Annales Musei historico-naturalis hungarici

Author(s): Kirejsthuk, A. G.
Title: On the fauna of Nitidulidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) from Taiwan with some taxonomical notes
Year: 2005
Publication date: 2005-11-30
Volume: 97
Pages: 51-113.

Abstract: A list of 67 species of sap beetles (Nitidulidae) collected in Taiwan is published with comments on their distribution. Taenioncus cylindricus (Murray, 1864), Carpophilus (Carpophilus) indicus Hisamatsu, 1963, Amphicrossus lewisi Reitter, 1873, Meligethes (Meligethes) pectoralis Rebmann, 1956, Phenolia (Lordites) monticola (Grouvelle, 1910), Physoronia schneideri Jelínek, 1999 and Cyllodes nakanei Hisamatsu, 1961 are first recorded from this island. Epuraea (?Epuraea ) superlata sp. n., Epuraea (Micruria) spiculata sp. n., Amphicrossus hirtus sp. n. [also from Thailand, Malaysia (Borneo), Brunei, Indonesia (Sulawesi), Philippines (Palawan)], Amphicrossus lobanovi sp. n. (also from mountain parts of North India, Nepal, Indochina, Philippines, Malaysia and northern islands of Indonesia), Amphicrossus opinatus sp. n. (also from Laos and Vietnam), Meligethes (Meligethes) zakharenkoi sp. n., Soronia merkli sp. n., Cyllodes pseudoliteratus sp. n. and Cyllodes scriptum sp. n. are described from Taiwan. The following further species are also described: Amphicrossus angusticlavis sp. n. from Malaysia (Borneo) and Indonesia (Mentawei), Amphicrossus factus sp. n. from Malaysia (Perak), Amphicrossus montanus sp. n. from India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh), Amphicrossus murrayi sp. n. from Malaysia (Sarawak), Amphicrossus nebulosus sp. n. from Philippines (Mindanao), Amphicrossus solodovnikovae sp. n. from Myanmar (Burma) and Amphicrossus triparcus sp. n. from continental China (Shanghai). A key to the Indo-Malayan species of Amphicrossus Erichson, 1843, whose males bear a pair of paramedial brushes at the elytral suture, is given. Brachypeplus (Brachypeplus) amplicorpulentus Kirejsthuk, 2005 is proposed for Brachypeplus (Brachypeplus) amplus Kirejtshuk, 2001, non Grouvelle, 1914 is proposed. New synonymies: Carpophilus (Ecnomorphus) acutangulus Reitter, 1884 = C. (E.) cingulatus Reitter, 1884, syn.n.; Ipidia (Hemipidia) sjoebergi Jelínek, 1978 = I. (H.) chujoi Hisamatsu, 1982, syn. n. = I. (H.) kinabalensis Hisamatsu, 1982, syn. n. = I. (H.) krikkeni Hisamatsu, 1982, syn. n.; Tricanus nigripennis Reitter, 1873 = T. punctatissimus Grouvelle, 1892, syn. n. = T. sauteri Grouvelle, 1914, syn. n.; Brachypeplus (Brachypeplus) amplus Grouvelle, 1914 = B. (B.) latus Murray, 1864, syn. n.; Brachypeplus (Selis) apicalis Murray, 1864 = B. (S.) caudalis Murray, 1864, syn. n. = B. (S.) dorsalis Grouvelle, 1897, syn. n. The name Amystrops Grouvelle, 1906 is proposed for the preoccupied senior synonym Propetes Reitter, 1875, non Walker, 1851. Lectotypes for Carpophilus (Ecnomorphus ) cingulatus , Cyllodes variegatus Grouvelle, 1897, Tricanus nigripennis , T. punctatissimus , T. sauteri , Brachypeplus (Brachypeplus) amplus , B. (Selis) apicalis , B. (S.) caudalis and B. (S.) dorsalis are designated. With 156 figures.
Keywords: new species, Coleoptera, Nitidulidae, Taiwan, new synonymy, distribution, faunistics, designation of lectotypes, taxonomical notes
Subject: entomology

Journal: Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici
Journal abbreviation: Annls hist.-nat. Mus. nat. hung.
ISSN: 0521-4726
Publisher: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest
Editor(s): Matskási, I. & Merkl, O.