identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03888785FFB080041B1EFB34929946BA.text	03888785FFB080041B1EFB34929946BA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Scaphisoma coeruleum Löbl 2002	<div><p>Scaphisoma coeruleum sp. n.</p> <p>(Figs 1–2)</p> <p>Holotype male, labelled: NewGuinea /NE/ Mt. Wilhelm, Field Station, 16.IX.1968 /No.</p> <p>NG-M.R.25/ leg. Dr. I. Loksa (HNHM).</p> <p>Paratypes with same data as holotype but: 3200 m, 14.IX. /No. NG-M. R. 20 and 21/, 2 males and 4 females (HNHM, MHNG); Mt. Wilhelm 3600 m, Iambuka Ridge, 18.IX.1968 / No.</p> <p>NG-M.R. 29–31/ leg. I. Loksa, 2 females (HNHM, MHNG).</p> <p>Description. Length 1.5 mm. Head, pronotum and most of elytra dark, with distinct blue or green metallic shine. Apices of elytra and of abdomen, and legs dark brown. Ventral side of thorax and most of abdomen black. Antennae ochreous, with apical segments darkened. Length ratio of antennalsegmentsas:III6,IV8,V11,VI11,VII14,VIII10,IX10,X13,XI17(holotype);segment III comparatively wide, only 1.5 times as long as wide, segment IV almost 3 times as long as wide, narrower than segment III; segments V and VI each about as wide as segment IV, almost 4 times as longaswide;segmentVIIalmost3timesaslongaswide,muchwiderthansegmentVI;segmentVIII about 2.5 times as long as wide, segment XI about twice as long as wide. Eyes conspicuously large, covering lateral parts of head. Pronotum long, moderately narrowed anteriorly, with lateral contours oblique near base, slightly arcuate in anterior half. Lateral pronotal ridges not visible in dorsal view. Pronotal punctation dense, extremely fine and shallow. Pubescence very short but well visible. Scutellum completely covered by pronotal lobe. Elytra very weakly narrowed toward base, widest posterior basal third, from widest point moderately narrowed toward apices. Lateral elytral contours slightly arcuate in apical half. Sutural margin not raised. Inner apical angle lying posterior level of outer apical angles; apical margins edentate, arcuate. Sutural striae fine, diverging from apices toward middle third of sutural length, parallel in anterior third of sutural length, ending posterior line of pronotal lobe, not curved laterally. Lateral margin ridge not visible at dorsal view. Lateral striae curved at base, not extending along basal margin. Punctation of elytra similar to that on pronotum. Metathoracic wings strongly reduced, present as filament-like rudiments. Ventral side of thorax lacking microsculpture and very finely punctate. Mesepimeral ridge slightly longer than interval to mesocoxa. Metasternum comparatively short, convex between mesocoxae, flattened between metacoxae, lacking impressions. Mesocoxal lines parallel to coxae, indistinctly punctate. Mesocoxal areas narrow, 0.02 mm long, about as long as one-third of shortest interval to metacoxae. Metepisterna wide apically, strongly narrowed anteriorly, with inner margin slightly arcuate, hardly impressed belowplane of metasternum. Abdomen very finely punctate and with punctulate microsculpture, latter absent from 1st exposed sternite. Metacoxal lines parallel, 0.03 mm long, with distinct marginal punctures. Tibiae straight, slender.</p> <p>Male sexual characters. Protarsi hardly widened. Aedeagus (Figs 1 &amp; 2) 0.35–0.40 mm long. Median lobe with very long, sinuate apical process and basal bulb weakly sclerotized, prominent and narrowed apically. Apical process of median lobe strongly curved ventrally and very thin (lateral view), tapering at dorsal view. Parameres symmetrical, strongly widened apically. Internal sac with extruded part of flagellum very long.</p> <p>Comments. Scaphisoma coeruleum resembles S. papua by its metallic shine of its body. These two species are the only known Scaphisomatini that have a metallic shine. The other scaphidiines with body having a metallic shine are members of the genus Scaphidium OLIVIER. S. coeruleum may be easily distinguished from S. papua by the blue pronotum and elytra, the shorter antennal segment 3 and the parameres comparatively longer, widened apically and lacking membranous lobes.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03888785FFB080041B1EFB34929946BA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Löbl, I.	Löbl, I. (2002): New Species Of Scaphisoma Leach (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae) From Mt. Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 48 (3): 181-189, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12587511
03888785FFB280031B24FAB29548472E.text	03888785FFB280031B24FAB29548472E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Scaphisoma fenestratum Löbl 2002	<div><p>Scaphisoma fenestratum sp. n.</p> <p>(Figs 3–4)</p> <p>Holotype male, labelled: NewGuinea /NE/ Mt. Wilhelm Field Stat. 3200 m, 14.IX.1968 / No. NG-M. R.21/ leg. Dr. I. Loksa (HNHM).</p> <p>Paratypes: 1 male 4 females with same data as holotype (HNHM, MHNG), 1 female with same data but NG-M. R.20 (HNHM).</p> <p>Description. Length 2.0– 2.1 mm. Body dark brown to black. Elytra each with one small, round, ochreous spot situated posterior mid-length, in outer part of disc. Anterior margin of spots reaching elytral mid-length, posterior margin of spot reaching apical third of elytron; apical fourth of elytra ochreous. Apical abdominal segments lighter than most of body surface. Femora and tibiae reddish-brown or ochreous, antennae and tarsi ochreous. Length ratio of antennal segments as: III 6, IV 8, V 13, VI 13, VII 22, VIII 16, IX 18, X 17, XI 28; segment IV narrow, cylindrical, about 3 times as long as wide, narrower than segment III; segments V and VI subequal, each about 3 times as long as wide, distinctly wider than segment IV, segment VII moderately widened, about 4 times as long as wide, segment VIII comparatively narrow, 4 times as long as wide; segment XI oval, 3 times as long as wide (holotype). Eyes conspicuously large, covering lateral parts of head. Pronotum moderately long,widestatbase,stronglynarrowedanteriorly,withlateralcontoursobliquenearbase,slightlyarcuate in anterior half. Lateral pronotal ridges not visible in dorsal view. Pronotal punctation sparse, extremely fine and shallow. Tip of scutellum exposed. Elytra very weakly narrowed toward base, widest posterior basal fourth, from widest point moderately narrowed toward apices. Lateral elytral contours slightly arcuate in apical third, straight in middle third. Sutural margin raised in apical half to apical two-thirds. Inner apical angle posterior level of outer apical angles; apical margins edentate, arcuate. Sutural striae fairly deep, diverging from apices about up to mid-length, parallel in most of anterior half, extending anteriorly almost to or up to line of scutellar tip, not or shortly curved outwards, if curved not extending along basal margins of elytra. Lateral margin ridge visible in dorsal view; lateral striae curved at base, extending shortly along basal margin. Punctation of elytra similar to but slightly less fine than that of pronotum. Metathoracic wings strongly reduced, present as filament-like rudiments. Ventral side of thorax lacking microsculpture and very finely punctate. Mesepimeral ridge about as long as interval to mesocoxa. Metasternum comparatively short, very weakly convex in median part, lacking impressions. Mesocoxal lines parallel to coxae, indistinctly punctate. Mesocoxal areas narrow, 0.02–0.03 mm long, about as long as third of shortest interval to metacoxae. Metepisterna wide, moderately narrowed anteriorly, with inner margin straight, hardly impressed belowplane of metasternum. Abdomen very finely punctate and with punctulate microsculpture, latter absent from 1st exposed sternite. Metacoxal lines parallel, 0.03 mm long, with distinct marginal punctures. Tibiae straight, slender.</p> <p>Male sexual characters. Protarsi hardly widened. Aedeagus (Figs 3 &amp; 4) 0.75 mm long. Median lobe with long, arcuate apical process (lateral view) and basal bulb weakly sclerotized, prominentandwidenedapically.Apicalprocessstronglycurvedventrally,aboutequallywideatdorsaland lateralviews,taperingatlateralview.Parameresasymmetrical,stronglywidenedandweaklysclerotized. Internal sac with extruded part of flagellum very long.</p> <p>Comments. This species resembles S. papua and S. coeruleum in most diagnostic characters but lacks metallic shine, has a characteristic small elytral spot, comparatively shorter 3rd antennal segment and larger body. The aedeagus of S. fenestratum differs conspicuously from that of its allied S. frontale except, by the very large, weakly sclerotized parameres.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03888785FFB280031B24FAB29548472E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Löbl, I.	Löbl, I. (2002): New Species Of Scaphisoma Leach (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae) From Mt. Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 48 (3): 181-189, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12587511
03888785FFB580021B13FA0592DF40A9.text	03888785FFB580021B13FA0592DF40A9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Scaphisoma infirmum Löbl 2002	<div><p>Scaphisoma infirmum sp. n.</p> <p>(Figs 5–6)</p> <p>Holotype male, labelled: NewGuinea /NE/ Mt. Wilhelm Field Station 16.IX.1968. / No. NG-M. R. 25/ leg. Dr. I. Loksa (HNHM).</p> <p>Paratype female: NewGuinea /NE/ Mt. Wilhelm Kambugomambuno 17.IX.1968. /No. NG-M. R. 26/ leg. Dr. I. Loksa (MHNG).</p> <p>Description. Most external diagnostic characters as in S. fenestratum. It differs as follows: Length1.8–2.0mm.Bodydarkbrown,elytraeachwithsubapical,obliqueochreousfascia.Latterentire or interrupted at middle, extended almost to sutural stria and, outwards, almost touching lateral stria. Apices of elytra lighter than most of elytral disc. Apex of abdomen slightly lighter than remain- der of body. Femora as dark as body, tibiae, tarsi and antennae lighter. Length ratio of antennal segments as: III 6, IV 10, V 17, VI 16, VII 20, VIII 14, IX 17, X 15, XI 20; segments IV, V and VI narrow, V and VI only hardly wider than segment IV, segment V almost 6 times as long as wide, segment VI well 5 times as long as wide; segment VII about 3 times as long as wide; segment VIII much wider than segment VI, about 3 times as long as wide; segment XI oval, about twice as long as wide. Elytral punctation slightly coarser than in S. fenestratum, coarser than pronotal punctation. Metathoracic wings well developed. Metasternum longer than in S. fenestratum. Mesocoxal areas 0.03 mm long, about as one fifth of shortest interval to metacoxae. Metacoxal lines subparallel.</p> <p>Male sexual characters. Protarsal segments hardly widened. Aedeagus (Figs 5 &amp; 6) 0.50 mm long. Apical process of median lobe similar to that in S. fenestratum, but basal bulb oval and parameres strongly asymmetrical. Left paramere strongly widened, right paramere narrow.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03888785FFB580021B13FA0592DF40A9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Löbl, I.	Löbl, I. (2002): New Species Of Scaphisoma Leach (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae) From Mt. Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 48 (3): 181-189, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12587511
03888785FFB480001B0EFC829247409E.text	03888785FFB480001B0EFC829247409E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Scaphisoma frontale Löbl 2002	<div><p>Scaphisoma frontale sp. n.</p> <p>(Figs 7–8)</p> <p>Holotype male labelled: NewGuinea /NE/ Mt. Wilhelm 3600m Imbuka ridge 18.IX.1968 / No. NG-M. R.30/ leg. Dr. I. Loksa (HNHM).</p> <p>Paratypes: same data as holotype, 1 male (MHNG); same data but No. NG-R. 31 leg. Dr. I. Loksa, 3 females (HNHM, MHNG); Mt. Wilhelm 4–9.VIII.1969 / No. NGMt-B39/ leg. Dr. J. Balogh, 1 male (MHNG).</p> <p>Description. Length 1.55–1.65 mm. Body black or very dark reddish-brown, elytra dark brown along apices, apical abdominal segments, femora and tibiae redish-brown. Tarsi and antennae lighter than tibiae. Length ratio of antennal segments as: III 5, IV 6, V 10, VI 11 VII 16, VIII 12, IX 14, X 13, XI 16 (holotype); segment III cylidrical, narrow, slightly narrower than segment IV, segment V about as wide as segment III, segment VI thickened apically, slightly wider than segment V; segment VII much wider than segment VI, segments VII and VIII each about 3 times as wide as long, segment XI oval, broad, hardly twice as long as wide. Eyes not conspicuously large, not entirely covering lateral parts of head. Pronotum moderately long, strongly narrowed anteriorly, with lateral contours arcuate. Lateral pronotal ridges not visible in dorsal view, or exposed at middle. Pronotal punctationsparse,extremelyfineandshallow.Exposedtipofscutellumminute.Elytradistinctlynarrowed toward base, widest posterior basal fifth, from widest point moderately narrowed toward apical third of lateral length, distinctly narrowed in apical third. Lateral elytral contours arcuate in apical third, straight in middle third. Sutural margin raised in apical half to apical two-thirds. Inner apical angle of elytra situated posterior line of outer apical angles; apical margins edentate, arcuate. Sutural striae shallow, almost parallel, extending anteriorly almost to line of scutellar tip, slightly curved outwards. Punctation of elytra similar to that of pronotum although slightly less fine. Metathoracic wings almost completely atrophied. Ventral side of thorax lacking microsculpture and very finely punctate.Mesepimeralridgeshorterthanintervaltomesocoxa.Metasternumshort,weaklyconvexin median part, lacking impressions. Mesocoxal lines parallel to coxae, indistinctly punctate. Mesocoxal areas narrow, 0.03 mm long, about as long as half of shortest interval to metacoxae. Metepisterna wide, strongly narrowed anteriorly, with inner margin almost straight, impressed below plane of metasternum. Abdomen very finely punctate and with punctulate microsculpture, latter absent from 1st exposed sternite. Metacoxal lines parallel, 0.03 mm long, with distinct marginal punctures. Tibiae straight, slender.</p> <p>Male sexual characters. Frons with a large impression covered by a patch of adpressed, very dense, light pubescence. Protarsi weakly widened. Aedeagus (Figs 7 and 8) 0.54–0.55 mm long, similar to that in S.fenestratum. Apical process of median lobe strongly inflexed laterally and less curved ventrally.</p> <p>Comments. The pubescent frontal impression in males in S. frontale is a unique feature within the scaphidiines. In addition, this species may be distinguished from its allied by the comparatively short fourth antennal segment, in combination with the colour patter of the body. The aedeagus is similar to that in S. fenestratum but the apical process of the median lobe is less curved in S. frontale. The aedeagal characters indicate close relationships to S. fenetratum. These two species can be easily distinguished by the elytral colour pattern.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03888785FFB480001B0EFC829247409E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Löbl, I.	Löbl, I. (2002): New Species Of Scaphisoma Leach (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae) From Mt. Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 48 (3): 181-189, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12587511
03888785FFB680001B0CFCD5948044F3.text	03888785FFB680001B0CFCD5948044F3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Scaphisoma medium Löbl 2002	<div><p>Scaphisoma medium sp. n.</p> <p>(Figs 9–10)</p> <p>Holotype male labelled: NewGuinea /NE/ Mt. Wilhelm 3600 m Imbuka Ridge 18.IX.1968 / No. NG-M. R.28/ leg. Dr. I. Loksa (HNHM).</p> <p>Paratypes: Mt.Wilhelm 3200mFieldStation 14.IX.1968 / No. NG-M. R.20/ leg. Dr.I.Loksa 3 females (HNHM, MHNG;); same data but NG-M. R.22, 1 male, 1 female (HNHM, MHNG); same databutNG-M. R. 23,1female(MHNG);samedatabut 16.IX.1968,NG-M. R. 25,1female(HNHM); Mt. Wilhelm field Station, 20.IX.1968 / No. NG-M. R.32/ leg. Dr. I. Loksa 3 females (HNHM, MHNG); Mt. Wilhelm, 4000m, 15.IX.1968 / No. NG-M. R. 24/ leg. Dr. I. Loksa, 2 females (HNHM); Mt.Wilhelm, 3900m, 13–24.IX.1968 / No. NG-M-B.106and132 / leg. Dr.J.Balogh 1male, 1female (MHNG).</p> <p>Description. Length 1.60–1.95 mm. With most external diagnostic characters as S. frontale but the antennal segment 4 longer (the holotype with the length ratio of the antennal segments as: III 5, IV 8 V 14, VI 13, VII 17, VIII 12, IX 15, X 14, XI 18), the scutellum completely covered by the pronotal lobe, the metasternum flattened in the middle, the microsculpture on the abdominal sternites 2 to 4 indistinct, the frons in male not impressed and lacking setal patch, and the aedeagus very distinct. Metathoracic wings present as narrow rudiments reaching about up to abdominal base. Male lacking frontal impression and setose patch.</p> <p>Aedeagus (Figs 9 and 10) 0.65–0.67 mm long. Median lobe with basal bulb asymmetrically narrowed apically, apical process arcuate, at tip curved. Parameres asymmetrical, narrow, arcuate (lateral view), widened in apical parts, right paramere wider than left paramere. Extruded part of flagellum long.</p> <p>*</p> <p>Acknowledgements – I thank my colleague Dr. OTTÓ MERKL, Hungarian Natural History Museum Budapest, for the loan of the material.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03888785FFB680001B0CFCD5948044F3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Löbl, I.	Löbl, I. (2002): New Species Of Scaphisoma Leach (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae) From Mt. Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 48 (3): 181-189, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12587511
