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Issue: Vol. 5728 No. 1: 9 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.2
Page range: 47-78
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A revision of eastern Palaearctic Anthobium Leach, 1819 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini). IX. Thirteen new species and records from China and the Himalayan Region

Institute of Life Sciences and Technology; Daugavpils University; Vienibas 13; Daugavpils; LV-5401; Latvia
Coleoptera rove beetles taxonomy new taxa fauna distribution Asia India Nepal

Abstract

Thirteen new species of the genus Anthobium Leach, 1819 from China and Nepal are described and illustrated: A. brunkei sp. nov. (eastern Nepal) of the convexior group, A. cribrarium sp. nov. (western Nepal) and A. flaviculum sp. nov. (China, Sichuan: Emeishan Mts.) of the fusculum group, A. fortecarinatum sp. nov. and A. sculpturatum sp. nov. (central Nepal) of the gracilipalpe group, A. ampliatum sp. nov. and A. flavofasciatum sp. nov. (eastern Nepal), A. aterrimum sp. nov. (central Nepal), and A. kleebergi sp. nov. (central Nepal) of the Nigrum group, A. lakshmanai sp. nov. and A. portentum sp. nov. (central Nepal) of the Reflexum group, and A. curtulum sp. nov. (central Nepal) and A. sinicum sp. nov. (China, Hubei: Dashenongia Mts.) of the Tectum group. Distributional maps for all described species are given. New diagnostic data for Chinese A. anishchenkoi Shavrin & Smetana, 2017, and faunistic records of 17 species of Atrocephalum, Covexior, Fusculum, Gracilipalpe, Nigrum and Tectum groups from China, India and Nepal are provided. Additional records of A. fusculum (Erichson, 1839) from Kazakhstan and Russia (Eastern Siberia) are given. Several species are recorded from a certain area for the first time: A. anishchenkoi from Sichuan (China), A. besucheti Shavrin & Smetana, 2018 and A. cavicrus (Champion, 1925) from Sankhuwasabha (Nepal), A. cuccodoroi Shavrin & Smetana, 2018 from Nepal, A. fusculum from Krasnoyarsk Territory (Russia), A. gracilipalpe (Champion, 1920) from Sankhuwasabha and Bagmati (Nepal), A. hartmanni Shavrin, 2025, A. rugosum (Champion, 1925) and A. sociale (Cameron, 1941) from Bagmati (Nepal), A. nigrum (Cameron, 1924) from Himachal Pradesh (India), and A. pauxillum Shavrin, 2023 from Gandaki (Nepal).

 

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How to Cite

Shavrin, A.V. (2025) A revision of eastern Palaearctic Anthobium Leach, 1819 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini). IX. Thirteen new species and records from China and the Himalayan Region. Zootaxa, 5728 (1), 47–78. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.2