Lathrobium makaluicum ASSING, 2013

Assing, Volker, 2016, Six new species, a new name, and additional records of Lathrobium from the Palaearctic region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 48 (1), pp. 191-210 : 194-198

Lathrobium makaluicum ASSING, 2013 ( Figs 8-9 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Nepal: 4 exs., Barun valley, Mumbuk, 27°43'N, 87°13'E, 3600 m, 18.V.2014, leg. Schmidt (NME, cAss).

C o m m e n t: The original description of this species is based on a unique male holotype from "Mumbug O Makalu 3500 m " ( ASSING 2013b). The above specimens were collected near the type locality. The previously unknown female sexual characters are illustrated in Figs 8-9 .

Figures

Figs 8-14: Lathrobium makaluicum ASSING (8-9) and L. retunsum nov.sp. (10-14): (8) female sternite VIII; (9) female abdominal segments IX-X; (10) forebody; (11) male sternite VII; (12) male sternite VIII; (13-14) aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view. Scale bars: 10: 1.0 mm; 8-9, 11- 14: 0.5 mm.