Lathrobium aquilinum

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 aquilinum

Name

Lathrobium aquilinum Assing, 2013: 83

• Type locality: CHINA: S-Shaanxi (Daba Shan), NW pass 25 km NW Zhenping, 32°01’N, 109°19’E, 2150 m.
• Holotype: Priv. collection Michael Schülke, Berlin, ♂, 11.VII.2001, leg. M. Schülke.
• Etymology: The specific epithet (Latin, adjective: of an eagle) alludes to shape of the apex of the ventral process of the aedeagus, which somewhat resembles a hawk´s beak.

References

Primary references

• Assing, V. 2013. On the Lathrobium fauna of China I. The fauna of the Qinling Shan, the Daba Shan, and adjacent regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Bonn zoological bulletin 62(1): 30–91. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [original description: p. 83, figs. 213, 243–248]