%0 Journal Article %T On the Lathrobium fauna of the Emei Shan, Sichuan, China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae) %A Volker Assing %A Zhong Peng %A Mei-Jun Zhao %J ZooKeys %D 2013 %I Pensoft Publishers %R 10.3897/zookeys.277.4671 %X Six species of Lathrobium Gravenhorst, 1802 from the Emei Shan, Sichuan, are described and illustrated: L. iunctum Assing & Peng sp. n., L. coniunctum Assing & Peng sp. n., L. conexum Assing & Peng sp. n., L. ensigerum Assing & Peng sp. n., L. hastatum Assing & Peng sp. n., and L. bisinuatum Assing & Peng sp. n. Based on their primary and secondary sexual characters, they represent two distinct lineages, each of them comprising three species. A key to the species recorded from the Emei Shan is provided. %K Coleoptera %K Staphylinidae %K taxonomy %K Lathrobium %K new species %K description %K key to species %K species groups %K endemism %K Emei Shan %K Sichuan %K China %U http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/4671/