Supplement to the knowledge of the Scaphidiinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of the Moluccas
Author
Löbl, Ivan
text
Revue suisse de Zoologie
2022
2022-03-31
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journal article
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10.35929/RSZ.0064
439e5b25-eb8c-4ffc-a7d3-0670028558d4
0035-418
6461022
Baeocera
sp. B
Material examined:
MHNG
;
1 female
;
MALUC
:
Kai Besar Island
,
G. Dab
,
leaf litter
,
400 m
,
5.IX.1981
,
D. Agosti
,
F911046
.
Remarks:
This is the second Moluccan species of
Baeocera
remaining unnamed, in absence of at least
one male
specimen (see “
Baeocera
sp. A
” in
Löbl, 2015a
). It is similar to the Papuan
B. curta
Löbl, 2002
, differs by the less arcuate suture of the metanepisterna and the ventrite I lacking basal striae. Thus, it may be an undescribed species.
Baeocera curta
has a complex aedeagus providing reliable specific characters which are quite unlike those of members of the
Baeocera lenta
group and of
B. agostii
. The specimen has slightly prominent apical inner apical angles of the elytra, a character noted for the first time in
Baeocera
. It may be sexual, as it is in some species of
Scaphisoma
Leach.