New species of the genus Pseudolathra Casey, 1905 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae) from the Northwestern District of China

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Pseudolathra Casey, 1905 from mainland China are reported in this paper, namely Pseudolathra gansuensis Li & Zhou, sp. nov. and P. assingi Li & Zhou, sp. nov. This genus is reported for the first time from Gansu Province, Northwest China. Both species are described in detail and supplemented with color plates of normal light photos of the habitus, sternites VII–IX and details of aedeagal structures in different views.