Lobrathium taureum ASSING 2012

Assing, V., 2013, A revision of Palaearctic Lobrathium. IV. Three new species from Nepal and China, a new combination, and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (1), pp. 191-204 : 198

Lobrathium taureum ASSING 2012

Material examined: China:Hubei: 1♂, 1♀, Daba Shan , creek valley 8 km NW Muyuping, 31°29'N, 110°22'E, 1550-1650 m, 18.VII.2001, leg. Smetana (cSme, cAss) ; 11♂♂, 2♀♀, Daba Shan , mountain range NE Muyuping, 4 km N Muyuping, 1700 m, 21.VII.2001, leg. Smetana (cSme, cAss). Gansu: 3♂♂ [partly teneral], N Chengxian, W-Qinling Shan, 34°08'N, 105°47'E, 1750 m, moist valley with stream and ponds, meadow with Artemisia, 28.VII.2012, leg. Assing (cAss) .

Comment: The currently known distribution (Gansu, Hubei, Beijing) suggests that L. taureum is probably widespread in China; for a map see ASSING (2012). The above specimens from Gansu represent a new province record; they are partly teneral.