Hister simplicisternus Lewis, 1879
Hister simplicisternus Lewis, 1879: 461 [Japan: Higo, where it is common]; Olexa, 1982: 198 [key, figures]; Mazur, 1984: 197 [catalogued]; Hisamatsu, 1985: 227, pl. 41, no. 8 [noted, photo]; Ohara, 1994, 123; ESK & KSAE, 1994, 137 [Korea]; Mazur & Zhou, 2001: 74 [China].
Hister simplicisternis (sic): Kryzhanovskij and Reichardt, 1976: 313 [description, figures].
Hister (Hister) simplicisternus: Bickhardt, 1910: 49 [catalogued]; Bickhardt, 1917: 186 [catalogued].
Hister togoii Lewis, 1914: 286 [Tsushima Is.], synonymized by Bickhardt, 1920: 30.
Hister togoi (sic): Bickhardt, 1917: 187 [catalogued]; Bickhardt, 1920: 30.
Eudiplister pieli Cooman, 1941: xx, synonymized by Mazur & Zhou, 2001: 74.
Japanese name: Hime-tsuya-emma-mushi.
Much smaller than sibiricus, Mars., to which section it belongs; it may be recognized by the finer punctation of the pygidium (in some specimens almost smooth at the apex), and by the mesosternum having no notch to admit the prosternum.
Hab. Hiogo, where it is common."
Gyeonggi-do: Suweon, 17/v/1965 (1 ex., W. H. Paik). Cheju-do: Cheju City, alt. 300 m, 25/vi/1989 (1 ex., J.-C. Paik), 23/vii/1990 (2 exs., J.-C. Paik); Ha-gwi, 4/viii/1993 (6 exs., J.-C. Paik); Don-nae-ko, 17/vii/1994 (1 ex., J.-C. Paik); Is. Woo-do, 10/viii/1995 (2 exs., J.-C. Paik).
[Honshu] Aomori-ken: Chikagawa, Mutsu-shi (2 exs., 3/vii; 1 ex., 6/vii; 1 ex., 9/vii/1982; APM), K. Shimoyama & A. Satoh; (2 exs., 6/vii/1982, APM), A. Satoh; Kodomari-mura (1 ex., 18/v/1975, APM), K. Shimoyama; Nanatsutaki, Kodomari-mura (3 exs., 26/vii/1975, APM), K. Shimoyama; Shiriya, Higashidôri-mura (1 ex., 6/viii/1958, APM), A. Abe. Saitama-ken: Horinouchi, Tokorozawa (1 ex., 7/vi/1997, SA), Y. Arai. Chiba-ken: Oami (1 ex., 23/v/1994), M. Ohara.