Pseudobium pakistanicum ASSING 2007

Assing, V., 2012, On the Pseudobium species of the Palaearctic region. III. A new species from China, a new synonymy, a new combination, and additional records (Insecta Coleoptera Staphylinidae Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (1), pp. 409-419 : 412

Pseudobium pakistanicum ASSING 2007

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Iran: 13 exs., SE-Iran, 13 km SSE Nikhshar , 8.-9.IV.1973 (cBoh, cAss, cSch) ; 1 ex., Kerman province, 100 km E Hajiabad, 4 km W Sorkhan , 28°20'N ; 56°51'E, 1430 m, 20.IV.2006, leg. Frisch & Serri (cAss); 1 ex., Hormozgan province, Tall-e Gerdu , 27°49'N, 56°25'E, 820 m, 19.IV.2006, leg. Frisch & Serri ( MNHUB) .

C o m m e n t: The original description of P. pakistanicum is based on a single male from the Northwest Frontier Province in Pakistan. The above specimens represent the first records from Iran. In addition, a female possibly belonging to this species was seen from Oman: Batinah province, Al-Jabal al-Ahdar mts., SE Ruataq, W Awabi, Wadi Bani Awf, 23°20'N, 57°29'E, 430 m, light-trap, 19.-20.XII.2009, leg. Lehmann et al. (cPüt). However, in view of the external similarity of Pseudobium species , the identification must be considered tentative.