Lathrobium aciforme

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 aciforme

Name

Lathrobium aciforme Assing, 2012: 182

• Type locality: NEPAL: N-Annapurna Mts.: Pisang Peak, N-slope, 4500–4700 m.
• Holotype: SDEI, ♂, 6.VI.1994, leg. J. Schmidt.
• Etymology: The specific epithet (Latin, adjective) alludes to the needle-shaped apex of the internal structures of the aedeagus, one of the characters separating this species from its closest relatives.

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. 182, figs. 126, 142–146]