Scaphidium inflexitibiale Tang & Li, 2010

Tang, Liang & Li, Li-Zhen, 2010, On Scaphidium grande-complex (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scaphidiinae), ZooKeys 43 (43), pp. 65-78 : 72-73

Scaphidium inflexitibiale Tang & Li , sp. n.

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Figs 10, 11, 31–34

Type Material. Holotype. China: Yunnan: male, glued on a board with labels as follows: “ China, Yunnan, Hekou , Yaoshan, N22°49’435”, E 103°44’611”, alt. 1345m, 22.VII.2006, Huang Hao leg. ” “ Holotype / Scaphidium inflexitibiale / Tang & Li” [red handwritten label] ( SHNU).

BL: 10.1 mm, ED: 0.33 mm, PL / PW of male: 0.75.

Similar to S. grande in most respects, but differs in the following characters: body form slightly wider, posterior-lateral angles of pronotum more prominent; male profemora (Figs 34) longer, tubercles smaller, ventral row of tubercles indistinct; male tibiae (Figs 34) longer and more incurved; internal sac of aedeagus as in Figs 31, 32.

Etymology. The specific name is a combination of the Latin words “ inflexi ” and “ tibia ” referring to the incurved male tibia.

Figures Ι0–Ι3. Adult habitus of Scaphidium . Ι0, ΙΙ S. inflexitibiale ΙΙ, Ι2 S. reni . Scales = 1 mm.