Ascaphium alticola Löbl, 1999

He, Wen-Jia, Tang, Liang & Li, Li-Zhen, 2008, New data on the genus Ascaphium Lewis (Coleoptera, staphylinidae, Scaphidiinae) of China, Zootaxa 1923, pp. 62-68 : 67

Ascaphium alticola Löbl, 1999

( Figs. 3 , 7–9 , 12 )

Material examined. CHINA: Sichuan Prov.: ɗ, Luding County, Hailuogou, alt. 3000–3100 m, 22.VII.2006, HU Jia-Yao & TANG Liang leg.

Male sexual characters. Aedeagus ( Figs. 7, 8 ) 1.95 mm long. Median lobe in ventral view slightly wider apically. Internal sac with two groups of symmetrical sclerites, basal and apical ( Fig. 9 ).

Remarks. This species was original described from Sichuan by Löbl (1999), based on two females. A male of this species has never been described before. Our male specimen comes from the type locality of S. alticola , and matches the original description by Löbl (1999). In the male specimen listed above each elytron is with an additional outer discal puncture row consisting of one (left elytron) or two (right elytron) punctures and situated on even surface.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 3. Habitus of Ascaphium. 1 — A. longlingense sp. nov.; 2 — A. ingentis sp. nov.; 3 — A. alticola Löbl. Scale bars 1 mm.

FIGURES 4 – 9. Details of aedeagus of Ascaphium longlingense sp. nov. (4 – 6) and A. alticola Löbl (7 – 9). 4, 7 — aedeagus, lateral view; 5, 8 — aedeagus, dorsal view; 6, 9 — sclerites of internal sac. Scale bars 0.25 mm.

FIGURES 10 – 12. Elytral puncture rows of Ascaphium. 10 — A. longlingense sp. nov.; 11 — A. ingentis sp. nov.; 12 — A. alticola Löbl. Scale bars 0.5 mm.