Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Xotidium pygmaeum (Loebl, 1971) Figs 4a, 6e, 7a, 9d

Toxidium pygmaeum Löbl, 1971: 998. Transferred: Löbl 1992.

Type material examined.

Holotype, 1♂, CEYLAN Central, Kandy, 700 m, 16. II. 1970, Mussard Besuchet Löbl, MHNG ENTO 00005402 (MHNG).

Paratypes, 9♂2♀, same data as holotype, but 14. II. 1970 (MHNG); 1♂, same data as holotype (MHNG).

Supplemental description of female genitalia.

Ovipositor simple: gonostylus with a long apical seta, distinctly longer than wide; distal gonocoxites elongated (Fig. 9d). Spermathecae undetected.

Measurements

(n = 5). Length (PL+EL): 1.11-1.19 mm, PW: 0.66-0.68 mm, EW: 0.68-0.74 mm, HW: 0.26-0.30 mm, ID: 0.09-0.11 mm, PL/PW: 0.66-0.69, EL/EW: 0.97-1.03. Approximate ratio of each antennal segment in length (width) (n = 1): II 1.3 (0.7): III 1.0 (0.4): IV 1.1 (0.3): V 1.2 (0.4): VI 1.3 (0.4): VII 1.5 (0.5): VIII 1.3 (0.4): IX 1.7 (0.6): X 1.3 (0.6): XI 1.7 (0.7).

Distribution

(see Löbl 1971). Sri Lanka.