Anthobium anishchenkoi Shavrin & Smetana, 2017

Shavrin, Alexey V., 2025, A revision of eastern Palaearctic Anthobium Leach, 1819 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini). IX. Thirteen new species and records from China and the Himalayan Region, Zootaxa 5728 (1), pp. 47-78 : 63

Anthobium anishchenkoi Shavrin & Smetana, 2017

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Anthobium anishchenkoi Shavrin & Smetana, 2017: 26 .

Material. CHINA: SICHUAN: 4 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀: Abazhou, Sunpang , Huanlong. 3200 m a.s.l. 07.06.1991. C. Holzschuh & L. Ji leg. (cSh, NMW) .

Remarks. Anthobium anishchenkoi was originally described from two locations in Dalijia Shan in Gansu, China. The studied specimens have stronger semioval depression as these in specimens from Gansu, broader elytra and slightly shorter antennomeres 8–10 ( Fig. 16 ). Despite this, the morphology of the adeagus is similar, if compare Fig. 25 and fig. 72 in Shavrin & Smetana (2017). Measurements of studied specimens (n=7): HL: 0.50–0.57; HW: 0.85–0.88; OL: 0.22–0.25; LT: 0.10–0.12; PL: 0.67–0.69; PW: 1.35–1.43; ESL: 2.05–2.16; EW: 1.93–2.04; AW: 1.75–1.79; AedL: 0.61; BL: 4.00–4.44. It is here recorded from Sichuan for the first time.

Figures

FIGURES 15–20. Habitus of Anthobium: 15—A. ampliatum (holotype), 16—A. anishchenkoi (Sichuan), 17—A. aterrimum (paratype), 18—A. flavofasciatum (holotype), 19—A. lakshmanai (holotype), 20—A. portentum (holotype). Scale bar: 1.0 mm.

FIGURES 21–25. Aedeagus of Anthobium (Figs 21–22—A. sculpturatum (holotype), Figs 23–24—A. ampliatum (holotype), 25—A. anishchenkoi (Sichuan)): 21, 23, 25—aedeagus, parameral view, 22, 24—aedeagus, lateral view. Scale bar: 0.1 mm.