Scaphisoma luteopygidiale ( PIC , 1947)

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 : 1410

5.2.18.5. Scaphisoma luteopygidiale ( PIC, 1947) ( Figs 19 , 167 )

Scutoscaphosoma luteopygidiale PIC, 1947 : 3. Lectotype 6, MNHN; type locality: Palawan, Binaluan. Transfer to Scaphisoma and lectotype designation: LÖBL 1970a: 128; illustration of aedeagus: LÖBL 1970a: 127, Fig. 5 ; LÖBL 1981a: 163, Fig. 15 .

A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Palawan, Central, Cabayugan nr. Lion’s Cave, sea level, 1.XII.1995, leg. I. Löbl, 23 ex. and leg. J. Kodada, 4 ex (MHNG, BZLA); Palawan, Sabang, degrade. rainforest on slope, 50-100 m, 30.XI.1995, leg. J. Kodada, 5 ex. (MHNG); Palawan, Sabang, trail to Underground River, sea level, 30.XI.1995, leg. I. Löbl, 18 ex. (MHNG); Palawan, Sabang, N. of Mt. St. Paul, 11-13.VII.1977, leg. M. Satô, 26 ex. (MHNG, EUMJ, BZLA); Palawan, nr. Cabayugan, 150 m, 2.XII.1995, leg. J. Kodada & B. Rigová, 1 ex. (MHNG); Palawan, Binaluan, 9 ex. (SMTD); Palawan, S. slope of Mt. Balabag, Mantalinga Range, 2800 ft., 4-17.V.1947, F.G. Werner leg., 1 ex. and 3000 ft., 13.V.1947, 2 ex. (FMNH); Palawan, Matalangao nr. Roxas, 150 m, 29.VIII.1985, leg. M. Sakai, 1 ex. (EUMJ); Palawan, Penascosa, 15-16.VII.1977, leg. M. Satô, 1 ex. (MHNG).

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

Comments: The published illustrations of the aedeagus ( LÖBL 1970a, 1981a) show characters seen in dorsal view. The median lobe and parameres seen in lateral view ( Fig. 167 ) are also diagnostic and therefore illustrated in the present paper.

Figures

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 162 - 168: Aedeagi of Scaphisoma; (162, 163), S. inexspectatum nov. sp., in dorsal and lateral views, scale = 0.1 mm; (164, 165), S. inflexum nov. sp., in dorsal and lateral views, scale = 0.1 mm; (166), ditto, parameres in ventral view, scale = 0.1 mm; (167), S. luteopygidiale (PIC), in lateral view, scale = 0.1 mm; (168), S. ochropenne nov. sp., in dorsal view, scale = 0.2 mm.

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.