On New and Poorly Known Lathrobium (S.Str.) Species from Siberia and the Russian Far East (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae)
Baltic J. Coleopterol. 11(2) 2011 ISSN 1407 - 8619 On new and poorly known Lathrobium (s.str.) species from Siberia and the Russian Far East (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) Alexandr B. Ryvkin Ryvkin A.B. 2011. On new and poorly known Lathrobium (s.str.) species from Siberia and the Russian Far East (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Baltic J. Coleopterol., 11(2): 135 - 170. An annotated list of 16 Lathrobium (s.str.) species is provided, including the two new taxa: L. (s.str.) generosum sp.n. from the NE Irkutsk Area and L. (s.str.) ishiharai ursinum ssp.n. from the NE Amur Area; L. (s.str.) viduum Eppelsheim, 1893 is redescribed, its aedeagus and female terminalia are illustrated for the first time; L. (s. str.) japonicum kunashiriense Y.Watanabe, 2004 is placed in the synonymy of L. (s. str.) japonicum Bernhauer, 1907. New faunistic data on Siberian and Far Eastern localities are given for all the species listed. Some short additional data are provided also for other territories of the former USSR. Key words:Lathrobium, Staphylinidae, Paederinae, fauna, new species, Russia, Far East. Alexandr B. Ryvkin. Laboratory of Ecology & Morphology of Insects, Severtsov Institute of Problems of Ecology & Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospect, 33, Moscow, 119071, Russia Bureinskiy State Nature Reserve, Chegdomyn, Verkhnebureinskiy Rayon, Khabarovskiy Kray, 676572, Russia INTRODUCTION species are established only for Japan and, in part, for E China (numerous papers by Watanabe When processing staphylinids from Siberia and et al.), but their diagnostic criteria, such as the Russian Far East, I have accumulated some presence or absence of wings, seem to be data on distribution and bionomics of the adequate not always.
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