Scaphisomatini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae) from two biosphere reserves in eastern China, with descriptions of two new species
Löbl Ivan, Hájek Jiří
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 61(2): 495-501, 2021
Published online: 30th December 2021
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Abstract: Members of the scaphidiine tribe Scaphisomatini collected recently in Tianmushan
Biosphere Reserve (Zhejiang) and Wuyishan National Nature Reserve (part of
Wuyishan Biosphere Reserve, Fujian), China, are studied. Two species, Scaphisoma
krali Löbl, sp. nov. and Scaphisoma sekerkai Löbl, sp. nov., are described
from Wuyishan. Baeocera franzi (Löbl, 1973) and Scaphisoma mutator Löbl,
2000 are recorded for the first time from Zhejiang province, and Scaphisoma
binhanum (Pic, 1922) and Scaphoxium intermedium Löbl, 1984 are recorded for
the first time from Fujian province.
Key words: Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scaphidiinae, shining fungus beetles, taxonomy, new species, distribution, East China, Palaearctic Region