Lathrobium fodens ASSING, 2012

Assing, Volker, 2014, New species and records of Lathrobium from the Palaearctic region, primarily from Nepal (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 64 (1), pp. 1-28 : 10

Lathrobium fodens ASSING, 2012

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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 ).

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Map 2:Distributions of Lathrobium species inNepal:L. flexaculeatum (white square),L. rectaculeatum (blackstar),L. curvaculeatum (white star), L. hebes (black square), L. imberbe (black triangle), L. plicatum (black diamond), L. calcaratum (circles; white circles: new records; black circle: type locality), L. fodens (white triangles), L. aculeatum (white diamonds).