Lathrobium compressicrus

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 compressicrus

Name

Lathrobium compressicrus Assing, 2012: 195

• Type locality: NEPAL: Manaslu massif, Barapokhari Lekh, 23 km NE Besisahar Vill., 28°21’N, 84°33’E, 3800-4100 m.
• Holotype: Volker Assing private collection, ♂, 14.IX.2000, leg. A. Hetzel.
• Etymology: The specific epithet is a noun in apposition composed of the Latin adjective compressus and the Latin noun crus (shin); it refers to the conspicuous shape of the meso- and metatibiae.

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. 195, figs. 214, 219–223, 273]