On the genus Pseudobium MULSANT & REY II. A new species from Pakistan and additional records (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) Author Assing, V. text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2007 2007-07-23 39 1 15 21 journal article 8377 10.5281/zenodo.4523442 0d0d29eb-b376-4f5d-934d-dd987ff0cbff 0253-116X 4523442 62C07F6C-F2DE-4CCD-AAD9-8CE1449843E9 Pseudobium richteri ( SCHEERPELTZ 1961) (Map 3) T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Syntype ♀ : ♀ / Lathrobium / Iran , Belutschistan, Jranshar [ 27°12'N , 60°41'E ], 800 m / 11.-21.V.1954 , Richter u. Schäuffele / Museum Stuttgart donavit 1963 / ex coll. Scheerpeltz / Cotypus Lathrobium richteri O. Scheerpeltz / Pseudobium richteri (Scheerpeltz) det. V. Assing 2006 (NHMW). A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Iran : 4exs. ,HormozganBeshagerdMts., An-Gohran , 26°34'N , 57°54'E , 25.III.-5.IV.2000 , leg. Siniaev & Plutenko (cSch, cAss) ; 3 exs. , Hormozgan, 10 km W Gavbandi , 27°16'N , 52°58'E , 28.V.2001 , leg. Osten ( SMNS , cAss). Afghanistan : 6 exs. , E Kandahar , 27.VI.1963 , leg. Kasy ( NHMW , cAss) . C o m m e n t: The original description is based on three female syntypes in poor condition ( SCHEERPELTZ 1961 ). An illustration of the aedeagus is provided by BOHÁČ (1988) . The species was previously known only from southern Iran and is here reported from Afghanistan for the first time (Map 3). Map 3 : Distributions of Pseudobium richteri SCHEERPELTZ (filled circles), P. iranicum BOHÁČ (open circles), and P. pakistanicum nov.sp. (square).