Sinlathrobium lobrathioides ( Assing, 2012 )

Chen, Xi, Ye, Jian-Ping & Peng, Zhong, 2024, Two new species and additional records of Sinlathrobium Assing (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae) from southern China, ZooKeys 1218, pp. 25-33 : 25-33

Sinlathrobium lobrathioides ( Assing, 2012)

Figs 1 C , 1 F , 4

Lathrobium lobrathioides Assing, 2012: 125.

Material examined.

China – Chongqing • 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; Jinfo Shan , 29°01'25''N, 107°11'01''E, alt. 2160 m, 09. VII. 2015, Jiang, Peng, Tu & Zhou leg; SNUC .

Comment.

The original description is based on a single male. The previously unknown female sexual characters are as follows: tergite VIII (Fig. 4 A ) with strongly convex posterior margin; sternite VIII (Fig. 4 B ) oblong, and with strongly convex posterior margin; anterior portion of tergite IX (Fig. 4 C ) divided in middle, tergite X (Fig. 4 C ) nearly reaching anterior margin of tergite IX. For illustrations of the male sexual characters see Assing (2012: figs 315–320). The specimens were sifted from dead wood in mixed deciduous forests at an altitude of about 2160 m (Fig. 4 D, E ).

Figures

Figure 1. Habitus (A – C): A Sinlathrobium assingi sp. nov. B Sinlathrobium chenzhilini sp. nov. C Sinlathrobium lobrathioides. Forebody (D – F): D Sinlathrobium assingi sp. nov. E Sinlathrobium chenzhilini sp. nov. F Sinlathrobium lobrathioides. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

Figure 4. Sinlathrobium lobrathioides. A female tergite VIII B female sternite VIII C female tergites IX – X D S. lobrathioides walking on the dead wood E habitat (Jinfo Shan). Scale bars: 0.2 mm.