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Scaphidium laxum Tang & Li 2010, sp. n.

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai ,, China
  • 2. Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China

Description

Scaphidium laxum Tang & Li, sp. n.

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Figs 8, 9, 27–30

Type Material. Holotype. China: Yunnan: male, glued on a board with labels as follows: “ China, Yunnan, Nabanhe N. R., Benggangxinzhai, alt. 1750 m, 3.V.2009, Hu Jia-Yao & Yin Zi-Wei leg” “ Holotype / Scaphidium laxum / Tang & Li” [red handwritten label] (SHNU). Paratype. female, same as for the holotype. (SHNU)

BL: 8.9–9.4 mm, ED: 0.33–0.35 mm, PL / PW of male: 0.75, PL / PW of female: 0.69.

Similar to S. grande in most respects, but differs in the following characters: body form slightly wider, posterior-lateral angles of pronotum more prominent; male profemora (Figs 30) with inner side expanded gradually from base to form a blunt angle at apical third, tubercles smaller and sparser; male tibiae (Figs 30) more incurved; internal sac of aedeagus as in Figs 27, 28.

Etymology. The Latin adjective “ laxum ” refers to the broad body form of the new species.

Biological notes. Specimens were collected from a log covered with white fungi while mating (Fig 44).

Notes

Published as part of Tang, Liang & Li, Li-Zhen, 2010, On Scaphidium grande-complex (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scaphidiinae), pp. 65-78 in ZooKeys 43 (43) on page 72, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.43.447, http://zenodo.org/record/576659

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Biodiversity

Collection code
R, SHNU
Event date
2009-05-03
Verbatim event date
2009-05-03
Scientific name authorship
Tang & Li
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Scaphidium
Species
laxum
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
sp. n.
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Scaphidium laxum Tang & Li, 2010