Baeocera nonguensis LÖBL

Löbl, Ivan, 2018, Review of the genus Baeocera of Chile (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (2), pp. 1305-1317 : 1310

3.8 Baeocera nonguensis LÖBL

N e w r e c o r d s: 5, Region IV, Prov. Limari, Nat. Park Fray Jorge , 550 m, Alto de Talinay , 6- 7.XII.1990, Agosti & Burckhardt nr 1a ( MHNG) ; 6, Region XI, Jeinimeni Nat. Park , XI.2001, pit fall trap, log with fungus and sieved wood, S. J. Hine & K. A. Jackson ( NHML, MHNG) ; 1, Region XI, Quealat Nat. Park , XII.2003, forest edge nr. base, leaf litter, P. M. Hamond .

C o m m e n t s: The species was known from Concepción: Estero Nonguen, Valparaíso: Gomez Carreno and Argentina: Chubut: El Hoyo, ( LÖBL 1983: 165). The El Hoyo record is based on a female and the identification should be confirmed once additional material with at least one male becomes available. The species may be distinguished by its uniformly light dorsum of body and darkened metaventrite, in combination with shortened sutural striae of elytra. Diagnostic is the very long and thin flagellum.