Lathrobium brevitergale ASSING, 2013 Material examined: China: Shaanxi: 11 , 12 , Qinling Shan, 34°01'N, 107°52'E, 1700–2200 m, sifted, 17.V.2011, leg. Grebennikov; 2 , 3 , Qinling Shan, 33°52'N, 108°59'E, 2000–2600 m, sifted, 15.V.2011, leg. Grebennikov (material in CAS, cSme, cAss). Comment: The distribution of L. brevitergale is confined to the Qinling Shan, in the area to the south and southwest of Xi'an (ASSING 2013a). In one of the above localities it was collected together with L. grebennikovi, in the other with L. cavisulcatum. Previously recorded syntopic species were L. sociabile ASSING, 2013, L. tectiforme ASSING, 2013, and L. concameratum ASSING, 2013 (ASSING 2013a).

Published as part of Assing, Volker, 2015, New species and additional records of Lathrobium and Elytrobium from the Palaearctic region, with special reference to the fauna of East Yunnan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), pp. 41-74 in Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 65 (1) on page 59, DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.65.1.41-74, http://zenodo.org/record/4753882

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