Lathrobium paphlagonicum ASSING 2001

Assing, V., 2009, New species and additional records of Lathrobium and Tetartopeus from the Palaearctic region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2), pp. 1269-1283 : 1275

Lathrobium paphlagonicum ASSING 2001

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Turkey: S i n o p 5 exs., 25 km S Sinop, W Lala , 41°44'N, 35°01'E, 215 m, oak forest with undergrowth, sifted, 31.III.2009, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 4 exs., 25 km S Sinop, W Lala , 41°53'N, 35°02'E, 240 m, oak forest with undergrowth, sifted, 31.III.2009, leg. Assing & Wunderle (cAss, cWun) ; 28 exs., ca. 22 km S Sinop, N Lala , 41°53'N, 35°03'E, 160 m, oak and laurel forest with undergrowth, sifted, 31.III.2009, leg. Assing, Wunderle (cAss, cWun) ; 4 exs., 15 km SW Sinop, S Kılıçlı, 41°57'N, 35°02'E, 80 m, grassy road margin, grass between shrubs, sifted, 3.IV.2009, leg. Assing & Wunderle (cAss, cWun). K a s t a m o n u: 2exs., 40 km NW Kastamonu, Ballıdağ geç., 41°34'N, 33°20'E, 1270 m, mixed forest (fir, pine, beech), litter sifted, 7.& 9.IV.2009, leg. Assing & Wunderle (cAss, cWun) .

C o m m e n t: Lathrobium paphlagonicum was described from three type specimens from the Çangal Dağı in Sinop province ( ASSING 2001). The above specimens represent the first records since the original description. The new data suggest that the species is not rare in Sinop and in the adjacent parts of Kastamonu province.