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LectotypeDesignationfortheJapaneseSpeciesofArthromacra
(Coleoptera,Tenebrionidae, Lagriinae)
Katsumi AKITA
Hisai-Iba-cho66,D-304,TsuCity,MiePref.,514-1108Japan
and
Kimio MAsUMoT0
InstituteofHumanLivingSciences,0tsumaWomen'sUniversity,Tokyo,102-8357Japan
Abstract All the types of theJapanese speciesof the lagriine genus Ar-
thromacra described by MARsEUL, LEWIS, KONo and NAKANE are re-examined.
After due consideration to IMAsAKA'sspecies, the lectotypesare designated for
ArlhromacraviridisslmaLEWIS,A. sumptuosa LEWIS,andA decora MARSEUL. Ar-
thromacraaptcalisKONoisregardedasajuniorsynonymofA.viridissima.
In2005, IMAsAKArevisedtheJapanesespeciesofthelagriinegenusArthromacra
basedona largenumber ofspecimens,and classified them inte l4species in three
species-groups.Regrettably,hedidnotexaminethetypesofA.viridissimaLEWIS,1895,
whichcontainedmanyspecimenscollectedfromvariouslocalities. Furthermore,hedid
not clarifythestatusofA apicalis KONo, 1929.
Theauthorsre-examinedallthetypesofthelagriinespeciesdescribedbyMARsEuL
(1876), LEWIS(1895), KONo (1929)andNAKANE(1963),andexaminednearlyone
thousand specimens of this genus from Japan including thespecies described by
IMAsAKA. Theresultsof theirstudyarepresentedherein.
Beforegoing into details, theywould like toexpress their cordial thanks toMr.
Maxwell V. L. BARcLAY (NaturalHistoryMuseum, London), Dr. ThierryDEUvE
(Museumnationald'Histoirenature11e,Paris),andDr.MasahiroOHARA(Hokkaido
UniversityMuseum), for loaningtypes. WealsothankDr.SyozoOsAwA(Hiroshima
City),Dr. TakeshiYOR0 (KamakuraCity),Mr.YukihikoHIRANo (0dawaraCity),
Mr.ShoichiIMAsAKA(KurumeCity),Mr.NobuoSANo(KagawaPref),Mr.Shin-lobi
TANAKA (ShunanCity), Mr. KazuyukiKAwADA (KawasakiCity),Mr. Tatsunosuke
KIMoTo(Tokyo),Mr.HiroshiOToBE(TsuCity),andMr.TakashiSHIMADA(Tokyo)
forofferingspecimensandreferences. AppreciationshouldbeexpressedtoDr.Shuhei
538 Katsumi AKITAand Kimio MAsUMoTo
NOMURA (National Museum of NatureandScience, Tokyo), for givingtheauthor
invaluable advice. Finally, they thank EmeritusCurator Dr.Shun-Ichi U NO for
criticallyreadingthemanuscriptofthispaper.
TheauthorswereabletoborrowalltheootypespecimensofArthromacradescribed
fromJapanintheLEWIScollectionpreservedintheNaturalHistoryMuseum,London.
Thisamountedto37specimensand thedetailsareasshown in thelist.
Determinationandjudgmentofsexesarebytheauthors. Namesanddatespenciled
inparenthesesonthebackofthepasteboardarepresumablywrittenby LEWIS.
List ofArthromacracollectedby LEWISand
preservedintheNaturalHistory Museum, London
1. ArthromacraviridissimaLEWIS, : (Miya/5.80// Type/ H.T. // Japan. /G.
LEWIS. / 1910-320// Miyanoshita. // it V.-14.V80. //Arthromacra /viri-
dissima / Type LEWIS.
2. A. viridlssima, : (Miya5/80) //Japan. /G. LEWIS. /1910-320. //Miya-
noshita. / 24.IV.-3.V80.
3. A. viridisslma,早: (Miya5/80) //Miyanoshita./ itV.-14.V80./;/Japan./
G. LEWIS. /1910-320.
4. A. viridissima,早: (Miya5/80)//Japan./G. LEWIS. /1910-320. //Miya-
noshita. / it V.-14.V 80.
5. A. viridissima, : (Miya5 /80) // Japan. /G. LEWIS. /1910-320.// Miya-
noshita. / 24.IV.-3.V80.
6. A. 、l,iridisslma, : (Miya5 /80) // Japan. /G. LEWIS. / l910-320.// Miya-
noshita. / it V.-14.V80.
7. A. vlridissima, : (Miya) //Miyanoshita.// Japan. /G. LEWIS. /1910-320.
8. A.viridissima, : (Miya) //Miyanoshita.//Japan. /G. LEWIS. /1910-320.
9. A.viridisslma,早: (24.5.80) //Japan./G. LEWIS. /1910-320.// 0yama/24.
V.-26.V80.
10. A.viridissima,早:(0yama5/80)//Japan./G.LEWIS./1910-320.//0yama
/ 24.V.-26 V 80.
.
lt. A. vlridisslma, 早: (0yama 5 /80) //Japan./G. LEWIS./ 1910-320.//
Oyama./ 24.V.-26.V80.//Arthromacra /viridlssima / LEWIS.
12. A. viridissima, : (0yama 24.5.80) //Japan. /G. LEWIS./ 1910-320.//
Oyama./ 24.V.-26.V80.
l3. A maJ'usculaNAKANE,早: (?/8/?) //Japan. /G. LEWIS./B. M. 1926-369.
Nikko. / 10 VIII.-18 VIII 81.
. .
14. A.kinodaiNAKANE,早: (l6/5/81) //Japan./G.LEWIS./1910-320.//Hi-
toyoshi. /15.V.-17.V81.
15. A.、l,iridisslma, : (18./6/81) //Japan. /G. LEWIS./1910-320.//Kashi-
wagi15.VI.-24.VI 81.
LectotypeDesignationforJapaneseArthromacra 539
16 A flavlpes NAKANE, : (18./6/81) //Japan./G. LEWIS. /1910-320. //
Kashiwagi / 15.VI.-24.VI 81.
17 A fiavppes,(i71:(18. /6/81) //Japan./G.LEWIS. /191(}-320.//Kashiwagi /
15.VI.-24.VI 81.
18 A kjnoda1,早: (13/5/81)//Japan. /G. LEWIS. /1910-320.//Yuyama/
10.V.-14.V81//Arthromacra /viridisslma /Type早LEWIS.
19一20 A kyushuensisNAKANE,早://Higo.//Japan. /G. L.
21一22 A kyushuensls, : (Higo) //Japan./G. LEWIS. /1910-320.
23 A kyushuensis, : (Higo) //Japan./G. LEWIS. /1910-320.
24 A kyushuensis,(フi': (Hi) //Japan. /G. LEWIS./1910-320.
25 A kyushuensis, : (Higo) //Japan./G. LEWIS. /1910-320.
26 A. kyushuensls,早: (Higo) //Japan. /G.LEWIS./1910-320.
27 A kyushuensls,早://Arthromacra/viridisslma/ LEWIS//Japan. /G. LEWIS.
/ 1910-320.
28 AmaJuscula,早:(1.8.81)//Japan. /G.LEWIS. /1910-320.*Judgingfromthe
collectingdata,thelocality isestimatedtobetheWadaTogePass.
29 A takahashiiIMAsAKA,早://Japan. /G.LEWIS./1910-320.
30 A. viridissima,早: // Japan./G. LEWIS. / l910-320.
31 A. kyushuensis, ://Japan. /G. LEWIS./ l910-320.//Sharp Coll. /1905-
313.
32 A.sumptuosaLEWIS,早:(Nikko) //Type/H.T.//Japan. /G.LEWIS. /1910
-320. // Nikko.//Arthromacra /sumptuosa / Type. LEWIS.
33 A.sumptuosa,フ(,': (Chiuzenji) //Chiuzenji.//Japan./G.LEWIS. /1910-320.
34 A. sumptuosa, : (8.5.81) // Type/H. T. //Japan. /G.LEWIS. /1910-320.
//Hitoyoshi. /3.V.-8.V81//Arthromacra /higoensis/TypeLEWIS.
35 A decora (MARsEUL),早: (Kobe June/71) //Type/H. T.//Japan./G.
LEWIS. /1910-320.// Kobe.// LAGRIA /decoraMars /Type.
36 A decora, : (8.6.81) //Japan./G. LEWIS. /1910-320. // Kobe. /6.VI.-9.
VI 81.
37 A decora,早: (10/6/81)//Japan. /G. LEWIS. /1910-320. *Judgingfrom
thecollectingdata, Kyotoisestimatedasthecollecting locality.
Arthromacra、,iridissima LEWIS,1895
(Figs.1-2)
ArthromacraviridissimaLEWIS,1895,Ann.Mag nat. Hist., (6),15:277(Miyanoshita, 0yama,Tokioand
Hitoyoshi).
Arthromacradecora:MAsUMoTo,1987,Ent.Rev.Japan,Osaka,42(suppl):45-48[partim,neeMARSEUL,
1876].
ArthromacraapicalisKONo,1929, Ins.mats.,4:31.Syn nov.
Arthromacraviridisslma: IMAsAKA,2005,Misc.Rcpt.HiwaMus natHist., (44):100 [neeLEWIS, 1895].
In the description ofA. vlridissima, LEWIS (1895) enumerated localitiesof the
540 Katsumi AKITAand KimioMAsUMoTo
Figs.1-2. ArthromaeravlridisslmaLEWIS;1,habitus,1ectotype;2, typelabels
ectypesasMiyanoshita,Oyama, Tokio,NikkoandHitoyoshi,buthedidnotmention
thenumberofspecimens. Theauthorswereunableto findthespecimen fromTokio.
In theabovelist,theauthorsdeterminedthatSpecimens1to t2areA.viridisslma.
Specimen 13 from Nikko IS A maJ'uscula NAKANE, 1994, and Specimen 14 from
Hitoyoshi ISA kinodai NAKANE, 1997. Specimen18wasdetermined as“A. viridis-
slma”, and the data were handwritten by LEWIS as “Type早, Yuyama”. In his
description, Yuyama is not mentioned, though it is located near Hitoyoshi. The
specimen isactuallyA kinodai. Accordingtothecollectingitinerary, LEWISvisited
HitoyoshiandYuyamaondifferentdays.
Inhisrevisionalstudy,MAsUMoTo (1987)regardedArthromacraspeciesfromthe
mainislandsofJapanasonespecies A decora(MARsEUL). IMAsAKA(2005)suggested
that A aplcalis could be asynonym of A viridisslma LEWIS, but left the problem
unsolved. TheauthorsexaminedthetypespecimenofA apicalisKONo,preserved in
theHokkaidoUniversityMuseum. Thespecimeniswhollyyellowishbrownincluding
antennaeand legs, with theapical halvesof theelytrabearingweakgolden greenish
luster. Presumably it is amale, but the abdominal partsare lost. Except for the
coloration, it resembles in the most of features A. vlridissima LEWIS distributed in
Nikko. Therefore,theauthorsherewithregardA apicalisKONoasajuniorsynonymof
A. viridissima LEWIS.
LectotypeDesignationforJapaneseArthromac''a 541
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Figs.3-4. .Al・t11romacraslmlpt11osaLEWIS;3,habitus,Iectotype;4, typelabels
Lectolypedesignation.
Judging from thecollectingdataofthematerials, LEWIS'specimensnos. 1to t4
areregarded herewith as theectypesofArthromacravlridissima LEWIS, 1895. The
1ectotypeofA.viridissimamustbeselectedfromtheseectypes,andamalespecimen(no.
1) bearingtheroundred-circledlabelwith'H. T' ischosen. Thedataareasfollows:
“Miya /5.80 (on thebackside of the pasteboard in handwriting) //Type/ H. T. //
Japan. /G. LEWIS. /1910-320 // Miyanoshita. / it V.-14.V80. //Arthromacra /viri-
dissima / Type LEWIS” Theauthorsaddtothemthelectotypelabe1:“LECTOTYPE
/Arthromacra /vlridisslma / LEWIS,1895/ Design by K. AKITA/ & K.MAsUMoTo,
2007”inhandwritingonared label.
Theremainingectypesnos. 2to t2aredesignatedasparalectotypes,andareput
blue labels inscribed as follows: “PARALECTOTYPE /Arthromacra / viridisslma /
LEWIS,1895 /Design by K. AKITA/ & K. MAsUMoTo, 2007.”
ArthromacrasumptuosaLEWIS,1895
(Figs3-4)
ArthromacrasumptuosaLEWIS,1895,Ann.Mag nat.Hist., (6),15:277(Chiuzenji).
Arthromacradecora: MAsUMoTo,1987,Ent.Rev.Japan,Osaka,42 (suppl );46 [partim,neeMARsEUL,
542 Katsumi AKITAand KimioMAsUMoTo
1876].
Arthromacraviridisslma: IMAsAKA,2005,Misc.Rept.HiwaMus nat.Hist., (44):94 [neeLEWIS,1895]
Inhisdescription, LEWISrecordedsixspecimensofArthromacrasum◆ptuosa from
Chiuzenjiastheectypes, but atthepresenttimeonlytwoexamples (nos 32and33 in
the list) remain in the collection of theNatural History Museum. Of these, one
specimenbearsthe label inscribed“Nikko” (not“Chiuzenji”).
Lectolypedesignation.
Judgingfromthecollectingdataofthematerials,LEWIS' typesnos 32and33are
regardedastheectypesofA.sumptuosa.
Ofthese,onefemalespecimenno. 32bearingtheroundredlabelwith“Type/H.
T”isdesignatedasthelectotype. Onthebacksideofthepasteboard,“Nikko”iswritten
inhandwriting. Otherdataareasfollows:“Japan./G.LEWIS. /1910-320. //Nikko.
//Arth1,'omacra /sumptuosa /Type. LEWIS”. Theauthorsput it thered lectotypelabe1
written in handwrinting: “LECTOTYPE/Arthromacra /sumptuosa / LEWIS, 1895/
Design by K.AKITA /& K.MAsUMoTo,2007”.
Theauthorsalsodesignate themalespecimenno 33astheparalectotype, which
bearshandwritten“Chiuzenji”onthebacksideofthepasteboard. Otherdataon labels
areasfollows:“Chiuzenji //Japan. /G. LEWIS. /1910-320”. Theyput it theparalec-
totype label as follows: “PARALECTOTYPE /Arthromacra /sumptuosa / LEWIS,
1895 / Design by K.AKITA/ & K.MAsuMoTo,2007.”
ArthromacrahigoniaeLEWIS,1895
ArthromacrahigonlaeLEWIS,1895,Ann.Mag nat.Hist., (6),15:278(Yuyamain Higo).
Arthro,nacradecora:MAsUMoTo, 1987, Ent. Rev.Japan, Osaka, 42 (suppl): 46 [partim, necMARsEUL,
1876].
Arthromacrasumptuosa: IMAsAKA, 2005,Misc. Rept. HiwaMus natHist., (44):95 [partim, neeLEWIS,
1895].
ThecollectingdataofSpecimenno.34accordwith theoriginaldescriptionby
LEWIS; therefore, thisspecimenshould be the typeofA higonlae, though thename
writtenbyLEWISis Arthromacrahigonensls”. Thisspecieswasdowngradedtoajunior
synonymofA.sumptuosabyIMAsAKA(2005).
Arthromacradecora (MARsEuL, 1876)
(Figs 5-6)
LagriadecoraMARsEuL,1876,Annis.Soc.ent.Fr.,(5),6:339(Hiogo).
Arthromacradecora: LEWIS,1895,Ann.Mag nat.Hist., (6),15:278.
Thisspecieswasdescribedby MARsEUL(1876) basedon thespecimenscollected
byLEWIS. Specimenno 35hasa“type”labelpresumablywrittenbyLEWIS. However,
MARsEUL'stype ispreservedin theMuseumnationald'Histoirenature1le, Paris. The
dataof MARsEuL'stypeare“Japan?Hiogo?(undecipherable) // TYPE// MUSEUM
LectotypeDesignationforJapaneseArthro1nacra 543
f一 af、 ''f ,、、
f ,、 5
.・, f' ' ・ ,
,'
Figs 5-6. Arthro'nacradecora(MARsEUL);5,habitus,1ectotype;6,typelabels
PARIS/Coll do/MARsEuL//decoraMarsFr 76Hiogo”. Collectingdataon the
backsideof thepasteboardare“KobeMay2.'71”andpresumablywrittenbyLEWIS.
AccordingtoLEWIS(1895),hecollectedonespecimenin1871,andsevenspecimensin
1881,but itcouldbepossiblethathefalselyrememberedthe1871specimen. Inany
event,Specimensnos36and37werecollectedafterMARsEUL'sdescription(1876)and
thereforearenotthetypes.
Lectolypedesignation.
Judgingfromthecollectingdataof thematerials, theMARsEuLtypeandLEWIS
specimenno 35areregardedastheectypesofA decora (MARsEUL, 1876).
Then,theMARsEULtypeisdesignatedasthelectotype. Thespecimenisafemale
and bears a yellow-circled tip inscribed as follows: Japan? Hiogo?//TYPE//
MUSEUMPARIS/Coll deMARsEUL//decoraMarsFr76.Hiogo. Theauthorsadd
theredlectotypelabe1: LECTOTYPE/ Lagriadecora /MARsEuL, 1876/ Design. by
K. AKITA / & K. MASUMOT0, 2007.
The authors also designate the paralectotype from the ootype of the LEWIS
collection(no 35). It isafemale. Onthebacksideofthepasteboard,“KobeJune/ 71”
iswritten in handwriting. It isalsoattached the following labels: “Type/ H. T. //
Japan. /G. LEWIS. /1910-320.//Kobe.//LAGRIA/decora Mars/ Type” The
544 Katsumi AKITAand KimioMAsUMoTo
authors put it the paralectotype label: “PARALECTOTYPE/ Lagria / decora /
MARsEUL,1876/ Design by K.AKITA/ & K. MAsUMoTo,2007”.
要 約
秋田勝己・益本仁雄: 日本産アオハムシダマシ属の後基準標本指定. - 今坂(2005)は, 日
本産アオハムシダマシ属の再検討をおこない, 3種群14種に分類した. しかし残念なことに, 研
究の出発点とするべきA.viridissimaLEWIS,1895,の基準標本を検せずに研究が進められた. ルイ
スは日本各地で採集した標本をタイプとしている. そこで著者らは, ヨーロッパの主要博物館,
および北海道大学総合博物館からMARsEuL(1876),LEWIS(1895),KON0(1929),NAKANE(1963)
が記載した日本産ゴミムシダマシ科アオハムシダマシ属の基準標本を借用し, これらを再検討し
た結果, アオハムシダマシArthromacravirtdissimaLEWIS,1895,アカハムシダマシA.sumptuosa
LEWIS,1895,アカガネハムシダマシA decora(MARsEuL,1876)について後基準標本の指定をお
こなった. また, ツマアオハムシダマシA apicalisKONo,1929をァオハムシダマシA.viridisslma
LEwIs.1895のシノニムとした.
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