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Limonius eximius Lewis 1894

Description

Limonius eximius (Lewis, 1894)

Limonius eximius Lewis, 1894: 318 (Honshu of Japan)

Megapenthes purpureipennis Miwa, 1927: 20 (Mt. Takao in Tokyo, Japan), synonymized by Miwa, 1934: 166. Kibunea eximia (Lewis): Kishii, 1966: 46 (Kyoto, Japan)

Korean record

Kibunea eximia Lewis: Park and Han, 1992: 138 (faunal study: 1ex, Mt. Balwang, Jeongseon, GW)

Description. Body length 6.5~ 7.5 mm, bronze black with tarsomeres a little infuscate: pronotum with metallic luster on surface: Elytra strongly tinted violet luster (Lewis 1894, Kishii 1966)

Distribution. Japan (endemic) and Korea (?)

Remarks. This is endemic to Japan restricted to Honshu. Unfortunately, we could not locate the specimens reported as K. eximia by Park and Han (1992). Therefore, the species is remained in the Korean fauna until to examine the used specimens.

Notes

Published as part of Han, Taeman, Park, Haechul, Lee, Youngbo, Kim, Namjeong, Ôhira, Hitoo, Platia, Giuseppe & Lee, Seunghwan, 2012, Taxonomic Review of the Subtribe Athouina Candèze, 1859 (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Dendrometrinae, Dendrometrini) in Korea, pp. 47-66 in Zootaxa 3591 on page 54, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.283181

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Lewis
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Elateridae
Genus
Limonius
Species
eximius
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Limonius eximius Lewis, 1894 sec. Han, Park, Lee, Kim, Ôhira, Platia & Lee, 2012

References

  • Lewis, G. (1894) On the Elateridae of Japan. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology, 13, 311 - 320.
  • Miwa, Y. (1927) Description of new species of Japanese Elateridae. Insecta Matsumurana, Sapporo, 2, 12 - 22.
  • Miwa, Y. (1934) The Fauna of Elateridae in the Japanese Empire. Report of the Department of Agriculture, Government research Institute, Formosa, 65, 1 - 289.
  • Kishii, T. (1966) Elateridae of Kyoto and its adjacent regions. Biological Laboratory of Heian High School, Kyoto, 1 - 54.
  • Park, K. T. & Han, S. S. (1992) Insect fauna of Mt. Palwang. The Report the Korean Association for conservation of Nature, 30, 121 - 139.