Lathrobium ishiharai HAYASHI 1994

Material examined China: Beijing 1, 2, Xiaolongmen, 28-29.VI.1993, leg. Rougemont (cRou, cAss) ; 3, 1, Xishan, IX.1992, leg. Rougemont (cRou, cAss) ; 1, Songshan, 14.V.1993, leg. Rougemont (cRou) ; 1, 1, Beijing, 20.IX.1985, leg. Rougemont (cRou) .

Comment: Lathrobium ishiharai was originally recorded from Honshu (Japan) (HAYASHI 1994). Recently, RYVKIN (2011) described a subspecies, L. ishiharai ursinum, from the Russian Far East. According to RYVKIN (2011), who does not state if he had seen material of L. ishiharai from Japan, L. ishiharai ursinum is distinguished from L. ishiharai ishiharai by shorter elytra and the slightly differently shaped apex of the aedeagus. The sexual characters of the males in the above material are similar to those illustrated by HAYASHI (1994). Consequently, zoogeographic evidence would suggest that the subspecific status of L. ishiharai ursinum is doubtful.