Lathrobium sp. 1

Assing, Volker, 2013, On the Lathrobium fauna of China V. New species and additional records from Yunnan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 63 (1), pp. 53-128 : 122-123

Lathrobium sp. 1

Material examined:

1 ♀, “ CHINA (Yunnan) Nujiang Lisu Aut. Pref., Gaoligong Shan , creek valley 20 km NW Liuku, 3000 m, 25°58'49"N, 98°41'48"E, 3000 m (bamboo, shrubs, litter sifted) 9.VI.2007 D.W. Wrase [27]” (cSch) .

Comment:

The above specimen undoubtedly represents an undescribed species distinguished from all other species recorded from Yunnan by the minute eyes, which are composed of only five ommatidia. In addition, it is characterized by relatively small body size (body length 6.7 mm; length of forebody 3.1 mm), uniformly palereddish coloration, slender habitus, a relatively large but oblong, densely and rather coarsely punctured head, a long and undivided anterior portion of the female tergite IX, and a short female tergite X (distinctly shorter than antero-median portion of tergite IX). The above specimen was collected together with L. resectum .