taxonID	type	description	language	source
03FB511C9C187123FF4DCF91452DFC36.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: The vast distribution of S. japonicus ranges from West Bengal (North India) to Japan; for a distribution map see ASSING (2013). The above material from Bhutan represents a new country record.	en	Assing, Volker (2017): On Stilicoderus VI. Two new species from South Vietnam and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (1): 369-376, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5357056
03FB511C9C187123FF4DC9E9463BFAD8.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: The known distribution of S. parvus ranges from Thailand across Sumatra to Java.	en	Assing, Volker (2017): On Stilicoderus VI. Two new species from South Vietnam and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (1): 369-376, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5357056
03FB511C9C187123FF4DCE8F4693FBC6.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: Stilicoderus rastratus had been recorded from only two localities in Sichuan (ASSING 2013 b, 2016).	en	Assing, Volker (2017): On Stilicoderus VI. Two new species from South Vietnam and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (1): 369-376, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5357056
03FB511C9C187123FF4DC8A2448FF9AE.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: This species is distributed in the Himalaya (Nepal, North India).	en	Assing, Volker (2017): On Stilicoderus VI. Two new species from South Vietnam and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (1): 369-376, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5357056
03FB511C9C1D7127FF4DCEC445C7FC06.taxon	description	E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet (adjective) alludes to the strongly bisinuate posterior margin of the male sternite VII. D e s c r i p t i o n: Body length 7.2 - 8.0 mm; length of forebody 4.8 - 5.0 mm. Elytra approximately as long and 1.2 times as broad as pronotum. External characters (Figs 1 - 3) as in S. granulifrons, except as follows: Head (Figs 1 - 2) with lateral margins behind eyes weakly convex in dorsal view, posterior angles completely obsolete; interstices with extremely fine and dense microsculpture rendering the dorsal surface matt (Fig. 16). 3: sternite VII (Fig. 8) posteriorly with deep and broad excision, margin of this excision strongly bisinuate; sternite VIII (Fig. 9) with broad and deep, somewhat obtusely Vshaped posterior excision; aedeagus (Figs 4 - 7) 0.85 mm long (total length 1.1 mm); ventral process stout, strongly sclerotized, strongly curved, and apically acute in lateral view; apical internal structures slender and of subequal length (ventral view). C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: Stilicoderus bisinuatus differs from the three other species of the S. granulifrons group as follows: from S. granulifrons by a head of different shape and without shine (S. granulifrons: head with glossy interstices; lateral margins behind eyes more strongly convex), broader elytra with more pronounced humeral angles, a much deeper and strongly bisinuate posterior excision of the male sternite VII, and by a larger aedeagus with a less strongly curved ventral process and with more strongly sclerotized apical structures of different shapes; from S. confusus by a longer posterior portion of the head (S. confusus: head more abruptly tapering posteriorly), a deeper and strongly bisinuate posterior excision of the male sternite VII, a differently shaped posterior excision of the male sternite VIII (S. confusus: excision broadly concave), and the morphology of the aedeagus (S. confusus: ventral process stouter and more strongly curved; apical structures shorter, less slender, and less strongly sclerotized); from S. brachypterus by a head of different shape and without shine (S. brachypterus: lateral margins behind eyes more strongly convex in dorsal view; interstices glossy), by longer and broader elytra (S. brachypterus: elytra 0.81 - 0.86 times as long and approximately 1.1 times as broad as pronotum), a broader, deeper, and strongly bisinuate posterior excision of the male sternite VII, a less broad and less deep posterior excision of the male sternite VIII, and an aedeagus with a shorter ventral process and much more slender and more strongly sclerotized apical structures. For illustrations of S. granulifrons, S. confusus, and S. brachypterus see ASSING (2016). D i s t r i b u t i o n: The type locality is situated at about 12 ° 08 ' N, 108 ° 32 ' E in South Vietnam, at an altitude of approximately 1450 m.	en	Assing, Volker (2017): On Stilicoderus VI. Two new species from South Vietnam and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (1): 369-376, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5357056
03FB511C9C1C7124FF4DC92244D2F995.taxon	description	E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet (Latin: grapnel, grappling hook) is a noun in apposition and alludes to the shape of the ventral process in lateral view. D e s c r i p t i o n: Body length 7.2 - 7.8 mm; length of forebody 4.5 - 4.8 mm. Coloration: body black; elytra with a relatively large pale-reddish spot extending diagonally from the humeral angles to the posterior two-fifths or the posterior third of the suture (i. e., scutellar portion, suture, and the posterior third to two-fifths black); legs black with slightly paler tarsi; antennae brown with blackish antennomere I. Head (Fig. 10) 1.01 - 1.08 times as broad as long, weakly convex in cross-section; lateral margins behind eyes broadly convex in dorsal view; punctures dense, moderately coarse, and of oval shape; interstices narrower than diameter of punctures, without microsculpture. Eyes strongly convex, 0.3 - 0.4 times as long as postocular region from posterior margin of eye to posterior constriction of head. Antenna (Fig. 11) 2.3 - 2.4 mm long; antennomere IV approximately twice as long as broad, shorter than III; antennomeres V- X of gradually decreasing length; preapical antennomeres approximately as broad as long. Pronotum (Figs 10, 17) 1.06 - 1.10 times as long as broad and 0.84 - 0.85 times as broad as head, moderately convex in cross section; punctation predominantly arranged in longitudinal rugae, defined punctures present only near pronotal margins; midline with pronounced, glossy impunctate band. Elytra (Fig. 10) 0.87 - 0.91 times as long as pronotum; punctation composed of coarse and somewhat irregularly distributed macropunctures and dense micropunctures; interstices without microsculpture. Abdomen with fine and dense punctation; microsculpture of anterior impressions of tergites III-VI pronounced, less pronounced on remainder of tergal surfaces. 3: posterior margin of sternite VII broadly convex, in the middle indistinctly concave (Fig. 12); posterior incision of sternite VIII very narrow anteriorly (Fig. 13); aedeagus (Figs 14 - 15) 1.15 mm long, with a ventral process of distinctive shape and with a pair of curved and acute apical structures. C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: Previously, five Stilicoderus species were known from Vietnam, all of them with reddish spots on the elytra. Aside from the highly distinctive aedeagus, S. harpago is distinguished from them as follows: from S. fenestratus FAUVEL, 1895 by blackish legs, a more transverse head, less convex pronotum and elytra, rugose punctation of the pronotum, and a male sternite VIII of completely different shape; from S. denticulatus ASSING, 2013 by a larger and more depressed body, blackish legs, a transverse head with more convex lateral margins posteriorly (dorsal view), larger eyes, rugose punctation of the pronotum, denser macropuncation on the elytra, a matt abdomen, and a male sternite VIII of different shape; from S. feae FAUVEL, 1895 by smaller body size, more slender head and pronotum, blackish legs, rugose punctation of the pronotum, and a male sternite VIII of completely different shape; from S. discalis FAUVEL, 1895 by a longer body, a much more slender and less depressed forebody, darker and longer legs, less dense punctation of the head, a less matt pronotum with differently rugose punctation, shorter legs, and a male sternite VIII of different shape; from S. strigosus (ROUGEMONT, 1985) by larger body size, a much more slender and less depressed forebody, distinctly smaller and less convex eyes, darker and longer legs, less dense and finer punctation of the head, a less matt pronotum with the rugose punctation not distinctly oblique, shorter legs, and a male sternite VIII of different shape. For illustrations of S. fenestratus, S. feae, S. discalis, S. strigosus, and S. denticulatus see ROUGEMONT (1986) and ASSING (2013 a), respectively. Stilicoderus harpago is attributed to the S. discalis rather than the S. signatus group primarily based on the rugose punctation of the pronotum. It is distinguished from the species previously attributed to this group (e. g., S. discalis, S. strigosus) by a more slen- der and less depressed body with longer legs. D i s t r i b u t i o n: The type locality is identical to that of S. bisinuatus.	en	Assing, Volker (2017): On Stilicoderus VI. Two new species from South Vietnam and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (1): 369-376, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5357056
03FB511C9C1E7125FF4DCC34478AFE1E.taxon	description	C o m m e n t: The vast distribution of S. kambaitiensis ranges from the Himalaya to Laos.	en	Assing, Volker (2017): On Stilicoderus VI. Two new species from South Vietnam and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (1): 369-376, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5357056
