New Oriental and Papuan Pseudolathra (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae) Author Rougemont, Guillaume de text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2015 2015-12-30 47 2 1785 1799 journal article 55532 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.