Anthobium gracilipalpe (Champion, 1920)

Shavrin, Alexey V. & Smetana, Aleš, 2017, A revision of Eastern Palaearctic Anthobium Leach, 1819 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini). I. Gracilipalpe, morchella and nigrum groups, Zootaxa 4365 (1), pp. 1-39 : 4

3.1.1. Key to gracilipalpe group

1 Anterior angles of pronotum strongly protruded anteriad. Body smaller: 3.50 mm. Parameres not asymmetrical, significantly exceeding apex of median lobe of aedeagus ( Fig. 33 ). Habitus as in Fig. 3 . China: Yunnan ................ A. nivale sp.n.

- Anterior angles of pronotum slightly protruded anteriad. Body larger, not smaller than 4.00 mm. Parameres asymmetrical, slightly exceeding apex of median lobe of aedeagus.......................................................... 2

2 Punctation of head and pronotum large and dense. Middle elevation of pronotum with very deep longitudinal impression and with a pair of deep semioval impressions in medio-basal third. Body length: 4.00– 4.50 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 1 . Aedeagus as in Fig. 31 . North India, Nepal................................................ A. gracilipalpe ( Champion, 1920)

- Punctation of head and pronotum small and sparse. Middle elevation of pronotum without longitudinal impression and with transverse impression in medio-basal third. Body length: 4.00– 4.60 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 2 . Aedeagus as in Fig. 35 . China: Yunnan ................................................................................. A.daliense sp.n.

Figures

FIGURES31–34.Aedeagus of Anthobium gracilipalpe (31–32: paratype)and A. nivale (33–34:holotype):31, 33—parameral view, 32, 34—lateral view.Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

FIGURES1–3. Habitusof Anthobium gracilipalpe group:1—A.gracilipalpe (INDIA:Garhwal),2—A.nivale (holotype), 3— A. daliense (holotype). Scale bars:1.0 mm.

FIGURES 35–36. Aedeagusof Anthobium daliense (holotype):35—parameral view, 36—lateral view. Scale bar:0.1 mm.