Lathrobium calcaratum 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 : 11

Lathrobium calcaratum ASSING, 2012

( Map 2 )

Material examined: Nepal: 1 , Karnali Province, Jumla District, 2 km W Gothichaur, 29°12'N, 82°19'E, 2850 m, forest, 8.VI.1997, leg. Hartmann ( NME); 1 , Jumla District , NE Talphi, Maharigaun, 3300 m, 20.VI.1997, leg. Weigel (cAss) .

Comment: The original description of L. calcaratum is based on a unique male from the Kali-Gandaki valley ( ASSING 2012). The distance between the above records from West Nepal and the type locality ( Map 2 ) suggests that the holotype is mislabelled. Himalayan Lathrobium species generally have highly restricted distributions. The collector of the holotype, the late Herbert Franz, conducted a field trip to Jumla District and to the Kali- Gandaki valley in the same year.

Figures

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).