Scaphisoma surigaosum ( PIC , 1926)

Ivan Löbl & Ryo Ogawa, 2016, On the Scaphisomatini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scaphidiinae) of the Philippines, IV: the genera Sapitia ACHARD and Scaphisoma LEACH, Linzer biologische Beiträge 48 (2), pp. 1339-1492 : 1414

5.2.18.11. Scaphisoma surigaosum ( PIC, 1926) (Figs 36, 177)

Scutoscaphosoma luteoapicale PIC var. surigaosum PIC, 1926: 3. Lectotype 6, MNHN; type locality: Mindanao, Surigao. Lectotype designation, status and transferred to Scaphisoma : LÖBL 1970a: 128; illustration of aedeagus: LÖBL 1970a: 127, Fig. 4 ; LÖBL 1981a: 163, Fig. 14 .

Additional material examined: Mindanao, Baracatan, north slope of Mt. Apo, Eagle Center, 1100 m, 6.VIII.1985, leg. M. Sakai, 2 66 (EUMJ, MHNG); Mindanao, Cotabato Prov., Burungkot, Upi, 1500 fr., 1-9.I.1947, on polypores, leg. F.G. Werner, 1 6 (FMNH); Mindanao, Davao Prov., 25 km W of New Bataan, 1200 m, 20-22.V.1996, leg. Bolm, 1 6 (SMNS); Mindanao, 30 km E of Malaybalay, Busdi, 1000 m, 5-9.V.1996, leg. Bolm, 1 6, 2♀♀ (SMNS, MHNG); Luzon, Lagunas Prov., Mt. Banahaw above Kinabuhayan, 600-700 m, 24.XI.1995, leg. I. Löbl, 1 6 (MHNG); Luzon, Lagunas Prov., Mt. Makiling, summit rd., ca 600 m, 28.XI.1995, leg. I. Löbl, 1 6, 1♀ (MHNG); Luzon, Lagunas Prov., Mt. Makiling, 2000n ft., 1.IV.1947, leg. F.G. Werner, 1 6, 4♀♀ (FMNH); Palawan, Central, Cabayugan nr. Lion’s Cave, sea level, 1.XII.1995, leg. I. Löbl, 4 66, 1♀♀ (MHNG, BZLA).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Philippines: Mindanao, Luzon, Palawan.

Comparative notes: The presence of membranous parameral lobes was overlooked in LÖBL, 1970a and 1981a, and the aedeagus of the species was figured in dorsal view only. Therefore, an illustration of the aedeagus in lateral view ( Fig. 177 ) is given in the present paper.

Figures

Figs 1 - 6: Habitus of Scaphisoma; S. anomalum LÖBL (1); S. bibiranense LÖBL (2); S. bicolor nov. sp. (3); S. bicoloripenne nov. sp. (4); S. bicuspidatum nov. sp. (5); S. binaluanum PIC (6). Scale: 1.0 mm.

Figs 14 - 21: Habitus of Scaphisoma; (14), S. furcillatum nov. sp.; (15), S. inopportunum nov. sp.; (16), S. lunabianum nov. sp.; (17), S. inexspectatum nov. sp.; (18), S. luteomaculatum PIC; (19), S. luteopygidiale (PIC); (20), S. maculosum nov. sp.; (21), S. mindanaosum PIC. Scale: 1.0 mm.

Figs 177 - 183: Aedeagi of Scaphisoma; (177), S. surigaosum (PIC), in lateral view, scale 0.2 mm; (178, 179), S. transversale nov. sp., in dorsal and lateral views, scale = 0.1 mm; (180, 181), S. acutulum nov. sp., in dorsal and lateral views, scale = 0.2 mm; (182, 183), S. apomontanum nov. sp., in dorsal and lateral views, scale = 0.2 mm.