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Issue: Vol. 2325 No. 1: 23 Dec. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-12-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2325.1.3
Page range: 35–38
Abstract views: 46
PDF downloaded: 6

Two new species of the genus Episcaphium Lewis (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scaphidiinae) of China

Department of Biology, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 3663 North Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, 200062 P. R. China
Department of Biology, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 3663 North Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, 200062 P. R. China
Coleoptera Staphylinidae Scaphidiinae

Abstract

The genus Episcaphium Lewis, 1893 is a small Asian genus of Scaphidiinae. It can be distinguished from related genera by the combination of the following characters: body robust, head with occipital region visible, eye notched, segments of antennal club symmetrical, scutellum large and visible, procoxal cavities closed posteriorly, basal pronotal angle not prolonged apically, base of elytron not impressed, elytral disc with or without puncture rows but never with puncture striae; metaventrite glabrous in both sexes.

References

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    Löbl, I. (2002) Two new species of Episcaphium Achard (Coleoptera, Staphynidae, Scaphidiinae). Special Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Coleopterology, (5), 289–295.