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Measurements and ratios:BL 7.51–8.90, FL 3.72–4.00, HL 0.89–1.02, HW 1.02–1.15, PL 1.33–1.52, PW 1.13–1.24, EL 0.93–0.96, HL/HW 0.86–0.92, HW/PW 0.90–0.94, HL/PL 0.65–0.67, PL/PW 1.18–1.24, EL/PL 0.63–0.70. Habitus as in Fig. 1A. Body brown with paler apex, legs light brown, antennae light brown to yellowish brown. Head subquadrate (HL/HW 0.86–0.92); punctation coarse and sparse; interstices with very shallow microreticulation; eyes small, approximately 1/3–2/5 the length of postocular region in dorsal view. Pronotum nearly parallel-sided; punctation sparser than that of head; impunctate midline narrow; interstices shining without microsculpture. Elytra with punctation denser than that of pronotum and well defined; hind wings reduced. Abdomen with dense punctation; interstices with very shallow, transversely striate microsculpture. Male. Sternite VI (Fig. 2D) with dense darkish setae in postero-median impression; sternite VII (Fig. 2E) with sparse darkish setae in median impression, and posterior margin with several peg-like setae; sternite VIII (Fig. 2I) with asymmetric emargination and short darkish setae in shallow impression; sternite IX (Fig. 2F) nearly symmetric; aedeagus (Figs 2G, 2H) with short ventral process and thin dorsal sclerite. Female. Posterior margin of tergite VIII (Fig. 2A) pointed in middle; sternite VIII (Fig. 2B) slightly longer than that of male, middle of posterior margin with broad and obtuse projection; tergite X (Fig. 2C) obtuse apically and not reaching anterior margin of tergite IX (Fig. 2C).
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Zhong Peng, Li-Zhen Li, Mei-Jun Zhao
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Peng Z, Li L, Zhao M (2012) Two new apterous species of Lathrobium Gravenhorst (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae) from Fujian, East China ZooKeys 218: 57–63
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Mei-Jun Zhao
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East China: Fujian.
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Zhong Peng, Li-Zhen Li, Mei-Jun Zhao
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Peng Z, Li L, Zhao M (2012) Two new apterous species of Lathrobium Gravenhorst (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae) from Fujian, East China ZooKeys 218: 57–63
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Zhong Peng
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Li-Zhen Li
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Mei-Jun Zhao
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