Lathrobium coniunctum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Paederinae
Tribus: Lathrobiini
Subtribus: Lathrobiina
Genus: Lathrobium
Species: Lathrobium coniunctum

Name

Lathrobium coniunctum Assing & Peng, 2013: 54, figs. 2B, 4, 10

• Type locality: CHINA: Sichuan Prov., Emeishan City, Mt. Emeishan, 29°33'N, 103°21'E, 21.vii.2012, alt. 1,700–1,900 m.

• Holotype: SNUC ♂, Dai, Peng & Yin leg.

• Etymology: The specific epithet (Latin, adjective: connected, fused) alludes to the merged ventral process and dorsal plate of the aedeagus and emphasizes the hypothesized close relationship of L. coniunctum to L. iunctum and the following species.

References

• Assing, V., Peng, Z. & Zhao, M.-J. 2013. On the Lathrobium fauna of the Emei Shan, Sichuan, China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). ZooKeys 277: 47–67. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.277.4671 Reference page.  [original description: p. 54, figs. 2B, 4, 10]