New species and records of Lathrobium from the Palaearctic region, primarily from Nepal (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae)
Author
Assing, Volker
text
Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology
2014
2014-07-31
64
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1
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https://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/article/view/1848
journal article
10.21248/contrib.entomol.64.1.1-28
0005-805X
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Lathrobium fodens
ASSING, 2012
(
Map 2
)
Material examined
:
Nepal
:
22 exs.
,
Karnali Province
,
Jumla District
,
5 km
E Churta
,
3400 m
,
5.
V
.1995
, leg.
Weigel
(
NME
, cAss)
;
7 exs.
,
Jumla District
,
SE Churta
,
3400 m
, sifted,
6.
V
.1995
, leg.
Weipert
(
NME
, cAss)
;
2 exs.
,
Jumla District
,
6 km
E Churta
, deciduous forest,
3200 m
,
18.
V
.1995
, leg.
Hartmann
(
NME
, cAss)
;
17 exs.
,
Jumla District
,
10 km
E Churta
,
3500 m
, sifted,
5.–6.
V
.1995
, leg.
Hartmann
(
NME
, cAss); 1 ,
Jumla District
,
3 km
E
Churta
,
29°11'N
,
82°28'E
,
3400 m
,
6.
VI
.1997
, leg.
Weigel
(cAss)
;
7 exs.
, border between
Jumla
and
Dolpa Districts
,
Bavaria Lagna
pass,
29°10'N
,
82°29'E
,
3200–3800 m
,
6.
VI
.1997
, leg.
Hartmann
(
NME
, cAss)
.
Comment
: This species is subject to a pronounced sexual size dimorphism, males being noticeably larger than females (length of forebody in 2.7–3.0 mm, in
2.4–2.7 mm
). The known distribution is confined to the region to the east of Churta in Jumla District, West
Nepal
(
Map 2
).