Baeocera obliqua ( Löbl, 1973 )

Löbl, Ivan & Smetana, Aleš, 2021, On the Baeocera Erichson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae) of Sabah, Malaysia, and a tale on mystified biodiversity, J. Insect Biodiversity 23 (2), pp. 23-42 : 30

Baeocera obliqua ( Löbl, 1973)

Eubaeocera obliqua Löbl, 1973: 165 , Figs 13, 14 .

Material examined. 2 ♂, Kibongol Village 7 km N Tambunan, 700 m, 20.V.87, Burckhardt & Löbl ( MHNG) ; 3 ♂, Sabalangan River env. ca 25 km SE Sapulut, 26.06.98, Kodada & Čiampor ( MHNG) ; 3 ♂, Crocker Range, Tenom env., Kalang Waterfall env., 18.VI.98, Kodada & Čiampor ( MHNG) ; 1 ♂, Crocker Range, km 63 rd. Kota Kinabalu-Tambunan , 1200 m, 19.V.87, Burckhardt & Löbl ( MHNG) ; 4 ♂, Crocker Range, km 51–52 rd. Kota Kinabalu-Tambunan , 1600 m, 18.V.87, Burckhardt & Löbl ( MHNG) ; 2 ♂, Crocker Range, 60 km rd. Kota Kinabalu-Tambunan , 1270 m, 17.V.87, Burckhardt & Löbl ( MHNG) ; 1 ♂, Crocker Range, near pass, 1550–1650 m, 16.V.87, Burckhardt & Löbl ( MHNG) ; 8 ♂, Poring Hot Springs , 500 m, 8.V.87, Burckhardt & Löbl ( MHNG) ; 2 ♂, same data but Mamut River below bridge, 13.V.87 ( MHNG) ; 1 ♂, same data but 550–600 m, 9.V.87 ( MHNG) ; 2 ♂, Poring Hot Springs, Langanan Falls , 900–950 m, 12.V.87, Burckhardt & Löbl ( MHNG) ; 1 ♂, same data but below Langanan Falls, 850 m, 12.V.87, Smetana ( CNC) ; 1 ♂, Poring Hot Springs , 485 m, 20.VIII.88, Smetana [B130] ( CNC) ; 1 ♂, same data but area Kipungit , 540 m, 15.VIII.88 [B113] ( CNC) ; 4 ♂, Mt. Kinabalu, Liwagu Trail , 1540 m, 29.IV.87, Burckhardt & Löbl ( MHNG) ; 1 ♂, same data but 1500 m, 22.V.87, Burckhardt & Löbl ( MHNG) ; 3 ♂, same data but near Headquarters , 1550 m, 23.IV.87 ( MHNG) ; 1 ♂, same data but 1500–1550 m, 27.V.87, Smetana ( CNC) ; 1 ♂, same data but 1520 m, 12.VIII.88, Smetana [B106] ( CNC) ; 1 ♂, Mt. Kinabalu, Summit Trail , Pondok Ubah , 2050 m, 26.IV.87, Smetana ( CNC) ; 1 ♂, Mt. Kinabalu, Liwagu Trail , 1750 m, 27.IV.87, Burckhardt & Löbl ( MHNG) ; 3 ♂, Mt. Kinabalu, Silau-Silai Trail , 1550–1650 m, 24.IV.87, Burckhardt & Löbl ( MHNG) .

Distribution. East Malaysia: Sabah.

Comments. The description of the species was based on a single specimen found at Tawau, Quoin Hill.

Figures

Figures 8–15. Baeocera spp., aedeagi; (8–9) B. secreta sp. nov.. in dorsal and lateral views, scale = 0.1 mm; (10) ditto, paramere in ventral view, scale = 0.05 mm; (11) ditto, internal sac in dorsal view, scale = 0.05 mm. (12, 13) B. segregata sp. nov., in dorsal and lateral views (left paramere missing), scale = 0.1 mm; (14) ditto, paramere in ventral view, scale = 0.05 mm; (15) ditto, internal sac in dorsal view, scale = 0.05 mm.