Baeocera incisa ( 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 : 28-30

Baeocera incisa ( Löbl, 1973)

Eubaeocera incisa Löbl, 1973: 161 , Figs 7 , 8.

Baeocera incisa Löbl, 1979: 69 , Fig. 13 .

Material examined. 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Sabalangan River env. ca 25 km SE Sapulut, 26.06.98, Kodada & Čiampor ( MHNG) ; 1 ♂, Crocker Range, Tenom env., Kalang Waterfall env., 18.VI.98, Kodada & Čiampor ( MHNG) ; 1 ♀, Crocker Range, rd. Kinabalu-Tambunan , near pass, 1550–1650 m, 16.V.87, Burckhardt & Löbl ( MHNG) ; 1 ♀, Poring Hot Springs , 600 m, 11.VII.1992, E. Heiss ( MHNG) ; 1 ♂, Poring Hot Springs , 500 m, 10.V.87, Smetana ( CNC) ; 1 ♂, same data but 485 m, 25.VIII.88 [B147] ( CNC) ; 3 ♀, Poring Hot Springs, Kipungit Creek , 540 m, 15.VIII.88, Smetana [B113] ( CNC) ; 1 ♂, Poring Hot Springs , 485 m, 20.VIII.88, Smetana [B130] ( CNC) ; 1 ♂, same data but 21.VIII.88 [B135] ( CNC) ; 1 ♂, 2 ♀, same data but 495 m, 24.VIII.88 [B144] ( CNC) ; 1 ♂, same data but 25.VIII.88 [B148] ( CNC) ; 1 ♂, same data but [B148] ( CNC) ; 2 ♂, same data but 510 m, 30.VIII.88 [B162] ( CNC) ; 1 ♀, same data but 495 m, 27.VIII.88 [B155] ( CNC) ; 8 ♂, 7 ♀, same data but 500 m, 8.V.87, Burckhardt & Löbl ( MHNG) ; 8 ♂, same data but 6.V.87 ( MHNG) ; 10 ♂, 4 ♀, same data but 550–600 m, 9.V.87 ( MHNG) ; 16 ♂, 6 ♀, same data but 11.V.87 ( MHNG) ; 2 ♂, 4 ♀, same data but Mamut River below bridge, 13.V.87 ( MHNG) ; 1 ♂, same data but near Bat Cave , 10.V.87 ( MHNG) ; 4 ♂, 1 ♀, Poring Hot Springs , area Kipungit Creek , 540 m, 15.VIII.88, Smetana [B113] ( CNC, MHNG) ; 3 ♀, Poring Hot Springs , above Kipungit Cave , 600 m, 10.V.87, Burckhardt & Löbl ( MHNG) ; 1 ♂, Mt. Kinabalu, Liwagu Trail , 1500 m, 22.V.87, Burckhardt & Löbl ( MHNG) ; 1 ♀, same data but near “ Power Station ” 1880 m, 26.IV.87 ( MHNG) ; 1 ♀, same data but 1540 m, 28.IV.87 ( MHNG) ; 1 ♀, same data but Liwagu Trail , “Section 2”, 1500 m, 30.IV.87 ( MHNG) ; 1 ♂, 2 ♀, Mt. Kinabalu, Silau-Silau Trail , 1550–1650 m, 24.IV.87, Burckhardt & Löbl ( MHNG) ; 6 ♂, 2 ♀, Kipongol village 7 km N Tambunan, 700 m, 20.V.87, Burckhardt & Löbl ( MHNG) .

Distribution. East Malaysia: Sabah.

Comments. The description of the species was based on a single male found at Umas, near Tawau. It is unique within the Bornean congeners in having parameres abruptly narrowed and a short flagellum in combination. These characters are shared with B. pseudoincisa Löbl, 1984 and B. manasensis Löbl, 1984 from India and B. jeani Löbl, 2012 from Palawan.

Figures

Figures 1–7. Baeocera spp., aedeagi; (1, 2) B. omnigena sp. nov., in dorsal and lateral views, internal sac extruded, scale = 0.1 mm; (3) ditto, paramere in ventral view, scale = 0.05 mm. (4, 5) B. rudis sp. nov., in dorsal and lateral views, scale = 0.1 mm; (6) ditto, paramere in ventral view, scale = 0.05 mm; (7) ditto, internal sac in dorsal view, scale = 0.05 mm.

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.