Vituratella kistneri (Löbl, 1979)

Löbl, Ivan, 2022, Supplement to the knowledge of Scaphisomatini of Sabah, Malaysia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae), Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae 107 (1 - 2), pp. 7-19 : 18

Vituratella kistneri (Löbl, 1979)

Materiel examined. 50, Sabah, Batu Punggul Resort , 24.vi̅1.vii.1996, FIT ( MHNG) ; 1 , Sabah, Mt. Kinabalu Nat. Park , Poring Hot Springs , 495 m, 30.viii.1988, A. Smetana [B161] ( MHNG) ; 1 , Sabah, Lahad Datu, Ulu Segama Forest Reserve , Coupe 88 logging area , N 04°59.738′ E 117°50.165′, 250 m, iii̅ iv.2005, FIT no 2, selectively logged lowland mixed dipterocarp forest, Yayasan Sabah Logging Concession , E. Slade & J. Villanuava lgt., OUMNH­2005­062 ( OUMNH) ; 1 , Sabah, Lahad Datu, Ulu Segama , Danum Valley Forest Centre , N 04°57.9′ E 117°48.1′, 200 m, 27̅ 28.x.2005, primary forest, D.J. Mann, E. Slade & J. Villanuava lgt., lowland mixed dipterocarp forest, west trail 10, forest interior FIT, OUMNH­2006­051 ( OUMNH) .

Remarks. The species was based on several specimens found in North Sumatra, in fungus gardens of Odontotermes takensis Ahmad, 1965 . It was not reported after its description while V. termitophila Champion, 1927 is widely distributed and has been referred to many times (see OGAWA & MAETO 2015). The colour pattern of the abdomen used as one of the diagnostic characters proves to be unreliable in the examined material.