New Records of Piptoncus duplex sobrinus KURBATOV (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from Shikoku, Japan

2007·2.1 MB·English

by  Nomura, S

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NewRecordsofPiptoncusduple:x1sobrinusKURBATOV(ColeOPte「a,
Staphylinidae,Pselaphinae) fromShikoku,Japan
Shuhei NoMURA
DepartmentofZoology,NationalScienceMuseum(Nat.Hist)
3-23-1Hyakunin-cho,Shinjuku,Tokyo,169-0073Japan
Apselaphjnespecies,piptoncusdupelxsobrinus,belongingtothesupertribeEuplectitae,t「ibe
Trjchonychini, subtribeBib1oporina, was described by KuRBATOv (1991) from KunaShi「i
(Kunashjr) Islandof theChishima(Kur1i) Islands. ItwasdiscoveredfromShikokuandSi
reportedinthepresentpaperasthefirstrecordfromtheJapanesemainland.
Beforegojng further, Iwish toexpressmyhearty thankstoMr. MasatakaYOSHIDA
(Tokushjmapref)forhiskindofferoftheinvaluablemateriasl.IamalsoindebtedtoD「.Se「9uei
A.KuRBATovforgivingmesomereferencespecimens.
Piptoncusduple;x;sobrinusKURBATOV,1991
[Japanesename:Yokozuna-kikawa-arizukamushi]
(Figs.1-3)
piptoncusduplexlsobrinusKuRBATov,1991,Zoo1.Zh.,MoSkVa,70(10):73・
specjmensexammed. 1female,Mt.Takashiro,Kisawa-son,TokushimaPref.,3-V-1978,
YosHIDAleg;1male,samedataasabove,but5-VI-2004;2males,3females,Samedataas
M
above,but3-vII-2004;Mt.Takashiro(1,280m),Kisawa-son,TokushimaPref.,29-XI-1998,M・
YosHIDA leg; 2 females, 0kuyarito, nr. Mt. Shinkuro, Kisawa-son, TokushimaP「ef・, 11-X-
2004,M.YosHIDAleg;2females,samedataasabove,but11-X-2004.
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Fi9S・1-3・PiPtOnCuSduplexsobrmusKURBATov,male fromShikoku(1);ditto,malegenjtalja(2)
ditto,femalefromShikoku(3).
Distribution. ChishimaIsis. (KunashiriIs),Shikoku(Tokushimaprof.).
Rema「ks. Thisspeciesisverycharacteristicinhavingthebasallyconstrictedpronotum,the
St「onglythickenedforeandmidfemorainthemaleandthefourthabdomjna1segmentwjthapajr
of late「al trichomesinthemale.Thissubspecieswasdistinguishedfromthenominotypica1
Subspeciesdescribed fromPrmi orskij,FarEastRussiabytheshapeof foretrochanterand
genitaliainthemale.
Reference
KuRBATOV,S・A・,1991.BeetlesoftribeEuplectini(Coleoptera,Pselaphidae)fromtheKunashjrIsland.zool
Zh.,Moskva,70(10):69-77.(InRussian,withEnglishsummary)