A review of the Scaphidiinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of the People's Republic of China, II

IVAN L0BL18 were new to science.The present study treates Scaphisoma Leach which is the most speciose genus of the subfamily.At present 54 species are recognized, 30 of which are new and described below.The total number of scaphidiines is raised from 31 species described or recorded from mainland China prior to my 1999 paper, to 122species.Yet it is difficult to estimate how far this number is representative and to IVAN LÖBL