Lathrobium dimidiatipenne BERNHAUER 1910

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 : 1276

Lathrobium dimidiatipenne BERNHAUER 1910 ( Figs 13-19 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Kazakhstan: 7 exs., Irtysh river, Lebyazh'e, 21.V.1979, leg. Kastcheev (cAss).

C o m m e n t: According to SMETANA (2004), the distribution of this species ranges from Turkey and the Caucasus region to the Russian Far East. The above specimens represent the first record from Kazakhstan and Middle Asia. The primary and secondary sexual characters of the material from Kazakhstan are illustrated in Figs 13-19 .

Figures

Figs 9-19: Lathrobium kastcheevi nov.sp. (9-12) and L. dimidiatipenne BERNHAUER (13-19): (9, 13-14) aedeagus in lateral view; (10, 16) apical portion of aedeagus in lateral view; (11) apical portion of aedeagus in ventral view; (12) posterior median portion of male sternite VIII; (15) aedeagus in ventral view; (17) male sternite VII; (18) male sternite VIII; (19) female sternite VIII. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.