Pseudobironium bicolor Löbl, 1992

Löbl, Ivan & Tang, Liang, 2013, A review of the genus Pseudobironium Pic (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae), Revue suisse de Zoologie 120 (4), pp. 665-734 : 696

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6119135
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4D3B1938-8EF5-455D-8E52-596F2D4C8221
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6312012
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0388BF6C-3957-FF91-FF67-FE17FEBA2857
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scientific name	Pseudobironium bicolor Löbl, 1992
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Pseudobironium bicolor Löbl, 1992 View in CoL

Pseudobironium bicolor Löbl, 1992: 501 View in CoL .

HOLOTYPE Ƌ: MHNG.Type locality: Nepal, Sankhua Sabha District , Arun Valley below Num.

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED: INDIA, Meghalaya, 3 km E Tura , 1150m, 25°30'N 90°14'E 18.IV.1999, 2 Ƌ, 1 ♀ leg. L. Dembický & P. Pacholátko ( NHMB, MHNG) GoogleMaps . – LAOS N, Louangphrabang 11-22.V.2002, 19°35'N 101°58'E Thon Khan ca 700m, 1 ♀ leg. V. Kubáň ( MHNG) GoogleMaps . – Laos NE, Xieng Khouang Prov., 19°37-8'N 103°20-21'E, 30km NE Phonsavan: Ban La Nam to Phou Sane Mt. , 1300-1700m, 10-30.V.2009, 1 ♀ leg. M. Geiser ( NHMB) . – THAILAND, Mae Hong Son, Ban Si Lang , 1200m, 23-31.V.1991, 1 ♀ leg. J. Horák ( MHNG) . – Chiang Mai, Doi Suthep , 24.IV.-13.V.2003, 1 ♀ leg. R. Grimm ( SMNS) .

DISTRIBUTION: India: Meghalaya; Nepal; Thailand.

COMMENTS: The description of this species was based on a series of specimens, including males from East Nepal, and females from Meghalaya and northern Thailand. These females were previously mentioned but unidentified in Löbl (1982a: 160, 1984b: 62 and 1990: 514). The males from Meghalaya recorded above confirm the identity of the formerly unidentified females. A specimen from Yunnan, possessing similar external characters, was erroneously reported in Löbl, 1999: 721 as P. bicolor . It represents a distinct species described below. The aedeagus of P. bicolor was illustrated ( Löbl, 1992: 597) only in dorsal view. Its shape in lateral view provides additional diagnostic characters: parameres are evenly bent in lateral view, each bearing an apical membranous lobe.