Xotidium montanum ( Loebl , 1971)

Ogawa, Ryo & Loebl, Ivan, 2016, A review of the genus Xotidium Loebl, 1992 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scaphidiinae), with descriptions of five new species, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 63 (1), pp. 155-169 : 155-156

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scientific name

Xotidium montanum ( Loebl , 1971)
status

 

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Xotidium montanum ( Loebl, 1971) View in CoL Figs 3c, d, 6c, 7e, 9b

Toxidium montanum Löbl, 1971: 1000. Transferred: Löbl 1992.

Type material examined.

Holotype, 1♂, CEYLAN Central, Nuwera Eliya, 1950m, 29. I. 1970, Mussard Besuchet Löbl, MHNG ENTO 00005403 (MHNG).

Paratypes, 4♂, same data as holotype; 2♂1♀, same data as holotype, but 15. II. 1970. (MHNG).

Additional material examined.

1♀, SRI LANKA, 29. iv.-1. v., Idalgashinna, 1400m, 25km SW Badulla, Z. Kejval leg. 1994 (MHNG)

Supplemental description of female genitalia.

Ovipositor simple: gonostylus with a long apical seta, distinctly longer than wide; distal gonocoxites elongated (Fig. 9b). Spermatheca connected in medial portion of vagina (Fig. 9b).

Measurements

(n = 6). Length (PL+EL): 1.38-1.48 mm, PW: 0.73-0.83 mm, EW: 0.79-0.87 mm, HW: 0.32-0.36 mm, ID: 0.13-0.14 mm, PL/PW: 0.64-0.75, EL/EW: 1.00-1.10. Approximate ratio of each antennal segment in length (width) (n = 1): II 1.4 (0.5): III 1.0 (0.3): IV 1.1 (0.3): V 1.3 (0.3): VI 1.3 (0.3): VII 1.6 (0.5): VIII 1.3 (0.4): IX 1.9 (0.6): X 1.8 (0.6): XI 1.9 (0.8).

Distribution

(see Löbl 1971). Sri Lanka.

Remarks.

This species is variable in the color of elytra as shown in Fig. 3c, d.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Xotidium