Scaphisoma palu Löbl, 1983

Löbl, Ivan, 2018, A review of Scaphisomatini from Sulawesi, with descriptions of ten new species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 58 (1), pp. 151-165 : 162

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.2478/aemnp-2018-0013
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BF2CDC12-C555-4187-BFAB-274C9C674A5D
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3706101
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F94B1B-2173-FF80-6440-E21307198725
treatment provided by	Tatiana
scientific name	Scaphisoma palu Löbl, 1983
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Material examined. INDONESIA: NORTH SULAWESI: 1 km S Sawangan, Flusstal bei [river valley near] River Park resort , 01°22 ′ 51 ″ N, 124°56 ′ 56 ″ E, 250 m, 1.–3.ii.2004, A. Weigel leg., 2 ( MHNG, NKME). GoogleMaps

Notes. Unlike the types from South Sulawesi, these two specimens have elytra with a distinct colour pattern, having narrow dark transverse fascia and anteriorly the yellowish apical fourth, and being reddish in a large area between the darkened base and the transverse fascia.