On the Lathrobium fauna of the Luoxiao Mountains, Central China

Zhong Peng; Li-Zhen Li; Mei-Jun Zhao

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4158.3.5

On the Lathrobium fauna of the Luoxiao Mountains, Central China

Zootaxa. 2016 Aug 30;4158(3):385-402. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.3.5.

Authors

Zhong Peng¹, Li-Zhen Li², Mei-Jun Zhao¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 100 Guilin Road, Shanghai, 200234 P. R. China.; Email: lathrobium@163.com.
² Department of Biology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 100 Guilin Road, Shanghai, 200234 P. R. China.; Email: unknown.

PMID: 27615892
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.3.5

Abstract

Thirteen species of Lathrobium Gravenhorst, 1802 are recorded from the Luoxiao Mountains, Central China, all of them micropterous and locally endemic. Eight species are described and illustrated: L. bamianense Peng & Li sp. n., L. fumingi Peng & Li sp. n., L. jinyuae Peng & Li sp. n., L. jiulingense Peng & Li sp. n., L. shuguangi Peng & Li sp. n., L. taiye Peng & Li sp. n., L. yangshimuense Peng & Li sp. n., and L. yipingae Peng & Li sp. n. Five probably undescribed species remain unnamed. Including the new taxa, 219 Lathrobium species are currently known from mainland China.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animal Structures / growth & development
Animals
Body Size
China
Coleoptera / anatomy & histology
Coleoptera / classification*
Coleoptera / growth & development
Female
Male
Organ Size