Comparative larval ultramorphology of three endemic Lathrobium (Glyptomerus) species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae) from the Eastern Alps in Italy Author Staniec, Bernard Department of Zoology and Nature Protection, Institute of Biological Sciences, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Akademicka 19, 20 - 033 Lublin, Poland. Author Bordoni, Arnaldo 0000-0002-8614-7673 Museo di Storia Naturale dell’Università di Firenze, sezione di zoologia “ La Specola ”, Via Romana 17, 50125 Firenze, Italy. arnaldo. bordoni @ fastwebnet. it; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8614 - 7673 arnaldo.bordoni@fastwebnet.it text Zootaxa 2022 2022-08-16 5175 2 206 230 journal article 123001 10.11646/zootaxa.5175.2.2 fe8b9bd1-aa0f-4356-a7fa-fb9f5dcf66e0 1175-5326 7003475 8B1F91CB-9BFA-4CCF-AB85-3D43591FB529

TABLE 3. Comparative characters of the studied larvae and previously described ones, i.e. the well-known larvae of species from the subtribe Lathrobiina. Abbreviations: Am—anterior margin; Ap—apotome; Cx—coxa; Fe—femur; Hr—height ratio; Lr—length ratio; Lwr—length to width ratio; Mt—median tooth; NmaS—number of macro setae; NmiS—number of micro setae; Ns—number setae; Nt.Am.—number of teeth, anterior margin; Pmnt—prementum; Pmt—paramedian tooth; Sa—sensory appendage; Sg— segment; St—sclerotized transversal strip of labium; Ta—tarsus; Tb—tibia; Trb—trichobothrium; Tp—tentorial pits; Tr—trochanter; Tu—tarsungulus; Vel—ventral ecdysial line; Wr—width ratio;?—no data; measurements in millimetres.

			Subtribe/Genus/Subgenus/species
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Character			Lathrobiina
		Lathrobium			Tetartopeus
		Glyptomerus		Lathrobium	-------
	alzonai	freyi	pacei	lineatocolle	quadratus
Body length	12.3	6.8-7.2	6.8	4.1–5.2	4.5–4.9
			Head
Width	2.1	0,9-1.0	1.3	0.8–0.9	0.7–0.8
Length	2.4	1.3	1.6	0.9–1.2	0.9–1.0
Shape	triangular	U-shaped	semi-triangular	U-shaped	semi-U-shaped
Wr: head to neck	4.9:1	3.5:1	3.6:1	3.6:1	1.8:1
NmaS+Trb: epicranial part	18	14	14	16	20
NmiS: dorsal and ventral side	absent	few	numerous	numerous	numerous
Ap: location regarding Tp	Ap reaching Tp	Ap not reaching Tp Ap not reaching Tp		Ap reaching Tp	Ap reaching Tp
		Antenna
Sg II-IV: Lwr	7.4×, 7.3×, 5.2×	4.3×, 4.0×, 3.1× 4.3×, 4.7×, 4.4×		4.1×, 3.6×, 3.3×	3.1×, 3.5×, 2.6×
Sg III: shape of Sa	erected	slightly curved erected		slightly curved	slightly curved
Sa: Lwr	6.7:1	4.8:1	6.2:1
Lr: Sa and Sg IV	1:1.4	1:1.1	1:1.1	1:1.5	1:1
			Nasale
Nt.Am	9	9	9	9	7
Mt: anterior margin slightly emarginate in middle		rounded	rounded	rounded	rounded
Mt to Pmt: Hr	1:2.1	1:2.2;	1:1.2	1:1.7	1:3.6
Mt to Pmt: Wr	1.3:1	1:1.3	1.1:1	1:1.2	1:1.9
		Epipharynx