Lathrobium tichomirovae COIFFAIT, 1981

Assing, Volker, 2014, New species and records of Lathrobium from the Palaearctic region, primarily from Nepal (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 64 (1), pp. 1-28 : 3

Lathrobium tichomirovae COIFFAIT, 1981

Material examined: Russia: 1 , West Caucasus, Adygea, Lagonaki Plateau , 12 km NE Mt. Fisht, 1850 m, sifting debris along edges of a snowfield, 14.VI.1999, leg. Smetana [ R12 ] (cAss) .

Comment: The original description of L. tichomirovae is based on a male holotype from Maykop (West Caucasus: Adygea) and two paratypes from the Talysh mountains (East Caucasus) ( COIFFAIT 1981). A comparison of material of this species from various regions in the Caucaus revealed that the basal portion of the ventral process is apparently highly variable and that the extreme conditions seem to be linked by transitional conditions. If more thorough studies should reveal that this variation is indeed of an intraspecific nature, L. tichomirovae will eventually have to be synonymized with L. bernhaueri KOCH, 1937 (type locality: “Caucasus”).

3.2. Species from Nepal