Scymbalium persimile CAMERON 1940

Assing, V., 2013, On the Palaearctic and Oriental species of Scymbalium and Micrillus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (2), pp. 1479-1520 : 1484

Scymbalium persimile CAMERON 1940

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Type material examined Holotype: "Type [curator label] / Tanooma, Mesopotamia / S. persimilis Cameron Type / M. Cameron. Bequest B.M. 1955-147 / Holotypus Scymbalium persimile Cameron rev. V. Assing 2007" ( BMNH).

Comment: The original description is explicitly based on a single "type" from " Mesopotamia: Tanooma" ( CAMERON 1940). The species is distinguished from S. anale especially by the finer and denser punctation of the abdomen. For illustrations of the holotype see Figs 2-4 . The male sexual characters of S. persimile are still unknown. This species has been recorded only from Iraq and South European Russia ( SMETANA 2004).

Figures

Figs 2-8: Scymbalium persimile CAMERON, holotype (2-4) and S. nepalense nov.sp., paratype (5- 8): (2, 5) habitus; (3, 6) forebody; (4) abdomen; (7) aedeagus in lateral view; (8) aedeagus in ventral view. Scale bars: 2-6: 1.0 mm; 7-8: 0.2 mm.