The Pseudolathra species of the East Palaearctic and the Oriental regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) Author Assing, V. text Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 2012 2012-12-20 62 299 330 journal article 2537 10.21248/contrib.entomol.62.2.299-330 63d99f1a-3ec7-4d97-a0d4-d7f23c214113 0005-805X 5873469 Pseudolathra lineata HERMAN , 2003 ( Figs 15-19 , Map 1 ) Lathrobium seriatum Sharp 1889: 259 ; preoccupied. Pseudolathra lineata Herman 2003: 7 ; replacent name. Type material examined: Lectotype ♂ [dissected prior to present study], present designation: “ Lathrobium seriatum . Type D.S. Yokohama, Lewis [written on mounting label] / Japan. G. Lewis. / Type / Sharp Coll 1905- 313. / Aedeagus at rest turned to 180° in abdomen / Pseudolathra seriata (Sharp) ♂, V.I. Gusarov det. 1992 / Lectotypus ♂ Lathrobium seriatum Sharp , desig. V. Assing 2012 / Pseudolathra lineata Herman , det. V. Assing 2012” ( BMNH ). Additional material examined: China : 3 ♂♂ , Jiangsu , Nanjing , Agricultural University , VII.1991 , leg. Cooter ( MMUM , cAss) . Comment: The original description of L. seriatum is based on “two examples” from “Yokohama” ( Sharp 1889 ). The name is a junior primary homonym and was replaced with the nomen novum Pseudolathra lineata by Herman (2003) . The above type specimen, a male in good condition, is designated as the lectotype . Redescription: Body length 4.9-5.8 mm ; length of forebody 2.9-3.1 mm . Habitus as in Fig. 15 . Coloration: head blackish-brown; pronotum and elytra reddish, with the postero-lateral portion of the elytra more or less extensively infuscate; abdomen dark-reddish; legs and antennae reddishyellow. Head ( Fig. 16 ) approximately as broad as long; punctation coarse and sparse, in median dorsal portion very sparse; interstices without microsculpture, but with micropunctation, and glossy. Eyes large, longer than postocular region in dorsal view. Antennae slender, 1.9 mm long; all antennomeres oblong. Pronotum ( Fig. 16 ) approximately 1.15 times as long as broad and approximately 1.05 times as broad as head; on either side of the impunctate midline with series of approximately 15 punctures, these punctures partly accompanied by additional punctures; punctation of lateral portions unevenly distributed; interstices without microsculpture. Elytra ( Fig. 16 ) 1.0-1.1 times as long as pronotum; laterally with fine submarginal carina; punctation moderately coarse, arranged in several series; interstices without microsculpture. Hind wings fully developed. Abdomen distinctly narrower than elytra; punctation very fine and dense; interstices with microsculpture; posterior margin of tergite VII with palisade fringe. ♂ : protarsomeres I-IV strongly dilated; sternite VII with almost truncate posterior margin, pubescence unmodified; sternite VIII oblong, posterior excision narrow and deep, almost reaching middle of sternite ( Fig. 17 ); aedeagus 0.9 mm long, shaped as in Figs 18-19 . ♀ : not available. Distribution: Pseudolathra lineata was previously known only from Japan . The above specimens from Jiangsu ( Map 1 ) represent the first record from China . They were collected in the same locality as P. regularis .