Pseudolathra pulchella (KRAATZ, 1859) Lathrobium pulchellum KRAATZ, 1859: 116 Pseudolathra pulchella ASSING, 2012: 317 Material examined: 1: INDONESIA Nias, Ostküste, Lawalo 29.9.1979, ERBER leg. Lichfang [MHNG]; 1: 17.II.79, PNG / Morobe, Umg. Kaiapit / Papua Nlle. Guinée, W.G. Ullrich [MHNG]; 2: 59.58 Dory, New Guinea / Lathrobium caffrum Boh. M. Bernhauer det. [NHML]. P. pulchella is the commonest and most widespread member of the genus. These new records extends its range yet much further east from Celebes and the Philippines to western (Irian Jaya) and eastern (Papua) New Guinea. The specimens from Dory (spelled ‘Dorey’ in Wallace’s "The Malay Archipelago"), the site of present-day Manokwari in Irian Jaya, were collected by Alfred Russel Wallace between March and July 1858. Twenty-four other specimens from India, Sri Lanka, West Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam were found in the Geneva museum collection.

Published as part of Rougemont, Guillaume de, 2015, New Oriental and Papuan Pseudolathra (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae), pp. 1785-1799 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (2) on page 1787, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5873556