On the Lathrobium fauna of Japan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) Author Assing, V. text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2013 2013-12-20 45 1 1615 1641 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.13146694 0253-116X 13146694 Pseudobium kobense ( SHARP 1874) , nov.comb. ( Figs 44-47 , Map 1 ) Lathrobium kobense SHARP 1874: 57 f. Pseudobium hunanicum ASSING 2012 A : 416, nov.syn. T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Lectotype 3, present designation: "Kobé / Kobe. / Japan . G. Lewis, 1910-320 / Lathrobium kobense mihi D. S. / Aedeagus at rest is turned to 90° in abdomen / Pseudobium kobense (Sharp) , V.I. Gusarov det. 1992 / Lectotypus 3 Lathrobium kobense Sharp , desig. V. Assing 2013 / Pseudobium kobense (Sharp) , det. V. Assing 2013" (BMNH). Paralectotype ♀ : "Type / Japan . G. Lewis / Sharp Coll, 1905-313 / Lathrobium kobense , Type D. S. / Japan / Pseudobium kobense (Sharp) , V.I. Gusarov det. 1992" (BMNH). C o m m e n t: The original description is based on " two specimens " from "Kobé" ( SHARP 1874 ). Both of them, a male and a female, were located in the collections of the BMNH. The male is designated as the lectotype . An examination of the type material revealed that Lathrobium kobense belongs to Pseudobium MULSANT & REY 1878 and that this species is conspecific with P. hunanicum ASSING 2012 , which was recently described from China . Hence the synonymy proposed above. The external and sexual characters of the lectotype are illustrated in Figs 44-47 . Pseudobium kobense is now known from one locality in Japan and three localities in China ( ASSING 2012a , 2013d ); the distribution is illustrated in Map 1 .