Scaphidiinae Latreille, 1806

Groll, Elisa Von, 2025, Twenty new species of Scaphidiinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Minas Gerais, Southeast Brazil, European Journal of Taxonomy 990, pp. 1-145 : 4-5

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.990.2903

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15497991

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scientific name

Scaphidiinae Latreille, 1806
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Key to the Scaphidiinae Latreille, 1806 View in CoL genera occurring in Brazil

1. Antennae robust; antennomeres VII –XI forming a distinct club ( Fig. 2A–B View Fig ) .................................. 2

– Antennae slender; antennomeres VII –XI slender, forming a loose club ( Fig. 2C–D View Fig ) ...................... 3

2. Eyes emarginate near antennal insertion ( Fig. 2E View Fig ), tibiae smooth (not spinose) ................................ .................................................................................................................... Scaphidium Olivier, 1790

– Eyes not emarginate near antennal insertion ( Fig. 2F View Fig ), tibiae spinose ( Fig. 2G View Fig ) ............................... .................................................................................................................... Cyparium Erichson, 1845

3. Profemora with ctenidium ( Fig. 2H View Fig ) ................................................................................................. 4

– Profemora without ctenidium ............................................................................................................ 5

4. Antennomere III very short, triangular ( Fig. 2C View Fig ); last apical palpomere normal (almost the same width as previous and gradually tapering towards the apex) ( Fig. 2I View Fig ) ............................................... ..................................................................................................................... Scaphisoma Leach, 1815

– Antennomere III not distinctly shorter than IV ( Fig. 2D View Fig ); last apical palpomere aciculate (much narrower than the previous or abruptly narrowed at the apex) ( Fig. 2J View Fig ) ............................................ ..................................................................................................................... Baeocera Erichson, 1845

5. Body laterally compressed, strongly convex dorsally (in lateral view) ( Fig. 2K View Fig ); elytral basal striae absent; maxillary palpi normal ( Fig. 2I View Fig ) ..................................................... Toxidium LeConte, 1860

– Body not compressed laterally, and just normally convex dorsally (in lateral view); elytral basal striae present ( Fig. 2L–M View Fig ) ................................................................................................................. 6

6. Scutellum visible in dorsal view ( Fig. 2L View Fig ); mesotibiae with two inner apical spines ( Fig. 2N View Fig ); prothoracic corbiculum absent.................................................................. Amalocera Erichson, 1845

– Scutellum concealed in dorsal view ( Fig. 2M View Fig ); mesotibiae with just one inner apical spine ( Fig. 2O View Fig ); prothoracic corbiculum present ( Fig. 2P View Fig ) ........................................................ Alexidia Reitter, 1880

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

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