Pachylister (Santalus) orientalis (Paykull, 1811)


Hister orientalis Paykull, 1811, 17 [East India, China]; Lewis, 1915, 55 [Horisha].

Santalus orientalis: Lewis, 1906, 341; Miwa, 1931, 56 [Horisha]; Kamiya and Takagi, 1938, 29.

Pachylister (Santalus) orientalis: Mazur, 1997, 107.


Specimens examined (Ohara, 1999).

No Taiwanese specimens of the species have been available for my study.

Distribution. Taiwan (?); nearly the whole Oriental Region. Introduced to Seychelles.


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