Post by Admin on Aug 2, 2014 18:19:18 GMT
This paper is a few months old, but I think it may still be worthwhile to share it. Within this paper, Ryo Ogawa, Ivan Löbl and Kaoru Maeto describes three exciting new species of rove beetles from the subfamily Scaphidiinae. The paper was published in te journal ZooKeys. The abstract of the article can be found below.
Link: www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/7200/three-new-species-of-the-genus-scaphicoma-motschulsky-1863-coleoptera-staphylinidae-scaphidiinae-from-northern-sulawesi-
Abstract: Three new species of the genus Scaphicoma Motschulsky, 1863 from Sulawesi, Indonesia are illustrated and described: Scaphicoma subflava Ogawa & Löbl, sp. n., S. bidentia Ogawa & Löbl, sp. n., and S. quadrifasciata Ogawa & Löbl, sp. n. Lepteroscapha pallens Achard, 1921 is designated as the type species of the genus Lepteroscapha Achard, 1921.
Link: www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/7200/three-new-species-of-the-genus-scaphicoma-motschulsky-1863-coleoptera-staphylinidae-scaphidiinae-from-northern-sulawesi-
Abstract: Three new species of the genus Scaphicoma Motschulsky, 1863 from Sulawesi, Indonesia are illustrated and described: Scaphicoma subflava Ogawa & Löbl, sp. n., S. bidentia Ogawa & Löbl, sp. n., and S. quadrifasciata Ogawa & Löbl, sp. n. Lepteroscapha pallens Achard, 1921 is designated as the type species of the genus Lepteroscapha Achard, 1921.