Pseudobium laeviventre CHAMPION 1922

Assing, V., 2012, On the Pseudobium species of the Palaearctic region. III. A new species from China, a new synonymy, a new combination, and additional records (Insecta Coleoptera Staphylinidae Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (1), pp. 409-419 : 415

Pseudobium laeviventre CHAMPION 1922 ( Figs 7 , 11 , Map 1 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: India: 1 ex., Uttaranchal, West Almora Division, Kumaon , X.1918, leg. Champion ( BMNH) ; 1 ex., Himachal Pradesh, Kulu, Naggar, 5000', leg. Champion (cAss) .

C o m m e n t: The above specimens were found among unidentified material of Lobrathium and Pseudolathra CASEY 1905 . Pseudobium laeviventre was previously recorded from Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, and Afghanistan ( CAMERON 1931, COIFFAIT 1979, SMETANA 2004). The currently known distribution is illustrated in Map 1 .

Figures

Map 1: Distributions of Pseudobium seminigrum (KRAATZ) (open triangles), P. laeviventre CHAMPION (filled circles: revised records; open circles: literature records), and P. hunanicum nov.sp. (filled square).

Figs 1-9: Pseudobium seminigrum (KRAATZ) (1-6; 1-4: lectotype; 5-6: male from Uttaranchal), P. laeviventre CHAMPION (7), and P. hunanicum nov.sp. (8-9): (1) habitus; (2, 9) forebody; (3, 5, 7, 8) aedeagus in lateral view; (4, 6) aedeagus in lateral view. Scale bars: 1-2, 9: 1.0 mm; 3-8: 0.2 mm.

Figs 10-12: Pseudobium seminigrum (KRAATZ), lectotype (10), P. laeviventre CHAMPION (11), and P. hunanicum nov.sp. (12): male sternite VIII. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.