Lathrobium zhui Peng & Li, 2014

Peng, Zhong, Li, Qi-Li, Shen, Liang & Gu, Fu-Kang, 2015, On the Lathrobium fauna of the Donggong Mountains, eastern China, Zootaxa 3905 (2), pp. 245-263 : 250

Lathrobium zhui Peng & Li, 2014

( Figs 1 D–F)

Material studied. China: Zhejiang: 2 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀, Qingyuan, Baishanzu Natural Reserve, 27°45'26''N 119°12'08''E, 1730 m, 02.V.2014, Peng, Song, Yan & Yu leg. ( SNUC); 4 ♂♂, 12 ♀♀, Qingyuan, Baishanzu Natural Reserve, 27°45'14''N 119°11'55''E, 1560–1750 m, 01.V.2014, Peng, Song, Yan & Yu leg. ( SNUC).

Comment. The original description is based on two males. The previously unknown female sexual characters are as follows: posterior margin of tergite VIII ( Fig. 1 D) weakly convex; sternite VIII ( Fig. 1 E) longer than that of male, middle of apical margin with pronounced apically convex projection; tergite IX ( Fig. 1 F) with short anteromedian portion and moderately long postero-lateral processes; tergite X ( Fig. 1 F) approximately 4.6 times as long as antero-median portion of tergite IX. For illustrations of the habitus and the male sexual characters see Peng et al. (2012a).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Lathrobium baishanzuense (A – C) and Lathrobium zhui (D – F), A — female tergite VIII; B — female sternite VIII; C — female tergites IX – X; D — female tergite VIII; E — female sternite VIII; F — female tergites IX – X. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.