Scaphisoma dispar LÖBL , 1970

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 : 1420

5.2.19.5. Scaphisoma dispar LÖBL, 1970 (Figs 10, 194, 195)

Scaphisoma dispar LÖBL, 1970a : 125, Fig. 1 . Holotype 6, MNHN; type locality: Luzon, Los Banos.

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: Luzon, Ilocos Norte Prov., Bangui, leg. G. Böttcher 2 ex. (ZMUB); Ifugao Prov., Mt. Polis, 1900 m, 4-5.VI.1977, leg. M. Satô, 1 ex. (MHNG); Luzon, Lagunas Prov., Los Banos, 10.VII.1970, leg. M. Satô (MHNG); Luzon, Lagunas Prov., Mt. Makiling, 4 km SE Los Banos, 9 and 12.IV.1977, leg. L.E. Watrous, 18 ex. (MHNG, BZLA); Luzon, Mt. Makiling, 2000 ft., VI.1947, F.G. Werner, 1 ex. (FMNH); Luzon, Lagunas Prov., Mt. Makiling, 19-20.VI.1978, leg. N. Ohbayashi, 1 ex. (EUMJ): Luzon, Lagunas Prov., Mt. Banashaw, about 1 km from Kinabuhayan, 500 m, 26.XI.1995, leg. I. Löbl, 1 ex. (MHNG).

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

Comments: The description of this species was based on a single specimen, additional material is reported above. The diagnostic details of the internal sac and the shape of the aedeagus in lateral view ( Figs 194, 195 ) are here illustrated for the first time.

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 194 - 200: Aedeagi of Scaphisoma; (193), S. dispar LÖBL, in lateral view, without proximal part of basal bulb, scale = 0.05 mm; (195), ditto, internal sac in dorsal view, scale = 0.05 mm; (196), S. disparides nov. sp., in dorsal view, scale = 0.1 mm; (197), ditto, in lateral view, without proximal part of basal bulb, scale = 0, 0 5 mm; (198), ditto, internal sac in dorsal view, scale = 0.05 mm; (199, 200), S. distinctum nov. sp., in dorsal and lateral views, scale = 0.2 mm.