Hister unicolor leonhardi Bickhardt, 1910


Hister leonhardi Bickhardt, 1910b: 180 [East Siberia].

Hister unicolor ab. leonhardi: Reichardt, 1938: 236.

Histerunicolor opimus Reichardt in Kryzhanovskij and Reichardt, 1976: 316 [USSR: Zabaikal'e and Primorskij; Japan: Unzen], synonymnized by Mazur, 1984: 199.

Japanese name: Nise-kuro-emma-mushi.

Hister unicolor leonhardi: Mazur, 1984, 199; ESK & KSAE, 1994, 137 [Korea].


Original description of Hister leonhardi. "Ovalis, convexus, niger, nitidus; fronte stria valida semihexagona antice subrecta; antennis clava obscura, mandibulis convexis; pronoto stria laterali interna antice haud interrupta externaque basi subabbreviatis, interstitio earum dimidio antico impresso rugose punctulato; elytris striis dorsalibus 1-3 integris, 4. suturalique vix dimidiatis, 5. apicali; subhumerali interna tenui fere dimidiata, appendice obsoleto, margine inflexo bisulcato; propygidio punctulato pygidioque puncticulatis; prosterno lobo punctato, mesosterno emarginato, stria integra; tibiis anticis 3-dentatis.

Long. 6 mm. Hab. Kiachta, Sibirien."


Material examined. (Ohara and Paik, 1998).

Gangweon-do: Chuncheon, 10/vi/1988 (1 ex., H. H. Ryu). Hamgyeonbug-do: Rashin (= Najin), 7/viii/1940 (1 ex. [NSMT-I-C-23241, Kôno coll.], no collector's name).


Distribution. Korea; Japan (Kyûshû: Shimabara); East Siberia; Primorskiy Kray; Mongolia; North-eastern China.


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