5.2.19.16. Scaphisoma mindanaosum PIC, 1926 (Fig. 21) Scaphosoma mindanaosum PIC, 1926: 2. Lectotype ♀, MNHN; type locality: Mindanao P. Bango. Lectotype designation and male genital characters: LÖBL 1972: 107. Additional published locality: Mindanao, Dansalan near Lanao, leg. G. Böttcher: LÖBL 1972: 107. A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Palawan Central, Conception, sea level, I. Löbl, 6.-7.XII.1995, fungi on logs, bark, 4 ex. (MHNG); Palawan, Olangoan, sea level, 18 km NE San Rafael, 5-6-XII.1995, leg. I. Löbl, 7 ex. (MHNG, BZLA); Palawan Central, Sabang, trail to Underground River, sea level, 30.XI.1995, fungi on logs, leg. I. Löbl, 1 ex. (MHNG); Palawan Central, Sabang, 50-100 m, degraded rainforest on slope, 30.XI.1995, leg. J. Kodada, 8 ex. (MHNG); Palawan Central, Sabang, N of Mt. St. Paul, 11-13.VII.1977, leg. M. Satô, 2 ex. (MHNG); Luzon, Lagunas Prov., Mt. Makiling, 4 km SE Los Banos, 12.IV.1977, leg. L.E. Watrous, 4 ex. (MHNG); Luzon, Lagunas Prov., Mt. Makiling, 20.VI.1978, leg. N. Ohbayashi, 1 ex. (EUMJ); Luzon, Lagunas Prov., Mt. Makiling, 17, 18.VI.1977, leg. M. Satô, 1 ex. (MHNG); Luzon, Ifugao Prov., Mt. Polis 1900 m, 4-5.VI.1977, M. Satô, 2 ex. (MHNG); Leyte, Visca N Baybay, primar. forest, 200-500 m, 2.III.1991, leg. W. Schawaller et al., 1 ex. (SMNS); Mindanao, Mainit Hot Springs, 28.VII.1978, leg. M. Satô, 2 ex. (MHNG); Mindanao, Baracatan, 1500 m, 27- 29.VI.1977, M. Satô, 3 ex. (MHNG); Mindanao, Tagurano, 1000 m, 25, 26.VI.1977, leg. M. Satô, 1 ex. (MHNG); Mindanao, South Cotabato Prov., Maitum, 150 m, 12.VIII.1988, leg. M. Sakai, 2 ex. (EUMJ); Mindanao, Cotabato Prov., Burungkot, Upi, 1500 ft., 1-9.I.1947, taken on polypores and under bark, leg. F. G. Werner, 8 ex. (FMNH, MHNG); Mindanao, 30 km NW of Maramag, Bagongsilang, 1700 m, 13-17.V.1996, leg. Bolm, 2 ex. (SMNS). D i s t r i b u t i o n: Philippines: Luzon, Palawan, Mindanao. Comments: The aedeagus of this species was illustrated and described in LÖBL 1972, and the aedeagal characters of the similar and closely allied S. luteomaculatum were given in LÖBL 2015a.

Published as part of Ivan Löbl & Ryo Ogawa, 2016, On the Scaphisomatini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scaphidiinae) of the Philippines, IV: the genera Sapitia ACHARD and Scaphisoma LEACH, pp. 1339-1492 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 48 (2) on page 1429, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.247206