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έ៉ٿᖪ 22: 401-403 (2002) Formosan Entomol. 22: 401-403 (2002)*Correspondence address
e-mail:htshih@wufeng.tari.gov.tw! New Record of Chrysomelidae from Taiwan 401
Cryptocephalus ohnoi Kimoto,
1983 山桂花㈮花蟲 (Fig. 1-A, B)
Cryptocephalus ohnoi Kimoto, 1983, Entomol. Rev. Jpn. 38: 45-54.
Type deposition: Kyushu Univ. Specimens examined: TAIWAN: Taipei County, Shihding (Ϯ⛬), 2Ɛ, 2Ə, 10-IV-2001. Sweep net, H. T. Shih.
Diagnostic characters: Elytron black with 6 yellowish-brown markings, with side straight, with regularly arranged longitudinal rows and smooth interstices, and slightly costate at lateral area. Pygidium subtriangular, with rounded apex.
Distribution: Japan, Taiwan (New record).
Host plant: Maesa tenera Mez (Myrsinaceae) (New record).
Remarks: There are over 580 chrysomelid species belonging to 172 genera according to a recent study from Taiwan (Shih et al., 2002) and its adjacent islands (Shih, unpublished data). This paper is one of the series of papers on the taxonomy of the Chrysomelidae from Taiwan and its adjacent islands. This leaf beetle has hitherto been known from Japan (Honshu) (Kimoto, 1983), and it is newly recorded from Taiwan. This species resembles C. perelegans Baly, 1873, but differs in the pronotum being much elongate, and the elytron being black with 6 yellowish brown markings (Baly, 1873; Kimoto, 1983).
Economic importance: No records available.
A New Record of the Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera:
Chrysomeloidea) from Taiwan
Hsien-Tzung Shih* Department of Applied Zoology, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, 189 Chung-cheng Rd. Wufeng, Taichung 413, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Wen-Jer Wu Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Chyi-Chen Ho Department of Applied Zoology, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, 189 Chung-cheng Rd. Wufeng, Taichung 413, Taiwan, R.O.C.
ABSTRACT
The species Cryptocephalus ohnoi Kimoto, 1983 has hitherto been known from Japan, and it is reported here as a new record from Taiwan. The study shows the distribution, diagnostic characters, host plant, and economic importance of this species. The specimens are deposited in the Insect and Mite Collection of Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute.
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Acknowledgments
This work was financially supported in part by the Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, Taiwan, Republic of China (91AS-7.2.2-CI-C1).
References
Baly, J. S. 1873. Catalogue of the phytophagous Coleoptera of Japan, with descriptions of specimens new to science I. Trans. Entomol. Soc. London 1873: 69-99.
Kimoto, S. 1983. New or little known Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from Japan and its adjacent regions, III. Entomol. Rev. Jpn. 38: 45-54.
Shih, H. T., C. C. Ho, and W. J. Wu. 2002. Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from Kinmen. J. Agric. Res. China 51 (in press) (in Chinese).
Received Oct. 14, 2002 Accepted Nov. 15, 2002
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