Supplement to the knowledge of the Scaphidiinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of the Moluccas Author Löbl, Ivan text Revue suisse de Zoologie 2022 2022-03-31 129 1 103 118 journal article 55978 10.35929/RSZ.0064 439e5b25-eb8c-4ffc-a7d3-0670028558d4 0035-418 6461022 Key to the Moluccan species of Baeocera 1 Metanepisterna distinct, separated clearly from metaventrite by a suture. Lateral parts of metaventrite very finely punctate ................................................................................................................................................................... 2 - Metanepisterna indistinct, fused with metaventrite. Lateral parts of metaventrite coarsely punctate .................... 4 2 Body about 1.6-1.7 mm long. Ventrite I with basal wrinkles ........................................................... B. agostii Löbl - Body 1.05-1.40 mm long. Ventrite I lacking basal wrinkles .................................................................................. 3 3 Body 1.05 mm long. Basal striae of elytra broadly separated from lateral striae ........................... Baeocera sp. A - Body about 1.40 mm long. Basal striae of elytra joined with lateral striae ..................................... Baeocera sp. B 4 Pronotum and hypomera conspicuous punctate, with punctures well visible at magnification 20 times ............... 5 - Pronotum and hypomera with inconspicuous punctation hardly visible at magnification 40 times, or impunctate...................................................................................................................................................................................7 5 Elytra with sutural striae shortened, starting well posterior of level of point of scutellum, basal striae absent .... 6 - Elytra with sutural striae entire and extended along basal margins to form basal striae ... B. punctiventris sp. nov. 6 Mesepimera impunctate. Body length about 1.3-1.4 mm ............................................................. B. notata sp. nov. - Mesepimera punctate. Body length about 1.2 mm ................................................................ B. punctigera sp. nov. 7 Elytra with sutural striae shortened, starting well posterior of level of scutellar tip .............................................. 9 - Elytra with sutural striae entire, starting at elytral bases .......................................................................................11 9 Body length 0.90 mm . Apical fourth of parameres widened (dorsal view) ................................. B. kaibesara Löbl - Body length about 1.20-1.35 mm . Apical fourth of parameres not widened ....................................................... 10 10 Tip of median lobe bent, tip of parameres not bent dorsally ............................................................. B. vicina Löbl - Tip of median lobe not bent, tip of parameres bent dorsally ...................................................... B. incurva sp. nov. 11 Elytra with basal striae entire, joined to lateral striae ........................................................... B. paucivestis sp. nov. - Elytra with basal striae broadly separated from lateral striae ............................................................................... 12 12 Aedeagus with tip of median lobe not bent ventrally............................................................................................13 - Aedeagus with tip of median lobe bent ventrally ................................................................................................. 14 13 Body about 1.20-1.35 mm long. Apices of parameres widened (lateral view) .................................. B. vafra Löbl - Body about 1.0- 1.10 mm long. Apices of parameres not widened (lateral view) ........................... B. variata Löbl 14 Antennomere XI about 1.3 times as long as antennomere X. Aedeagus with flagellar guide-sclerite not widened apically .......................................................................................................................................... B. yamdena Löbl - Antennomere XI about 1.1 times as long as antennomere X. Aedeagus with flagellar guide-sclerite widened apically ..................................................................................................................................... B. humicola sp. nov.