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Scaphidium solukhumbu sp. nov. and S. yeti sp. nov. are described from Eastern Nepal. Scaphidium sp. possibly representing an undescribed species is reported from Chitwan National Park, Nepal. Published records of Scaphidium quadrimaculatum Olivier from India are considered to be based on misidentifications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a study that investigates the species of rove beetle Scaphidiinae, Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, in Lesser Sunda Islands. Researchers reviewed the species of scaphidiines and they discovered that only five species of the beetle were found in the island. Moreover, the other topics discussed include the attributes of the insects, the methodologies and materials used in the research, and its taxonomy.

The article examines the beetle genus Pseudobironium Pic. The genus comprises comparatively large Scaphisomatini that may be easily distinguished from other members of the tribe. 24 species are considered valid and are encountered in forested areas and usually found on fungi growing on logs and in moist vegetation debris on forest floor, as most other Scaphidiinae.

The article presents a study that deals with genera of Philippine Scaphisomatini. The paper focuses on an additional Scaphisomatini genus, Baeocera Erichson, 1845. Baeocera is one of the 247 species recognized as valid one of the more diverse genera of staphylinoid beetles feeding on slime molds and fungi. The Philippines has seven species of Baeocera, all known only by their respective type material. The study reveals that the number of the known Philippine species of Baeocera has increased to 19.

The article reviews the Philippine species of Scaphobaeocera and Xotidium of the Scaphisomatini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae), both belonging to the Baeocera group, and provides a key to the species of Scaphobaeocera. Members of these two genera are said to have the body laterally compressed and the ventrites highly vaulted, both features correlated with approximate metacoxae. It notes that the third and more species-rich genus of the group occurring in the Philippines, Baeocera, will be treated in a separate study. These three genera reportedly share two unreversed synapomorphies, aciculate maxillary palpi and the presence of prothoracic corbicula. It describes and illustrates the new species including Scaphobaeocera bulbosa, S. complicans, and S. davaoana among others.

The article offers information regarding the study on a new Batrivacus cornutus species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) discovered in the Kinabalu National Park in Borneo. It states that the new specie was different from Bornean Batrisini due to its modified antennomeres VI and conspicuous frontal horns which presents as male sexual features. It mentions that the discovered specie was housed in the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la Ville de Genève (MHNG) in Switzerland.