Lathrobium spiculatum

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 spiculatum

Name

Lathrobium spiculatum Assing, 2012: 191

• Type locality: NEPAL: (Prov. Bagmati), Yangri Ridge, 4200 m.
• Holotype: Aleš Smetana private collection, ♂, 21.IV.81, Löbl & Smetana.
• Etymology: The specific epithet is an adjective derived from the Latin noun spiculum (spine, sting) and alludes to the conspicuously long and thin ventral process of the aedeagus.

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. 191, figs. 96, 199–213]