, Gutianshan, 29°14'N, 118°6'E, alt. 320m, 20.V.2013, J.-Y. Hu leg. (SHNU); ibidem, 29°14'N, 118°8'E, alt. 400-500m, 19.VI.2013, Lv & Xie leg. (SHNU). Jiangxi: 1♂3♀♀, Jinggangshan City, Ciping, alt. 850m, 18.X.2010, Peng, Zhai & Zhu leg. (SHNU). Guangdong: 1♀, Shaoguan City, Ruokeng, 30.VIII.2008, B.-P. Huang leg. (SHNU). Guangxi: 1♀, Lingui County, Huaping N. R., 28.X.2009, Y. Liu leg. (SHNU); 1♀, Lingui County, Huaping N. R., Anjiangping, alt. 1200m, 13.VII.2011, Z. Peng leg. (SHNU)

Distribution.

China (Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan).

Remarks.

The type depository of the species is TARI and the photo of the type specimen was sent to us by Dr. Chi-Feng Lee. Each pronotal fascia of the type extends to lateral side basally along the antebasal puncture row, which is absent in specimens from mainland China; this is temporarily considered as intra-specific variability. In the habitus photo, there is a black spot on the vertex similar to that in Fig. 16, which is covered by the pronotum.