Lathrobium nikkoense WATANABE 2001

Assing, V., 2013, On the Lathrobium fauna of Japan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (1), pp. 1615-1641 : 1630

Lathrobium nikkoense WATANABE 2001

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Japan: Honshu: 13, Gunma Pref., Nikko District, Konsei pass, 1800-1900 m, 13.VIII.1980, leg. Hammond (BMNH).

C o m m e n t: The original description is based on type material from three localities in "Oku-Nikkô, Gunma Pref. " and additional material not included in the type series from two localities in Fukushima Prefecture ( WATANABE 2001a). Based on the derived morphology of the aedeagus, particularly the shape of the internal structure (basal portion strongly inflated, apical portion spine-shaped), L. nikkoense is undoubtedly closely allied to L. sinense .