Hister japonicus Marseul, 1854

Hister japonicus Marseul, 1854, 201; Heyden, 1887, 249 [Korea]; Jakobson, 1911, 644 [Korea]; Reichardt and Kryzhanovskij, 1964, 172 [Korea]; Mazur, 1970, 58 [Korea]; Ohara, 1994, 114; ESK & KSAE, 1994, 137 [Korea].

Hister japonicus Marseul, 1854: 201, t. 6, f. 22 [Japon]; Marseul, 1873: 220 [Niphon et Kiu-siu (= Japan and Kyûshû); commun dans le fumier].

Hister (Hister) japonicus: Bickhardt, 1918: 229 [China]; Desbordes, 1919: 387 [Japon; Chine; Indo-chine; Tonkin].

Japanese name: Yamato-emma-mushi.

Original description. "Ovatus, convexiusculus, niger, laevis, nitidus; stria frontali integra; pronoto ciliato, stria interna integra, externa pone medium abbreviata; elytris striis 1-2 dorsalibus integris; 3a late interrupta 4-5 apicalibus; margine inflexo bisulcato, fossa punctata; propygidio pygidloque punctulatis; masesterno emarginato stria haud interrupta; tibiis anticis 3-dentalis, posticis biseriatim multispinosis. Long. 11 mill.; larg. 8 mill.".
Material examined. (Ohara and Paik, 1998).

Gangweon-do: Pyeong-chang, 20/ix/1965 (1 ex. [EHU], K. Kahy); Hongcheon, 22/vii/1992 (1 ex., J.-C. Paik); Gangchon, 29/v/1967 (1 ex. [EHU], Y. Kudo).

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

[Honshu] Fukushima-ken: Ogawa, Iwaki (1 ex., 27/vi/1993), K. Tazoe. Chiba-ken: Kimitsu City (1 ex., 21/v/1990, CBM-ZI-37651), A. Saitô; Joza (#2623), Sakura-shi (1 ex., 2-4/x/1997, carrion baited trap, CBM), M. Maruyama and M. Sano; Iizuka (#3429), Sakura-shi (1 ex., 27-29/ix/1997, carrion baited trap, CBM), M. Maruyama and M. Sano; Nanamagari (#3530), Sakura-shi (1 ex., 2/x/1997, carrion baited trap, CBM), M. Maruyama and M. Sano; Mt. Kiyosumi, Awa (1 ex., 15/vi/1986, CBM-Z-9298), H. Yamazaki; Mt. Tomisan, Tomiyama-chô (1 ex., 3/viii/1992, CBM-Z-30758), S. Naomi; Uchiurayama, Awatsukominato (1 ex., 23/v/1991, CBM-Z-61163), T. Takeda; Shibayama-machi (1 ex., 9/vi/1988, CBM-Z-62262), T. Itoh; Michikubo, Wada-machi (1 ex., 5/v/1985, CBM-Z-62284), H. Yamazaki; Shinbori bokujô, Daiei-chô (1 ex., 15/v/1985, CBM-Z-62285), H. Yamazaki. Izu Isles.: Nii-jima, Wakago-mura (1 ex., 19/vii/1990, CBM-ZI-37995), M. Hasegawa. Kanagawa-ken: Yokono, Hadano City (1 ex., 2/vi/1989), Y. Okushima. Nara-ken: Kasuga-yama, Nara (1 ex., 29/v/1993), T. Itoh; Tomisan, Haibara (1 ex., 4/v/1985), T. Itoh. Fukui-ken: Sanjusanken-zan, Mikata-gun (1 ex., 12/v/1985), T. Itoh. Nagano-ken: Ujinori, Takagi (1 ex., 2/vi/1996, SA), H. Otobe. Hyogo-ken: Mt. Maya, Kobe (1 ex., v/1938), Y. Kurosa.

[Kyushu] Kagoshima-ken: Hezuka, Sata (1 ex., 12-15/vi/1997, SA), K. Sasaki.

Distribution. Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima Isles, Izu Isles, Oki Is.); Amurskij Kray; continental China; Korea; Vietnam.

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