Hister concolor Lewis, 1884


Hister concolor Lewis, 1884, 135 [Japan: Ishikari river, Hokkaidô]; Ohara, 1994, 127; Ohara and Lee, 1988, 96; ESK & KSAE, 1994, 137 [Korea]; Kryzhanovskij and Reichardt, 1976: 316; Hisamatsu and Kusui, 1984: 16 [noted]; Hisamatsu, 1985: 227, pl. 41, f. 7 [noted, photo]; Ôhara and Li, 1988: 96 [China: Liaoning].

Hister (Hister) concolor: Bickhardt, 1910a: 42 [Japan]; Bickhardt, 1917: 197; Kamiya and Takagi, 1938: 30; Ôsawa, 1952: 6.

Japanese name: Kuro-emma-mushi.


Original description. "Ovalis, subconvexus, niger, nitidus; fronte stria integra; pronoto stria laterali externa valda, interna vix abbreviatis; elytris striis 1 -3 integris, 4 - 6 brevibus; propygidio subfoveolato pygidioque dense et grosse punctatis. L. 8 mill.

H. concolor is sculptured like H. unicolor, except on the two abdominal segments seen from above, which are strongly and closely punctured. In its general facies it is like H. 4-notatus, being wider and less convex than H. unicolor, and the interstice between the inner thoracic stria and the outer margin is wider and the short stria is more in the centre of this interstice.

This is also from vicinity of the Ishikari river."


Specimens examined [additional records]. (Ohara, 1999a).

[Hokkaido] Rishiri Is.: Morihara-bokujo, Shinminato, Kutsugata (10 exs., 19/vii/1990), M. Satô. Proper: Futatsuyama, Shibecha, Kushiro (2 exs., 3/vii/1993; 3 exs., 2/vi/1994, collected from a dead body of deer, IJ), K. Ijima; Tôro-ko, Higashi-kyûryô, Kushiro (1 ex., 12/vi/1994, collected from dung of deer, IJ), K. Ijima; Onishigawa-shitsugen, Ômu-chô (1 ex., 17/vii/1994, HOR), S. Hori; Sato-bokujo, Betsutoga, Nemuro, (1 ex., 9/vii/1995, KIT), K. Ito; On'ne-shisui-damu, Minami-kitoushi (1 ex., 11/vii/1992), K. Haga; Gojyukoku, Shibecha, Kushiro (1 ex., 22/vi/1997, IJ), K. Ijima; Houtoku, Shibecha (1 ex., 15/vi/1996, IJ), K. Ijima; Igarashi, Kuromatsunai (1 ex., 3/vi/1996, SA), K. Sasaki; Nishikioka, Tomakomai (1 ex., 12/viii/1995, SA), K. Sasaki; Motoyama, Esashi (2 exs., 25/vi/1994; 1 ex., 16/viii/1997, SA), K. Sasaki.

[Honshu] Aomori-ken: Mts. Hakkôda (2 exs., 9/ix/1976, APM), A. Satoh; Hiraka-machi (1ex., 1/viii/1973, APM), A. Satoh; Ôhata-machi (3 exs., 26/vii/1983, APM), S. Yamauchi; Satôdaira, Ôhata-machi (6 exs., 26/vii/1983, APM), K. Shimoyama; Mt. Futatsumori, Ajigasawa-machi (1 ex., 24/vii/1989, APM), A. Abe; Oirasegawa, Fukaura-machi (1 ex., 18/viii/1975, APM), A. Abe; Mt. Yasuteyama, Hiraka-machi (1 ex., 28/v/1973, APM), S. Sato. Tochigi-ken: Nasu (1 ex., 27/viii/1963), Y. Kurosa. Nagano-ken: Kita-karuizawa (1 ex., 24/viii/1937), K. Sakaguchi; Ogawa river, Kawakami (3 exs., 17/viii/1985), H. Tanaka; Sugadaira, Nakano (1 ex., 31/vii/1953, YCM), H. Kaneda.


Distribution. Japan (Chishima Isles, Hokkaidô, Honshû); northern and central Europe; continental China; Korea.


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