Three new species of the genus Lathrobium Gravenhorst (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae) from the Jiulongshan Natural Reserve, East China

Zhong Peng; Li-Zhen Li; Mei-Jun Zhao

doi:10.3897/zookeys.184.2634

Three new species of the genus Lathrobium Gravenhorst (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae) from the Jiulongshan Natural Reserve, East China

Zookeys. 2012:(184):57-66. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.184.2634. Epub 2012 Apr 21.

Authors

Zhong Peng¹, Li-Zhen Li, Mei-Jun Zhao

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234, P. R. China.

Abstract

Three new species of the genus Lathrobium Gravenhorst from Jiulongshan Natural Reserve, Zhejiang, East China, Lathrobium jiulongshanensesp. n., Lathrobium shenisp. n. and Lathrobium zhaotiexiongisp. n. are described and illustrated. A key to the Lathrobium species from Zhejiang Province is provided.

Keywords: China; Coleoptera; Jiulongshan; Lathrobium; Staphylinidae; Zhejiang; key to species; new species; taxonomy.