Pseudolathra bipectinata Assing, 2013, first record for the territory of China

Li, Xiao-Yan, Solodovnikov, Alexey & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2013, The genus Pseudolathra Casey in China: new species and new records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae), ZooKeys 356, pp. 1-9 : 6

Pseudolathra bipectinata Assing, 2013, first record for the territory of China

Material examined.

4♂♂, 3♀♀, Yunnan, County Jinghong, Nabanhe Nature Reserves 730 m, 16.IV. 2009, leg. Lingzeng Meng; 1♂, 3♀♀, same data but 770 m, 6.IV.2009; 2♂♂, 3♀♀, same data but 710 m; 2♂♂, 3♀♀, same data but 730 m, 6.VI.2009; 3♂♂, 2♀♀, same data but 760 m, 6.IV.2009; 1♂, 1♀, same data but 770 m; 2♂♂, 3♀♀, same data but 800 m, 16.IV.2009; 3♂♂, 3♀♀, same data but 1110 m, 16.V.2009 (IZCAS, ZMUC).

Comments.

Pseudolathra bipectinata is illustrated and its distribution mapped in Assing (2013: figures 17-23, map 3). It was previously known only from Laos. The above specimens collected at altitudes between 200 and ca. 1000 m in southern China represent a new county record.