Epuraea (Epuraea) pallescens (Stephens, 1835)

ウスモンアカヒラタケシキスイ

Nitidula aestiva Illiger 1798: 385, not Nitidula aestiva Fabricius, 1775, not Nitidula aestiva Kugelann, 1792, not Silpha aestiva Linnaeus, 1758.

Epuraea aestiva: Sturm 1844: 78, Tab. CCXCVVII, Fig. a, A, not Epuraea aestiva (Linnaeus, 1758).

Nitidula pallescens Stephens 1835: 406. Type locality: Inghilterra (= England).

Epuraea pallescens: Audisio 1980: 134, pl. 91, figs. D–F, pl. 108, fig. E [in key, figures]; 1993:337 [redescription, figures].

Epuraea (Epuraea) pallescens: Kirejtshuk 1992: 134, pl. 54, pl. 61, figs. 1–9 [in key, figures]; Jelínek & Audisio 2007: 461 [catalogue]; S.-T. Hisamatsu 2016: 63, figs. 3A, 5F, 27 [redescription, figures].

Epuraea florea Erichson 1845: 155. Synonymized by Kirejtshuk (1992: 134) with Nitidula pallescens Stephens, 1835.

Epuraea florea: Reitter 1873: 21 [in key].

Epuraea abietina Sahlberg 1889: 108. Synonymized by Kirejtshuk (1992: 134) with Nitidula pallescens Stephens, 1835.

Epuraea florae var. abietina: Sjöberg 1939b: 110.

Epuraea kyushuensis Sjöberg 1939b: 115. Synonymized by Kirejtshuk (1992: 134) with Nitidula pallescens Stephens, 1835.

Epuraea kyushuensis: Nakane 1963: 191, pl. 96, fig. 1 [note, photo]; Hisamatsu 1985: 182, pl. 29, fig. 4 [note, photo].

【形態 / Diagnosis】

• 頬部には明瞭な窪みがある．前胸背板の後角は，後方に突出する．

【生態 / Bionomy】

• シラカバの樹液や，樹皮下，各種植物の花上で見られる．幼虫は発酵した樹液中で育つ（Kirejtshuk, 1992）．

• 青森県ではミヤマイヌザクラの樹液とショウマ，ノリウツギなどの花から採集された（下山，1971）．

【分布 / Distribution】

• Palearctic Region: Europe, Afghanistan, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, West and East Siberia, Russian Far East, “Korea”, Japan (Hisamatsu, 1985; Jelínek & Audisio, 2007).

【備考 / Notes】

成虫写真 / Photos, adults

生態写真/Photos

分布地図/Distribution maps

【参考文献 / References】

• Jelinek, J. & Audisio, P. (2007) Family Nitidulidae. Pp. 459–491. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds): Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4: Elateroidea – Derodontoidea – Bostrichoidea – Lymexyloidea – Cleroidea – Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, 935 pp.

• Hisamatsu, S.-T. (2016) A revision of Japanese Epuraeinae (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae). Part I. Epuraea subgenera: Dadopora Thomson, Epuraea Erichson, and Epuraeanella Crotch. Zootaxa, 4080(1): 1-100.

• 城戸克弥（2017）福岡県のヒラタムシ上科．KORASANA，(86): 41-126.

• 下山健作（1971）青森県のケシキスイムシ科．昆虫学評論，23(1): 45-58．

【分布図作成に用いた文献 / References used for the distribution map】

• Hisamatsu, S.-T. (2016) A revision of Japanese Epuraeinae (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae). Part I. Epuraea subgenera: Dadopora Thomson, Epuraea Erichson, and Epuraeanella Crotch. Zootaxa, 4080(1): 1-100.

• 城戸克弥（2017）福岡県のヒラタムシ上科．KORASANA，(86): 41-126.

• 下山健作（1971）青森県のケシキスイムシ科．昆虫学評論，23(1): 45-58．

• 大桃定洋・佐藤光一（2003）栃木県自然環境基礎調査 とちぎの昆虫 II. 栃木県，248-255.

• 斎藤修司（2017）福島県のヒゲボソケシキスイ科およびケシキスイ科の現状, InsecTOHOKU, 41: 2-15．

【分布図作成に用いた標本 / Materials used for the distribution map】

• YHCC = Yasuhiko Hayashi Coleoptera Collection