A new record of Copelatus andamanicus (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) from the Daito Islands, far off Southwest Japan

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by  Minoshima, Yusuke

286 AkemichiSUGIMURA
SUGIMURA,A.,2005.AnewspeciesofthegenusPterostichus(Coleoptera,Carabidae)fromMt.Fukube-ga-
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Elytra,Tokyo,35(1):286,May30,2007
ANewRecordofCopelatusandamanlcus(Coleoptera,Dytiscidae)
from theDaito Islands, faroffSouthwest Japan
Ytisuke MINOSHIMA
LaboratoryofEntomology,TokyoUniversityofAgriculture,
1737Funako,Atsugi-shi,Kanagawa-ken,243-0034Japan
E-mail:[email protected]
InJapan,CopelatusandamanlcusRtGIMBART,1899hasbeenknowntobewidelydistributed
intheRyukyuIslands(MoRI&KITAYAMA,2002);however,norecordhasbeenmadefromthe
DaitoIslands.RecentlyIcollectedfiveindividualsofthisspeciesontheMinami-daitoIslandof
theislandgroupandexaminedfurthertwospecimenspreservedinthevisitors'center“Minami-
daitoShima-marugoto-kan”(MS).Inthisshortpaper,IrecorditforthefirsttimefromtheDaito
Islands.
Specimensexamlrled 2 ,near DaitoShrine,12-III-2005, Y.MINosHIMAleg; 1 l早,
,
Zaisho,29-XI-2002,R.NAKADAleg.(MS);2早早,Zaisho,25-III-2005,Y.MINosHIMAleg;1♀,
Zaisho,26-III-2005,Y.MINosHIMAleg.
AllthespecimensexaminedarehousedintheLaboratoryofEntomology,TokyoUniversity
ofAgriculture(TUA),exceptforthosefollowedbyMS.
IthankMr.KazuakiHIGAsHI(MS) forhispermissiontoexaminethespecimensandkind
supportduringthefieldworks.HeartythanksarealsoexpressedtoMr.MasatoMoRI(Kankyo
KagakuCo., Ltd.)forhiskindadviceonthedistributionalinformation.Dr.Tadashi IsHIKAwA
(TUA)providedhelpfulcommentsonthedraftmanuscript.
Reference
MORt,M.,&A.KITAYAMA,2002.DytiscoideaofJapan,(Revisededition).231pp.Bun-lobiSogoShuppan,
Tokyo. (InJapanesewithEnglishbooktitle)