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 Lathrobium taichii WATANABE 2008 M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Japan : H o n s h u: 13, Hyogo Pref. , Kobe ( BMNH ) ; 13, 1♀ , Hyogo Pref. , Kobe , Mayasan , 24.IV.1930 ( BMNH , cAss) . C o m m e n t: The original description is based on a male holotype and 15 paratypes from "Mt. Maya-san, Hyôgo Pref. " ( WATANABE 2008 ). Based on the synapomorphically derived morphology of the aedeagus and the shape and chaetotaxy of the male sternites VII and VIII, L. taichii is closely related to L. sanukiense , L. shingon , and allied species.