Elateridae (Insecta, Coleoptera) from Tanegashima Island (Ryukyu Islands, Japan)

By

Arimoto, Koichi
Itô, Reo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018-8-31

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

14

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

681--692

Subjects

elaterid beetles , geographical boundary , Lowland , new distributional records , Palearctic region

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/14.4.681

 

Abstract

There are few records of beetles of the family Elateridae from Tanegashima Island, in the Ôsumi Islands, in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, and the elaterid fauna of this island has not been reviewed. We examined newly collected specimens and reviewed the previous records from the island. In field work and from a colleague’s collection, we found 27 species, of which 13 were recorded for the first time on the island. As result 43 species are confirmed from this island and a checklist of all elaterid species from Tanegashima Island is provided.