Published April 1, 2023 | Version v1
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Scopaeus velutinus Motschulsky 1858

  • 1. Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Center for Biosystematics and Evolution, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Jl. Raya Jakarta-Bogor KM 46, Cibinong, West Java, 16911, Indonesia

Description

Scopaeus velutinus Motschulsky, 1858

This species was described from ‘Indes orientales’ by Motschulsky (1858: 642, 643). The record for Borneo (Bernhauer 1922: 230) may go back to two male Bornean specimens (Pagate, Telang 1881, leg. Grabowsky) of an undescribed species in the Fauvel collection (ISNB) identified as Scopaeus decipiens Kraatz, 1859, which is considered a synonym of S. velutinus since Fauvel (1904: 53). Type studies revealed that this synonymy is incorrect. Both S. velutinus and S. decipiens are absent from Indonesia. The undescribed species from Borneo is, however, closely related to the ‘true’ S. decipiens from India.

Notes

Published as part of Frisch, Johannes & Narakusumo, Raden Pramesa, 2023, Revision of Scopaeus Erichson, 1839 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae) of Indonesia, with description of 19 new species, pp. 23-73 in Soil Organisms 95 (1) on page 70, DOI: 10.25674/so95iss1id311, http://zenodo.org/record/10724236

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Motschulsky
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Scopaeus
Species
velutinus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Scopaeus velutinus Motschulsky, 1858 sec. Frisch & Narakusumo, 2023

References

  • Motschulsky, M. V. (1858): Enumeration des nouvelles especes de Coleopteres rapportes de ses voyages. - Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou 31: 634 - 670.
  • Bernhauer, M. (1922): Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute: Staphylinidae. - Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 88. Jahrgang 1922, Abteilung A, 7. Heft: 220 - 237.
  • Kraatz, G. (1859): Die Staphylinen-Fauna von Ostindien, insbesondere der Insel Ceylan. - Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin: 196 pp.
  • Fauvel, A. (1904): Staphylinides de l'Hindoustan et de la Birmanie. - Revue d'Entomologie 23: 43 - 70.