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A new species of Scaphobaeocera Csiki, 1909 from Yunnan, China, S. setosa sp. nov., is described. It is unique in having strongly enlarged male protarsomeres with long oblique setae, forming a fan-like structure. The new species may be also readily distinguished from its congeners by its large body size. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Members of the scaphidiine tribe Scaphisomatini collected recently in Tianmushan Biosphere Reserve (Zhejiang) and Wuyishan National Nature Reserve (part of Wuyishan Biosphere Reserve, Fujian), China, are studied. Two species, Scaphisoma krali Löbl, sp. nov. and Scaphisoma sekerkai Löbl, sp. nov., are described from Wuyishan. Baeocera franzi (Löbl, 1973) and Scaphisoma mutator Löbl, 2000 are recorded for the first time from Zhejiang province, and Scaphisoma binhanum (Pic, 1922) and Scaphoxium intermedium Löbl, 1984 are recorded for the first time from Fujian province. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A new species of scaphidiine beetle, Cyparium celebense sp. nov., is described from northern Sulawesi, and a key to the species of the genus Cyparium Erichson, 1845 from the Sunda Islands is provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Kalimantan species of Scaphisoma Leach, 1815 are reviewed. The following species are redescribed: S. borneense Pic, 1916, S. lineatopunctatum (Pic, 1916), S. punctatipenne Pic, 1916, S. punctatum (Pic, 1915) and S. submaculatum Pic, 1920. Lectotypes are designated for these species, and for S. oblongum Pic, 1916. Scaphisoma punctatipenne, described as a variety of S. oblongum, is available and raised to species rank. Scaphisoma atrithorax Pic, 1916 is placed in synonymy with Scaphisoma obliquemaculatum Motschulsky 1863. Two new species are described: S. apparatum sp. nov. and S. tarsale sp. nov. A key to the Kalimantan species of Scaphisoma is provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Baeocera socotrana sp. nov. is described from Socotra Island, Yemen. The new species is a member of the B. lenta group. It has reduced metathoracic wings, shortened elytral sutural striae, and in dorsal view abdomen almost completely covered by the elytra. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Following fi ve species are described from peninsular West Malaysia: Bironium amicale sp. nov., Scaphisoma hajeki sp. nov., S. longiusculum sp. nov., S. edentatum sp. nov., and Toxidium lunatum sp. nov. Pseudobironium languei (Achard, 1920), Scaphisoma pseudorufum Löbl, 1986 and Scaphisoma rufescens (Pic, 1920) are reported for the fi rst time from West Malaysia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Akarbatrus gen. nov., and Akarbatrus jelineki sp. nov. and A. diversicornis sp. nov. from Sumatra are described and illustrated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]