Abstract
A new species of microphthalmous Lathrobium Gravenhorst from Yozgat province in central northern Anatolia is described and its diagnostic characters are illustrated: Lathrobium newtoni sp. n. Additional records of four microphthalmous Lathrobium species are reported. A key to the microphthalmous Lathrobium species of Turkey is presented. Distributions of microphthalmous Lathrobium species in Anatolia are mapped.
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