Lathrobium, 1802

Assing, V., 2013, On the Lathrobium fauna of Japan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (2), pp. 1615-1641 : 1635-1636

" Lathrobium " monilicorne SHARP 1889

Lathrobium monilicorne SHARP 1889: 259 .

Type material Lectotype, present designation: "Lathrobium monilicorne. Type D. S., Fuji . Japan. Lewis, an gen. nov. [handwritten on mounting label] / Sharp Coll, 1905-313 / Aedeagus at rest turned to 90° in abdomen / Lathrobium monilicorne Sharp, V.I. Gusarov det. 1992 / Lectotypus Lathrobium monilicorne Sharp , desig. V. Assing 2013 / Elytrobium monilicorne (Sharp), det. V. Assing 2013" ( BMNH). Paralectotype: "Lathrobium monilicorne. D. S., Fuji . [handwritten on mounting label] / Japan. G. Lewis. 1910-320. / Sharp Coll, 1905-313 / Lathrobium monilicorne Sharp, V.I. Gusarov det. 1992 / Paralectotypus Lathrobium monilicorne Sharp , desig. V. Assing 2013 / Elytrobium monilicorne (Sharp), det. V. Assing 2013" ( BMNH).

Comment: The original description is based on " two females; taken in the plain of Fujisan" ( SHARP 1889). Both syntypes were located in the collections of the BMNH and are in fact males. One of them is designated as the lectotype. Preliminary studies suggest that this species does not belong to Lathrobium , but to a probably undescribed genus of Lathrobiina , of which I have seen several other species from the East Palaearctic region. They will be dealt with in a separate study (ASSING in press).