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.

Type material examined Lectotype, 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 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) .

Comment: 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.