Bacanius (Mullerister) niponicus Lewis, 1879


Bacanius niponicus Lewis, 1879: 461 [Japan: Nagasaki].

Bacanius (Mullerister) niponicus: Mazur, 1984: 119; Hisamatsu, 1985: 224, pl. 40, no. 22.

Bacanius (Muellerister) niponensis (sic): Kryzhanovskij et Reichardt, 1976: 268 [Key].

Japanese name: Aka-tsubu-emma-mushi.Bacanius niponicus Lewis, 1879, 461.

Bacanius (Bacanius) niponicus: ESK & KSAE, 1994, 136 [Korea]; Ôhara, 1998: xx.


Original description.

"Ovalis, convexus, rufo-castaneus, undique sat dense punctatus; pronoti stria integra, linea basali arcuata e punctis paucis composita; elytris haud striatis; antennis pedibusque rufo-brunneis.

Near Bacanius rhombophorus, Aubé, but half as large again; the punctures are coarser and more equally distributed; and the punctured line before the scutellum is a simple bow of twelve or thirteen points.

Hab. Nagasaki; under dead leaves at Suwosama temple in April."


Distribution. Korea; Japan; Taiwan.

Koakatsubu-emmamushi: detail data in Japan (in Japanese).


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