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Scaphisoma alticola

Description

5.2.10. The Scaphisoma alticola species group

The group is here established for S. alticola described below, and for S. heissi LÖBL, 1982 from Sumatra. It is characterized a symmetrical aedeagus with a gutter-like apical process of the median lobe, in combination with strongly widened, lobed parameres; both species have a complex internal sac, lacking a flagellum or sclerotized pieces.

Notes

Published as part of Ivan Löbl & Ryo Ogawa, 2016, On the Scaphisomatini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scaphidiinae) of the Philippines, IV: the genera Sapitia ACHARD and Scaphisoma LEACH, pp. 1339-1492 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 48 (2) on page 1385, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.247206

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Biodiversity

Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Scaphisoma
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Species
alticola
Taxon rank
species

References

  • LOBL I. (1982): Little known and new Oriental species of the genus Scaphisoma LEACH (Coleoptera, Scaphidiidae). Pp. 5 - 16. - In: Special Issue to the Memory of Retirement of Emeritus Professor Michio Chujo. Association of the Memorial Issue of Emeritus Professor Michio Chujo, Nagoya, 145 pp.