Five new species of Lathrobium from Nepal and China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21248/contrib.entomol.68.2.361-369Keywords:
Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae, Lathrobium, Palaearctic region, Himalaya, Nepal, China, taxonomy, new speciesAbstract
Five species of the Holarctic genus Lathrobium Gravenhorst, 1802 are described and illustrated: L. adsurgens spec. nov. (Northwest Nepal: Gurans Himal) of the L. deuvei group, L. guransicum spec. nov. (Northwest Nepal: Gurans Himal) of the L. emodense group, L. latius spec. nov. (Northwest Nepal: Karnali) of the L. jumlense group, L. egens spec. nov. (China: Sichuan), a close relative of L. diffissum Assing, 2013, and L. bitaleatum spec. nov. (China: Sichuan) of the L. bibaculatum group. Lathrobium is currently represented in the Palaearctic region by as many as 612 described species, 222 of which have been recorded from China and 79 from the Himalaya.
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