A revision of Eastern Palaearctic Anthobium Leach, 1819 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini). II. fusculum group, and two additional species of the nigrum group Shavrin, Alexey V. Smetana, Aleš Zootaxa 2018 2018-11-02 4508 4 451 506 5VCFW Cameron 1924 [365,600,295,321] Insecta Staphylinidae Anthobium GBIF Animalia Coleoptera 49 500 Arthropoda species nigrum    1 Lateral edges of pronotum with very indistinct smooth crenulation, latero-apical margins of elytra with moderately large teeth. Head reddish-brown, pronotum, elytra and abdomen yellow-brown. Aedeagus as in Fig. 98. Habitus as in Fig. 95. Body length: 3.15–3.64 mm. Nepal................................................... A. flaveolum Shavrin & Smetana,  sp.n.  - Lateral edges of pronotum with distinct crenulation, latero-apical margins of elytra with small acute teeth. Body darker..... 2   2 Anterior angles of pronotum strongly protruded anteriad. Elytra markedly wider than long. Aedeagus as in Fig. 77( Shavrin & Smetana 2017). Habitus as in Fig. 67( Shavrin & Smetana 2017). Body length: 3.90–4.20 mm. China: Yunnan................................................................................. A. conjunctum Shavrin & Smetana, 2017  - Anterior angles of pronotum slightly protruded anteriad. Elytra as wide as long or slightly longer than wide.............. 3   3 Punctation of pronotum very dense. Aedeagus as in Fig. 80( Shavrin & Smetana 2017). Habitus as in Fig. 68( Shavrin & Smetana 2017). Body length: 3.50–4.27 mm. China: Yunnan............... A. densepunctatum Shavrin & Smetana, 2017  - Punctation of pronotum sparse.......................................................................... 4   4 Pronotum slightly flattened in cross section, with indistinct mediobasal impression. Aedeagus as in Fig. 72( Shavrin & Smetana 2017). Habitus as in Fig. 66( Shavrin & Smetana 2017). Body length: 4.15–4.37 mm. China: Gansu.................................................................................A. anishchenkoi Shavrin & Smetana, 2017  - Pronotum very convex, with deep mediobasal impression...................................................... 5   5 Middle portion of head distinctly convex, with indistinct transverse impression. Aedeagus as in Fig. 70( Shavrin & Smetana 2017). Habitus as in Fig. 65( Shavrin & Smetana 2017). Body length: 3.44–4.75 mm. India..... A. nigrum ( Cameron, 1924)  - Middle portion of head flattened, without or with very indistinct transverse impression. Aedeagus different.............. 6   6 Elytra as wide as long. Body reddish-brown to black. Median lobe of aedeagus narrow, apical portions of parameres widened ( Shavrin & Smetana 2017: Fig. 82). Habitus as in Fig. 69( Shavrin & Smetana 2017). Body larger: 4.00– 4.71 mm. Nepal, Bhutan...................................................................... A. ivani Shavrin & Smetana, 2017  - Elytra slightly longer than wide. Body brown. Median lobe of aedeagus moderately wide, apical portions of parameres narrow ( Fig. 96). Habitus as in Fig. 94. Body smaller: 3.50 mm. Nepal............................ A. alticola ( Coiffait, 1977)