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Lathrobium jiulongshanense Peng, Zhong & Li-Zhen Li 2012

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Measurements and ratios:BL 8.90–10.08, HL 1.43–1.52, HW 1.56–1.61, PL 1.80–1.92, PW 1.55–1.71, EL 1.09–1.18, HW/HL 0.95–1.11, HW/PW 0.94–1.02, HL/PL 0.77–0.81, PL/PW 1.10–1.15, EL/PL 0.61–0.66. Habitus as in Fig. 1A. Body brown with paler apex, legs brown, antennae brown to reddish brown. Head subquadrate; punctation coarse and moderately sparse; interstices with shallow microsculpture; eyes small, usually approximately 1/3–3/8 the length of postocular region in dorsal view. Pronotum with lateral margins weakly convex in dorsal view; punctation sparser than that of head; impunctate midline narrow; interstices without microsculpture. Elytra with punctation denser than that of pronotum and well-defined; hind wings reduced. Abdomen with dense punctation; interstices with shallow microsculpture. Male. Sternite IV (Fig. 2D) and V (Fig. 2E) with dense short darkish setae in postero-median concavity, on posterior margin with 6–10 peg-like setae; sternite VI (Fig. 2F) similar to V, but with much sparser setae in median concavity; sternite VII (Fig. 2H) with narrow impression, on either side of this impression with 9–12 peg-like setae; sternite VIII (Fig. 2I) with different length of setae surrounding distinctly asymmetric and deep emargination in postero-median portion; sternite IX (Fig. 2G) asymmetric; aedeagus (Fig. 2J, 2K) with conspicuously long ventral process and short dorsal sclerite. Female. Posterior margin of tergite VIII (Fig. 2A) truncate; sternite VIII (Fig. 2B) longer than that of male, posterior margin broadly convex and with micropubescence; tergite IX (Fig. 2C) not separated from X (Fig. 2C) with short lateral processes.
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Zhong Peng, Li-Zhen Li, Mei-Jun Zhao
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Peng Z, Li L, Zhao M (2012) Three new species of the genus Lathrobium Gravenhorst (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae) from the Jiulongshan Natural Reserve, East China ZooKeys 184: 57–66
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Zhong Peng
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Li-Zhen Li
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Mei-Jun Zhao
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East China (Zhejiang: Jiulongshan Natural Reserve).
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Zhong Peng, Li-Zhen Li, Mei-Jun Zhao
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Peng Z, Li L, Zhao M (2012) Three new species of the genus Lathrobium Gravenhorst (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae) from the Jiulongshan Natural Reserve, East China ZooKeys 184: 57–66
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Zhong Peng
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Li-Zhen Li
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Mei-Jun Zhao
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