Sussaba aciculata (Ruthe)

Russia, Kuril islands: Paramushir Island, Env. Utyesnaya River; N50°37.73' / E156°08.21', 0 1. VIII. 1996, leg. M. Ohara. 1♀. Paramushir Island, inland of Rifovaya Bay; N50°29.70' / E156°05.68', 30. VII. 1999, leg. B.K. Urbain. 1♀. Paramushir Island, inland of Rifovaya Bay; N50°29' / E156°06', 30. VII. 1999, leg. A.S. Lelej. 1♂. Paramushir Island, inland of Rifovaya Bay; N50°22.26' / E155°36.17', 13. VIII. 1997, leg. B.K. Urbain. 1♂.

This species differs from the Japanese species Sussaba nigra Nakanishi by the strongly coriaceous median lobe of the mesonotum and from Sussaba dajsetsuzana Nakanishi by the lack of a black area in the tyloids of males (Nakanishi, 1979).

Holarctic; reported from the Russian Far East.