taxonID	type	description	language	source
FFD27766BC125A82B1EC7A30EE0E0610.taxon	description	Figure 3 A-C	en	Lin, Xiao-Bin, Zhen, Yi-Dan, Peng, Zhong (2021): On the Lathrobium fauna of the Nanling National Nature Reserve, southern China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). ZooKeys 1054: 15-24, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.68991, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.68991
FFD27766BC125A82B1EC7A30EE0E0610.taxon	materials_examined	Material studied. 3 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀, China: Guangdong Prov., Ruyuan County, Nanling National Nature Reserve, Laopengyidui, 24 ° 56 ' 21 " N, 113 ° 01 ' 21 " E, 1,260 m, 02. V. 2015, Peng, Tu & Zhou leg. (SNUC); 4 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, China: Guangdong Prov., Ruyuan County, Nanling National Nature Reserve, Laopengkeng, 24 ° 56 ' 29 " N, 113 ° 00 ' 27 " E, 1,360 m, 29. V. 2015, Peng, Tu & Zhou leg. (SNUC); 1 ♀, China: Guangdong Prov., Ruyuan County, Nanling National Nature Reserve, Walkway, 24 ° 55 ' 57 " N, 113 ° 00 ' 18 " E, 1,220 m, 28. IV. 2015, Peng, Tu & Zhou leg. (SNUC); 2 ♂♂, China: Guangdong Prov., Ruyuan County, Nanling National Nature Reserve, Disilindao, 24 ° 55 ' 47 " N, 112 ° 59 ' 50 " E, 1,500 m, 05. V. 2015, Peng, Tu & Zhou leg. (SNUC); 1 ♂, China: Hunan Prov., Yizhang County, Mangshan Nature reserve, 24 ° 56 ' 26 " N, 112 ° 59 ' 18 " E, 1400 m, 26. IV. 2015, Peng, Tu & Zhou leg. (SNUC); 3 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, China: Guangdong Prov., Ruyuan County, Nanling National Nature reserve, 24 ° 55 ' 43.67 " N, 113 ° 00 ' 58.50 " E, 1,020 m, sifted, 27. VI. 2020, Lin, Xia, Yin & Zhang leg. (SNUC); 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, China: Hunan Prov., Xinning County, Shunhuang Shan Nature Reserve, 26 ° 22 ' 33.82 " N, 110 ° 59 ' 32.11 " E, 1,112 m, sifted, 24. VIII. 2020, leaf litter, sifted, Chong Li leg. (SNUC); 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, China: Guangdong Prov., Ruyuan County, Nanling Nature reserve, 24 ° 55 ' 42.9 " N, 113 ° 00 ' 59.05 " E, 1,020 - 1,250 m, 04. V. 2021, Hu, Lin, Zhou & Li leg. (SNUC); 2 ♀♀, China: Guangdong Prov., Ruyuan County, Nanling Nature reserve, 24 ° 56 ' 16.20 " N, 113 ° 00 ' 8.43 " E, 980 - 1,350 m, 01. V. 2021, Hu, Lin, Zhou & Li leg. (SNUC); 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, China: Guangdong Prov., Ruyuan County, Nanling Nature reserve, Xiaohuangshan, 24 ° 53 ' 44.7 " N, 113 ° 01 ' 26.9 " E, 1,270 - 1,570 m, 02. V. 2021, Hu, Lin, Zhou & Li leg. (SNUC).	en	Lin, Xiao-Bin, Zhen, Yi-Dan, Peng, Zhong (2021): On the Lathrobium fauna of the Nanling National Nature Reserve, southern China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). ZooKeys 1054: 15-24, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.68991, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.68991
B171589A3AFE56FDAB3554BF48C13F1A.taxon	description	Figures 1 B, 3 D-G, 6	en	Lin, Xiao-Bin, Zhen, Yi-Dan, Peng, Zhong (2021): On the Lathrobium fauna of the Nanling National Nature Reserve, southern China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). ZooKeys 1054: 15-24, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.68991, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.68991
B171589A3AFE56FDAB3554BF48C13F1A.taxon	description	Description. Measurements (in mm) and ratios: BL 7.95 - 8.34, FL 3.12 - 3.24, HL 1.09 - 1.14, HW 1.09, AnL 1.99 - 2.16, PL 1.34 - 1.37, PW 1.09 - 1.14, EL 0.68 - 0.73, AL 1.55, HL / HW 1.00 - 1.04, HW / PW 0.96 - 1.00, HL / PL 0.82 - 0.83, PL / PW 1.20 - 1.22, EL / PL 0.51 - 0.53. Habitus as in Figure 1 B. Body dark reddish brown, legs reddish brown, antennae dark to light reddish brown. Head punctation moderately fine and moderately dense, not sparser in median dorsal portion; interstices with shallow microsculpture. Eyes moderately small and composed of approximately 60 ommatidia. Pronotum nearly parallel-sided; punctation somewhat sparser than that of head; impunctate midline broad; interstices without microsculpture. Elytral punctation moderately dense and shallow. Hind wings completely reduced. Abdomen with fine and moderately dense punctation, that of tergite VII somewhat sparser than that of anterior tergites; interstices with shallow, but distinct microsculpture; posterior margin of tergite VII without palisade fringe. Male. Sternites III-VI unmodified; sternite VII (Fig. 3 D) strongly transverse and symmetric, with shallow median impression with modified short black setae, posterior margin broadly and very weakly concave; sternite VIII (Fig. 3 E) approximately as long as broad, with moderately extensive median impression posteriorly, this impression with numerous distinctly modified, stout black setae, posterior excision relatively deep; aedeagus as in Figure 3 F and G; ventral process weakly hooked apically in lateral view; dorsal plate with long apical portion and very short basal portion; internal sac with one sclerotized spine. Female. Unknown.	en	Lin, Xiao-Bin, Zhen, Yi-Dan, Peng, Zhong (2021): On the Lathrobium fauna of the Nanling National Nature Reserve, southern China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). ZooKeys 1054: 15-24, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.68991, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.68991
B171589A3AFE56FDAB3554BF48C13F1A.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species is named after Xing-Yang Jia, who supported us on our field trips.	en	Lin, Xiao-Bin, Zhen, Yi-Dan, Peng, Zhong (2021): On the Lathrobium fauna of the Nanling National Nature Reserve, southern China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). ZooKeys 1054: 15-24, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.68991, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.68991
B171589A3AFE56FDAB3554BF48C13F1A.taxon	distribution	Distribution and natural history. The type locality is situated in the Nanling National Nature Reserve to western Ruyuan County, eastern Guangdong. The specimens were sifted from leaf litter and grass roots in shrub habitats at an altitude of 1,850 m (Fig. 6).	en	Lin, Xiao-Bin, Zhen, Yi-Dan, Peng, Zhong (2021): On the Lathrobium fauna of the Nanling National Nature Reserve, southern China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). ZooKeys 1054: 15-24, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.68991, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.68991
2478B7584B355CE58C26B029AF1F493E.taxon	description	Figures 1 C, 4, 7	en	Lin, Xiao-Bin, Zhen, Yi-Dan, Peng, Zhong (2021): On the Lathrobium fauna of the Nanling National Nature Reserve, southern China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). ZooKeys 1054: 15-24, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.68991, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.68991
2478B7584B355CE58C26B029AF1F493E.taxon	description	Description. Measurements (in mm) and ratios: BL 8.62 - 10.56, FL 3.48 - 4.27, HL 1.30 - 1.67, HW 1.30 - 1.52, AnL 2.32 - 2.70, PL 1.57 - 1.85, PW 1.33 - 1.57, EL 0.61 - 0.83, AL 2.25, HL / HW 1.00 - 1.15, HW / PW 0.96 - 0.98, HL / PL 0.82 - 0.95, PL / PW 1.18 - 1.19, EL / PL 0.39 - 0.45. Habitus as in Fig. 4 C. Body blackish brown, legs brown, antennae dark to light brown. Head transverse; punctation coarse and dense, sparser in median dorsal portion; interstices with distinct microsculpture. Pronotum nearly parallel-sided; punctation somewhat sparser than that of head; impunctate midline broad; interstices without microsculpture. Eyes moderately big and composed of approximately 80 ommatidia. Elytral punctation dense and defined. Hind wings completely reduced. Protarsi without appreciable sexual dimorphism, distinctly dilated. Abdomen with fine and dense punctation, punctation of tergite VII slightly less dense than that of anterior tergites; interstices with shallow microsculpture; posterior margin of tergite VII without palisade fringe. Male. Sternites III-VI unmodified; sternite VII (Fig. 4 D) strongly transverse, with shallow median impression posteriorly with numerous distinctly modified, short black setae, posterior margin nearly truncate; sternite VIII (Fig. 4 E) strongly modified and of distinctive shape and chaetotaxy, with deep and extensive median impression, middle of this impression with unmodified pubescence, laterally with dense short and very stout black setae, posterior margin deep and weakly asymmetric; aedeagus as in Figure 4 F and G; ventral process asymmetric and apically acute; dorsal plate with long apical portion and very short basal portion; internal sac with one long sclerotized spine. Female. Posterior margin of tergite VIII (Fig. 4 A) strongly convex. Posterior margin of sternite VIII (Fig. 4 B) strongly convex and with moderately dense micropubescence; tergite IX (Fig. 4 C) with short antero-median portion and slender postero-lateral processes; tergite X (Fig. 4 C) 2.5 times as long as antero-median portion of tergite IX.	en	Lin, Xiao-Bin, Zhen, Yi-Dan, Peng, Zhong (2021): On the Lathrobium fauna of the Nanling National Nature Reserve, southern China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). ZooKeys 1054: 15-24, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.68991, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.68991
2478B7584B355CE58C26B029AF1F493E.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species is dedicated to Xing-Min Wang, who supported us on our field trips.	en	Lin, Xiao-Bin, Zhen, Yi-Dan, Peng, Zhong (2021): On the Lathrobium fauna of the Nanling National Nature Reserve, southern China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). ZooKeys 1054: 15-24, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.68991, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.68991
2478B7584B355CE58C26B029AF1F493E.taxon	distribution	Distribution and natural history. The species was found in five adjacent localities in western Ruyuan County to southern Yizhang County. Some specimens were sifted from the leaf litter of mixed deciduous forests at an altitude of 1,090 m (Fig. 7).	en	Lin, Xiao-Bin, Zhen, Yi-Dan, Peng, Zhong (2021): On the Lathrobium fauna of the Nanling National Nature Reserve, southern China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). ZooKeys 1054: 15-24, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.68991, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.68991
177BA24D43185222A8F5E1279D94DEAA.taxon	description	Figures 1 A, 2, 5	en	Lin, Xiao-Bin, Zhen, Yi-Dan, Peng, Zhong (2021): On the Lathrobium fauna of the Nanling National Nature Reserve, southern China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). ZooKeys 1054: 15-24, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.68991, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.68991
177BA24D43185222A8F5E1279D94DEAA.taxon	description	Description. Measurements (in mm) and ratios: BL 5.34 - 6.67, FL 2.19 - 2.67, HL 0.76 - 0.98, HW 0.78 - 0.87, AnL 1.49 - 1.74, PL 1.00 - 1.09, PW 0.82 - 0.93, EL 0.41 - 0.65, AL 0.81 - 0.83, HL / HW 0.97 - 1.13, HW / PW 0.90 - 1.00, HL / PL 0.75 - 0.92, PL / PW 1.15 - 1.27, EL / PL 0.41 - 0.60. Habitus as in Figure 1 A. Body brown, legs, and antennae light brown. Head approximately as long as broad; punctation moderately coarse and sparse, sparser in median dorsal portion; interstices with shallow microreticulation; eyes small and composed of approximately 40 ommatidia. Pronotum nearly parallel-sided; punctation somewhat sparser than that of head; impunctate midline broad; interstices without microsculpture. Elytral punctation moderately dense, shallow, and ill-defined. Hind wings completely reduced. Abdomen with fine and moderately sparse punctation, that of tergite VII somewhat sparser than that of anterior tergites; interstices with shallow microsculpture; posterior margin of tergite VII without palisade fringe. Male. Sternites III-VI unmodified; sternite VII (Fig. 2 D) with very shallow postero-median impression without distinctly modified setae, posterior margin weakly concave in the middle; sternite VIII (Fig. 2 E) with symmetric, subtriangular emargination and shallow impression; aedeagus as in Figure 2 F and G, with stout ventral process of highly distinctive shape; dorsal plate with moderately long apical portion and very short basal portion; internal sac without sclerotized spines. Female. Posterior margin of tergite VIII (Fig. 2 A) strongly convex. Posterior margin of sternite VIII (Fig. 2 B) strongly convex and with moderately dense micropubescence; tergite IX (Fig. 2 C) with very short, medially undivided antero-median portion and moderately long postero-lateral processes; tergite X (Fig. 2 C) 2.5 times as long as antero-median portion of tergite IX.	en	Lin, Xiao-Bin, Zhen, Yi-Dan, Peng, Zhong (2021): On the Lathrobium fauna of the Nanling National Nature Reserve, southern China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). ZooKeys 1054: 15-24, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.68991, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.68991
177BA24D43185222A8F5E1279D94DEAA.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species is named after Yi-Han Yang, who supported us on our field trips.	en	Lin, Xiao-Bin, Zhen, Yi-Dan, Peng, Zhong (2021): On the Lathrobium fauna of the Nanling National Nature Reserve, southern China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). ZooKeys 1054: 15-24, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.68991, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.68991
177BA24D43185222A8F5E1279D94DEAA.taxon	distribution	Distribution and natural history. The species was found in six adjacent localities in western Ruyuan County to southeastern Shixing County. A specimen was sifted, together with L. guangdongense, from moist leaf litter of a secondary mixed and deciduous forest at an altitude of 1,260 m (Fig. 5).	en	Lin, Xiao-Bin, Zhen, Yi-Dan, Peng, Zhong (2021): On the Lathrobium fauna of the Nanling National Nature Reserve, southern China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). ZooKeys 1054: 15-24, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.68991, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.68991
