Pseudobironium rufitarse Löbl, 1992

Löbl, Ivan & Tang, Liang, 2013, A review of the genus Pseudobironium Pic (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae), Revue suisse de Zoologie 120 (4), pp. 665-734 : 694

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6119135
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4D3B1938-8EF5-455D-8E52-596F2D4C8221
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scientific name	Pseudobironium rufitarse Löbl, 1992
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Pseudobironium rufitarse Löbl, 1992 View in CoL

Pseudobironium rufitarse Löbl, 1992: 502 View in CoL .

HOLOTYPE: Ƌ, SMNS. Type locality: Nepal , Taplejung District, Yamputhin . ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED: INDIA, East Sikkim, Rongay , 1800m, 23.IV.1985, leg. Ch. J. Rai, 1 Ƌ ( NHMB) .

DISTRIBUTION: India: Sikkim, Nepal.

COMMENTS: The description of the species was based on three Nepalese specimens. The species may be readily distinguished by the peculiar shape of the parameres, as illustrated in Löbl, 1992. It is also characterized by the conspicuously long antennae, with the antennomeres II and III almost even in length. Characters not mentioned in the original description are: mesosternum with low, inconspicuous median ridge, metacoxal process with convave margin, abdominal microsculpture punctulate, sternite 1 with shallow oblique impression situated anterior its mid-length.