Pseudobium richteri ( SCHEERPELTZ 1961)

Assing, V., 2007, On the genus Pseudobium MULSANT & REY II. A new species from Pakistan and additional records (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 39 (1), pp. 15-21 : 18

Pseudobium richteri ( SCHEERPELTZ 1961) (Map 3)

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Syntype ♀: ♀ / Lathrobium / Iran, Belutschistan, Jranshar [27°12'N, 60°41'E], 800 m / 11.-21.V.1954, Richter u. Schäuffele / Museum Stuttgart donavit 1963 / ex coll. Scheerpeltz / Cotypus Lathrobium richteri O. Scheerpeltz / Pseudobium richteri (Scheerpeltz) det. V. Assing 2006 (NHMW).

A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Iran: 4exs.,HormozganBeshagerdMts., An-Gohran , 26°34'N, 57°54'E, 25.III.-5.IV.2000, leg. Siniaev & Plutenko (cSch, cAss) ; 3 exs., Hormozgan, 10 km W Gavbandi , 27°16'N, 52°58'E, 28.V.2001, leg. Osten ( SMNS, cAss). Afghanistan: 6 exs., E Kandahar, 27.VI.1963, leg. Kasy ( NHMW, cAss) .

C o m m e n t: The original description is based on three female syntypes in poor condition ( SCHEERPELTZ 1961). An illustration of the aedeagus is provided by BOHÁČ (1988). The species was previously known only from southern Iran and is here reported from Afghanistan for the first time (Map 3).

Map 3: Distributions of Pseudobium richteri SCHEERPELTZ (filled circles), P. iranicum BOHÁČ (open circles), and P. pakistanicum nov.sp. (square).