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Issue: Vol. 3389 No. 1: 16 Jul. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-07-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3389.1.1
Page range: 1–13
Abstract views: 70
PDF downloaded: 5

New species of the genus Lathrobium Gravenhorst (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) from Guangxi, South China

Department of Biology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 100 Guilin Road, Shanghai, 200234 P. R. China
Department of Biology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 100 Guilin Road, Shanghai, 200234 P. R. China
Department of Biology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 100 Guilin Road, Shanghai, 200234 P. R. China
Coleoptera Staphylinidae Lathrobium new species key Guangxi China

Abstract

Six species of the genus Lathrobium Gravenhorst, 1802 from Guangxi, South China are described: L. dayaoshanense sp. n., L.maoershanense sp. n., L. proprium sp. n., L. shengtangshanense sp. n., L. zhangdinghengi sp. n. and L. zhujianqingi sp. n. Illustrations of major diagnostic features and a key to the species from Guangxi are provided.

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