New Oriental and Papuan Pseudolathra (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae)
Author
Rougemont, Guillaume de
text
Linzer biologische Beiträge
2015
2015-12-30
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.5873556
28757d48-5f98-4f89-a655-917fcb4a2525
0253-116X
5873556
Pseudolathra pulchella
(KRAATZ
,
1859)
Lathrobium pulchellum
KRAATZ, 1859: 116
Pseudolathra pulchella
ASSING, 2012: 317
Material examined:
1
:
INDONESIA
Nias
,
Ostküste
,
Lawalo
29.9.1979
, ERBER leg.
Lichfang
[
MHNG
]
;
1
:
17.II.79
,
PNG
/
Morobe
,
Umg. Kaiapit
/ Papua Nlle. Guinée,
W.G. Ullrich
[
MHNG
]
;
2
: 59.58
Dory
,
New Guinea
/
Lathrobium caffrum Boh
.
M. Bernhauer
det. [
NHML
]
.
P. pulchella
is the commonest and most widespread member of the genus. These new records extends its range yet much further east from Celebes and the
Philippines
to western (Irian Jaya) and eastern (Papua) New
Guinea
. The specimens from Dory (spelled ‘Dorey’ in Wallace’s "The Malay Archipelago"), the site of present-day Manokwari in Irian Jaya, were collected by Alfred Russel Wallace between
March and July 1858
.
Twenty-four other specimens from
India
,
Sri Lanka
, West
Malaysia
,
Indonesia
and
Vietnam
were found in the Geneva museum collection.