TY - JOUR
T1 - Taxonomic study of the genus epiphragma of japan (Diptera: Limoniidae)
AU - Kato, Daichi
AU - Nakamura, Takeyuki
AU - Tachi, Takuji
N1 - Funding Information:
We are especially grateful to T. Yoshida, K. Konishi (Ehime University Museum), H. Makihara (Tsukuba City), R. Matsumoto (Osaka Museum of Natural History), and M. Sueyoshi (Forestry and Forest Products Research Center) for providing valuable specimens. We thank S. Kamitani (Kyushu University), N. Ohbayashi (Ehime University), O. Flint, F. Shockley, and T. Dikow (USNM, Washinton D.C.) for the opportunities to examine specimens in their collections. We are deeply indebted to J. Gelhaus (Drexel University) for critical reading of the manuscript and helping us to examine important specimens in USNM. The first author thanks Y. Ishikawa and H. Yamagishi (Hirosaki University) for their encouragement and support in many ways.
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PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Japanese species of the genus Epiphragma Osten Sacken, 1860 are revised. Epi-phragma amamiense sp. nov. is described, and E. gracilistylus Alexander, 1933 and E. kempi Brunetti, 1913 are recorded from Japan for the first time. It is revealed that records of E. evanescens Alexander, 1940 from Japan were based on misidentifications of E. gracilistylus and E. trichomerum Alexander, 1955. Therefore, a total of six species are recognized from Japan, and the previous records which based on misidentifications are corrected. Male and female terminalia of these six species are illustrated and a key to these species is provided.
AB - Japanese species of the genus Epiphragma Osten Sacken, 1860 are revised. Epi-phragma amamiense sp. nov. is described, and E. gracilistylus Alexander, 1933 and E. kempi Brunetti, 1913 are recorded from Japan for the first time. It is revealed that records of E. evanescens Alexander, 1940 from Japan were based on misidentifications of E. gracilistylus and E. trichomerum Alexander, 1955. Therefore, a total of six species are recognized from Japan, and the previous records which based on misidentifications are corrected. Male and female terminalia of these six species are illustrated and a key to these species is provided.
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U2 - 10.37520/aemnp.2020.29
DO - 10.37520/aemnp.2020.29
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85089833978
SN - 0374-1036
VL - 60
SP - 449
EP - 461
JO - Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
JF - Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
IS - 2
ER -