Limonius eximius Lewis 1894
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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.
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Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.283181 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFB04F41FFA8BC178D3C4726FA3AFF96 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/03893739FFAFBC108DAB45B4FBE6FBCA (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/119557415 (URL)
- https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/44019/taxon/03893739FFAFBC108DAB45B4FBE6FBCA.taxon (URL)
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.