Anthobium reflexum (Reitter, 1891)

Shavrin, Alexey V. & Smetana, Aleš, 2019, A revision of Eastern Palaearctic Anthobium Leach, 1819 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini). III. Consanguineum, crassum and reflexum groups, and an additional species of the fusculum group, Zootaxa 4688 (4), pp. 451-482 : 470

Key to the species of the reflexum group

1 Lateral edges of pronotum without projections. Body yellow to reddish-brown. Body length: 2.49–3.90 mm. Aedeagus narrow, with long parameres ( Fig. 78 ). Habitus as in Fig. 73 . Central Asia........................... A. reflexum ( Reitter, 1891)

- Lateral edges of pronotum with indistinct projections. Aedeagus wider, parameres shorter............................ 2

2 Elytra less than twice as long as pronotum. Body yellow-brown. Smaller: 3.40–3.54 mm. Aedeagus as in Fig. 85 ; parameres slightly asymmetrical. Habitus as in Fig. 75 . China: Yunnan ............................... A. gaoligongshanense sp.n.

- Elytra markedly more than twice as long as pronotum. Body yellow-brown to reddish-brown, with paler lateral portions of pronotum. Body larger. Aedeagus different; parameres symmetrical ( Figs. 80 , 83 ).................................. 3

3 Body paler, yellow-brown to brown. Body length: 3.70–4.45 mm. Apical portion of parameres wider; internal sac simple ( Fig. 80 ). Habitus as in Fig. 76 . India: Kashmir......................................... A.kashmiricum ( Cameron, 1941)

- Body darker, reddish-brown. Body length: 3.63–4.50 mm. Apical portion of parameres narrower; internal sac complicated ( Fig. 83 ). Habitus as in Fig. 74 . China: Sichuan ................................................... A. deplanatum sp.n.

Figures

FIGURES 78–81. Aedeagus of Anthobium reflexum (78–79: Kazakhstan) and A. kashmiricum (80–81: India, Kashmir): 78, 80—parameral view, 79, 81—lateral view. Scale bar: 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 73–77. Habitus of Anthobium: 73—A. reflexum (Kazakhstan) 74—A. deplanatum (holotype), 75—A. gaoligongshanense (holotype), 76—A. kashmiricum, 77—A. transversale (holotype). Scale bar: 1.0 mm.

FIGURES 83–86. Aedeagus of Anthobium deplanatum (83–84: paratype) and A. gaoligongshanense (85–86: holotype): 83, 85—parameral view, 84, 86—lateral view. Scale bar: 0.1 mm.