Lathrobium kurosawai WATANABE 2001

Assing, V., 2013, On the Lathrobium fauna of Japan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (2), pp. 1615-1641 : 1618

Lathrobium kurosawai WATANABE 2001

Material examined Japan: Honshu: 4 exs., Gunma Pref., S Usui pass, 750 m, 20.VII.1980, leg. Löbl ( MHNG, cAss) ; 1 ex., same data, but 800 m, 24.VII.1980 ( MHNG) ; 1 ex., same data, but 900 m, 25.VII.1980 ( MHNG) ; 2, Gunma Pref., 4 km SW Tsumagoi , 1050 m, 18.VII.1980, leg. Löbl ( MHNG) ; 2 exs., Gifu Pref., 9 km E Gero , 450-500 m, 31.VII.1980, leg. leg. Löbl ( MHNG, cAss); 8 exs. [1 teneral], Toyama Pref., Kaminikawa, Arimine , 1150 m, 29.VII.1980, leg. Löbl ( MHNG, cAss) ; 2 exs., Tochigi Pref., Nikko National Park , Chuzenji , 1350 m, 14.VII.1980, leg. Löbl ( MHNG) ; 2 exs., Tochigi Pref., Nikko ( BMNH) .

Comment: The original description is based on five type specimens from "Nanairi, southern Aizu, Fukushima Pref., Honshu" ( WATANABE 2001b). Based on the similarly derived male sexual characters, L. kurosawai is evidently closely related to L. brachypterum SHARP 1889 . The above records reveal that the distribution of L. kurosawai is not particularly restricted. The altitudes range from 450 to 1150 m.