. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. Fig. 89. Distributions of Himalayan Lobrathium species, based on revised records: L. bicarinatum (open square); L. sinuatum (filled triangle); L. kosiense (open circle); L. pustulatum (open diamond). Ill-TV (L. Fea). Sikkim, Darjeeling (Christie)" (Fauvel 1895). Three syntypes, a male and two females, were lo- cated in the collections of the IRSNB; the slightly tener- al male is designated as the lectotype. It is currently un- clear whether or not the female syntype from Darjeeling is conspecific with the lectotype; the possibility that it refers to L.
. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. Fig. 89. Distributions of Himalayan Lobrathium species, based on revised records: L. bicarinatum (open square); L. sinuatum (filled triangle); L. kosiense (open circle); L. pustulatum (open diamond). Ill-TV (L. Fea). Sikkim, Darjeeling (Christie)" (Fauvel 1895). Three syntypes, a male and two females, were lo- cated in the collections of the IRSNB; the slightly tener- al male is designated as the lectotype. It is currently un- clear whether or not the female syntype from Darjeeling is conspecific with the lectotype; the possibility that it refers to L. kleebergi or to an undescribed species cannot be ruled out. Although Fauvel (1895) had placed L. gut- tula near L. multipunctum, it had previously been listed as Lathrobium even in recent catalogues (Smetana 2004). The species clearly belongs to Lobrathium. Redescription. External characters as in L. kleebergi (see preceding section). Distinguished only by the male sex- ual characters: <$'â sternite VI unmodified; sternite VII strongly trans- verse and with pronounced median impression, this im- pression impunctate in the middle and laterally with a pair of clusters of numerous modified, stout and short black setae, posterior margin broadly and weakly concave (Fig. 73); sternite VIII as long as broad, with broad and deep median impression, this impression with numerous mod- ified, stout and short black setae, posterior excision rather broad and shallow, in the middle triangularly produced and with row of five short, black marginal setae on either side (Fig. 74); aedeagus mm long and with blade-shaped ventral process (Figs 75-76). Comparative notes. As can be inferred from the similar external (large head with extremely dense punctation and large impunctate patches) and from the similar male sex- ual characters, L. guttula is a close relative of L. kleeber- gi. It is distinguished from the latter by the shape and chaetotaxy of the male sternites VII and VIII, as well as
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