Pseudolathra tichomirovae BOHAČ , 1988

Assing, V., 2012, The Pseudolathra species of the East Palaearctic and the Oriental regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 62, pp. 299-330 : 316

Pseudolathra tichomirovae BOHAČ, 1988 ( Map 1 )

Pseudolathra (Allolathra) tichomirovae Bohač, 1988: 438 f.

Comment:

The original description is based on a male holotype and a female paratype from “Kyzil Kala by Kurga Tube” in Tajikistan ( Bohač 1988).

Material examined:

Pakistan: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Pakistan, N.W.F.P., 7 km SE Peshawar , ca. 33°58'N 71°40'E, arable land, at light, 14.VII.2011, leg. Zubair (cAss) .

Diagnosis:

In external characters highly similar to P. unicolor and P. himalayana , but on average slightly larger and of darker coloration (head blackish-brown to blackish); reliably distinguished only by the male primary and secondary sexual characters. The distinctive aedeagus is illustrated by Bohač (1988).

Distribution and natural history:

This species was originally described from Tajikistan. The examined specimens represent the first record since the original description and a new country record from Pakistan ( Map 1 ). They were collected with a light trap, together with 14 specimens of P. himalayana .

Figures

Map 1: Distributions of Pseudolathra unicolor (triangles; open triangles: female-based records), P. tichomirovae (open squares), P. lineata (filled squares), P. cordiformis (filled diamond), and P. brevincisa (open circle), based on revised records.