Toxidium scalenum is a species of beetle in the family Staphylinidae. This species is found in south-eastern Brazil (Minas Gerais).
Adults reach a length of about 1.9 mm and have a reddish-brown body and ochreous legs.
Adults have been collected from an undetermined crust/resupinate fungus.
Etymology The species epithet is a Latin word meaning ‘unusual’, due to the distinct aedeagus shape.Twenty new species of Scaphidiinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Minas Gerais, Southeast Brazil
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