Lathrobium excisum

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 excisum

Name

Lathrobium excisum Assing, 2012: 176

• Type locality: NEPAL: Rolwaling Himal, nordöstl. unterh. d. Daldung La Pass, 3800 m.
• Holotype: Volker Assing private collection, ♂, 27.05.2000 leg. A. Kleeberg.
• Etymology: The specific epithet (Latin, adjective) refers to the posterior excision of the male sternite VIII, one of the characters distinguishing L. excisum from the geographically close and externally similar L. janetscheki.

References

Primary references

• Assing, V. 2012. A revision of the Lathrobium species of the Himalaya (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Bonn zoological bulletin 61(2): 142–209. PDF Reference page.  [original description: p. 176, figs. 96, 112–117, 295]