TY - JOUR
T1 - Discovery of the genus airaphilus (Coleoptera: Silvanidae) in japan, with a description of a potentially endangered new species
AU - Yoshida, Takahiro
AU - Halstead, David G.H.
AU - Hirowatari, Toshiya
N1 - Funding Information:
We wish to express our cordial thanks to Dr. Azuma Abe (Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture) for making available and donating the important specimens to EUMJ and Dr. Masahiro Ohara (SEHU) for the loan of a specimen. We also thank Dr. Satoshi Kamitani, Dr. Toshiharu Mita and the other members of the entomological laboratory (Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka) for their valuable advice during our study. Dr. Gianluca Nardi (MiPAAF) kindly provided useful papers and Dr. Kazunori Matsuo and the members of the biosystematics laboratory (Faculty of Society and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University, Fukuoka) for permission to use their SEM. In addition, thanks are due to Dr. Jiří Hájek (National Museum, Prague), Dr. Roger G. Booth and Dr. Maxwell V. L. Barclay (Natural History Museum, London) for loans of Airaphilus species made to D. Halstead. This study is partly supported by Research Fellowships of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for Young Scientists (JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists, DC1: JP15J07633). This is a contribution from the Entomological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka (Ser. 7, No. 64)
Funding Information:
We wish to express our cordial thanks to Dr. Azuma Abe (Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture) for making available and donating the important specimens to EUMJ and Dr. Masahiro Ohara (SEHU) for the loan of a specimen. We also thank Dr. Satoshi Kamitani, Dr. Toshiharu Mita and the other members of the entomological laboratory (Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka) for their valuable advice during our study. Dr. Gianluca Nardi (MiPAAF) kindly provided useful papers and Dr. Kazunori Matsuo and the members of the biosystematics laboratory (Faculty of Society and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University, Fukuoka) for permission to use their SEM. In addition, thanks are due to Dr. Ji?? H?jek (National Museum, Prague), Dr. Roger G. Booth and Dr. Maxwell V. L. Barclay (Natural History Museum, London) for loans of Airaphilus species made to D. Halstead. This study is partly supported by Research Fellowships of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for Young Scientists (JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists, DC1: JP15J07633). This is a contribution from the Entomological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka (Ser. 7, No. 64).
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PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The genus Airaphilus Redtenbacher, 1858 (Coleoptera: Silvanidae: Silvaninae) is recorded from Japan for the first time. The record is based on the discovery of a new apterous species, Airaphilus abei sp. nov., described and illustrated herein. The new species is similar to Airaphilus filiformis (Rosenhauer, 1856), however it can be distinguished by long antennae reaching about body midlength; anterior margin of pronotum about as wide as head; elytra without a humeral tooth, rounded to base and more to apices; and long metaventrite. Only five specimens have been found and these were collected in 1992 at Kokeyachi bog in the far north of Honshu. This bog and the adjacent wetlands have begun to dry out and are undergoing a transition to grassland. These factors, together with the apparently very limited distribution and the possibly restricted mobility due to lack of hind wings, suggest that at least in this locality the new species may be endangered.
AB - The genus Airaphilus Redtenbacher, 1858 (Coleoptera: Silvanidae: Silvaninae) is recorded from Japan for the first time. The record is based on the discovery of a new apterous species, Airaphilus abei sp. nov., described and illustrated herein. The new species is similar to Airaphilus filiformis (Rosenhauer, 1856), however it can be distinguished by long antennae reaching about body midlength; anterior margin of pronotum about as wide as head; elytra without a humeral tooth, rounded to base and more to apices; and long metaventrite. Only five specimens have been found and these were collected in 1992 at Kokeyachi bog in the far north of Honshu. This bog and the adjacent wetlands have begun to dry out and are undergoing a transition to grassland. These factors, together with the apparently very limited distribution and the possibly restricted mobility due to lack of hind wings, suggest that at least in this locality the new species may be endangered.
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U2 - 10.2478/aemnp-2019-0018
DO - 10.2478/aemnp-2019-0018
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85070205852
SN - 0374-1036
VL - 59
SP - 211
EP - 216
JO - Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
JF - Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
IS - 1
ER -