Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Xotidium uniforme Loebl, 1992 Figs 1, 3b, 6f, 7d, 9c

Xotidium uniforme Löbl, 1992: 575.

Type material examined.

Holotype, 1♂, E. NEPAL: KOSI, Val. Induwa Kola, 2100 m, 17. IV. 1984, Löbl - Smetana (MHNG).

Paratypes, 1♀, INDE Kumaon (UP), Rangarh nr. 6b, ewu. 2000m, I. Löbl, 9. X. 1979; 2♂, INDE: HTM. PM. PR., 10km, NW Sarahan, 1700m, 7. X. 1988, S. Vit; 3♂1♀, 414, Sankhua Sabha Distr., Arun Valley, Chichila, 1900-2000m, Quercus forest, bushes near village, 18-20. VI. 1988, J. Martens & W. Schawaller (MHNG).

Supplemental description of female genitalia.

Ovipositor simple: gonostylus with a very long apical seta, slightly longer than wide: distal gonocoxites elongated (Fig. 9c). Spermatheca connected in medial portion of vagina (Fig. 9c).

Measurements

(n = 5). Length (PL+EL): 1.58-1.63 mm, PW: 0.85-0.88mm, EW: 0.92-0.96 mm, HW: 0.36-0.38 mm, ID: 0.10-0.14 mm, PL/PW: 0.71-0.75, EL/EW: 1.02-1.08. Approximate ratio of each antennal segment in length (width) (n = 1): II 1.4 (0.6): III 1.0 (0.2): IV 1.2 (0.3): V 1.3 (0.2): VI 1.3 (0.3): VII 1.6 (0.4): VIII 1.4 (0.3): IX 1.8 (0.4): X 1.5 (0.5): XI 1.6 (0.5).

Distribution

(see Löbl 1992). India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand (Kumaon); Nepal.