Five new apterous species of the genus Lathrobium Gravenhorst (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae) from the Baishanzu Natural Reserve, East China

Zhong Peng; Li-Zhen Li; Mei-Jun Zhao

doi:10.3897/zookeys.251.3953

Five new apterous species of the genus Lathrobium Gravenhorst (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae) from the Baishanzu Natural Reserve, East China

Zookeys. 2012:(251):69-81. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.251.3953. Epub 2012 Dec 18.

Authors

Zhong Peng¹, Li-Zhen Li, Mei-Jun Zhao

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234, P. R. China.

Abstract

Five new apterous species of the genus Lathrobium Gravenhorst, 1802 from Baishanzu Natural Reserve, Zhejiang, East China, Lathrobium baishanzuensesp. n., Lathrobium immanissimumsp. n., Lathrobium obstipumsp. n., Lathrobium pilosumsp. n. and Lathrobium tangisp. n., are described and illustrated. The Lathrobium fauna of the study region is represented by two distinct lineages.

Keywords: Baishanzu; China; Coleoptera; Lathrobium; Staphylinidae; Zhejiang; new species; taxonomy.