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Issue: Vol. 43 No. 2: 29 Nov. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-11-01
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2023.43.2.2
Page range: 51-56
Abstract views: 2094
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Lathrobium motonari, a new soil-inhabiting species of the genus Lathrobium (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) from western Honshu, Japan: Lathrobium motonari sp. nov. from western Honshu, Japan

c/o Hiwa Museum of Natural Science; Hiwa 1119–1; Hiwa; Shôbara City; Hiroshima; 727–0301 Japan
Biodiversity East Asia Lathrobiini new species taxonomy endophallic structures Palaearctic Region

Abstract

Lathrobium motonari sp. nov. is described from northeastern area of Hiroshima Prefecture, western Honshu, Japan, with figures of male and female genital organ including the structures of endophallus in a fully everted condition.

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