Scaphisoma stigmatipenne HELLER, 1917

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

5.2.18.10. Scaphisoma stigmatipenne HELLER, 1917 ( Figs 32, 176 )

Scaphosoma stigmatipenne HELLER, 1917 : 46. Lectotype 6, SMND; type locality: Luzon, Mt. Makiling. Lectotype designation and illustration of aedeagus: LÖBL 1970a: 127, 128, Fig. 3 ; aedeagus: LÖBL 1981a: 163, Fig. 16 .

Scaphosoma luteoapicale PIC, 1926 : 2. Lectotype 6, MNHN; type locality: Luzon, Los Banos. Lectotype designation and synonymy: LÖBL 1970a:128.

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, Lagunas Prov., Mt. Makiling, summit rd., 450-700 m, fungi on logs and in leaf and moss litter, 20-22. and 28.XI.19 95, leg. I. Löbl, 59 ex. (MHNG); Luzon, Lagunas Prov., Mt. Makiling, above Mad Springs, 400-700 m, 19-22.XI.1995, leg. J. Kodada, 5 ex. (MHNG); Luzon, Lagunas Prov., Mt. Makiling, 4 km SE Los Banos, 7. and 9.IV.1977, leg. L. Watrous, 9 ex. (MHNG); Luzon, Lagunas Prov., Mt. Banahaw above Kinabuhayan, 600-700 m, trail to Crystalino, 24-25.XI.1995, leg. J. Kodada & B. Rigová, 16 ex., same but leg. I. Löbl, 10 ex. (MHNG, BZLA); Leyte, Visca N Baybay 100-200 m, 27.II.1991, leg. W. Schawaller, 6 ex. (SMNS, MHNG); Leyte, Lunay, 2.III.1913, leg. G. Böttcher, 1 ex. (ZMUB); Mindanao, Davao Prov., E. slope of Mt. McKinley, 3200 ft., 7-8.IX.1946, leg. F.G. Werner, 1 ex. (FMNH); Mindanao, Cotabato Prov., Burungkot, Upi, 1500 ft., 1-9.I.1947, taken on polypores and under bark, leg. F.G. Werner, 23 ex. (FMNH, MHNG); Mindanao, Cotabato Prov., 50 km N. of Parang, 500 ft., 6.XII.1946, leg. F.G. Werner, 7 ex. (FMNH, MHNG); Mindanao, Davao Prov., 25 km NW of New Bataan, 1200 m, 20-22.V.1996, leg. Bolm, 2 ex. (SMNS).

Distribution: Philippines: Luzon, Leyte, Mindanao.

Comparative notes: The aedeagus was illustrated in dorsal view only ( LÖBL 1981a). The shape of the median lobe and of the parameres seen in lateral view resembles that of S. luteopygidiale (PIC) but the ventral side of the apical process of the median lobe is distinctly concave ( Fig. 175 ).

Figures

Figs 169 - 176: Aedeagi of Scaphisoma; (169), S. ochropenne nov. sp., in lateral view, scale = 0.2 mm; (170), ditto, apical process of median lobe, lateral view, scale = 0.05 mm; (171, 172), S. pseudokalabitum nov. sp., in dorsal and lateral views, scale 0.1 mm; (173), paramere in ventral view, scale = 0.1 mm; (174, 175), S. sinuatum nov. sp., in dorsal and lateral views, scale 0.1 mm; (176), S. stigmatipenne HELLER, in lateral view, scale = 0.1 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.

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.