Brachypterus urticae (Fabricius, 1792)

コクロチビハナケシキスイ

Dermestes urticae Fabricius, 1792: 235. Type locality: Germania [= Germany].

Cercus urticae: Latreille, 1807: 16 (partim).

Catheretes urticae: Gyllenhall, 1808: 247 [redescription]; 1827: 305 [note].

Cateretes urticae: Stephens, 1830: 52 [redescription].

Brachypterus urticae: Erichson, 1843: 231 [note]; 1845: 132 [redescription, note]; Sturm (1844: tab. CCXCI, fi g. c. C)

[figure]; 1845: 28 [redescription, note]; Redtenbacher 1849: 162 [in key]; 1858: 324 [in key];

Gemminger & Harold, 1868: 804 [catalogue]; Horn 1879: 270 [redescription, note]; Ganglbauer (1899: 453)

[redescription]; Blatchley, 1910: 630 [redescription, note]; Reitter, 1911: 13 [in key]; 1919: 8 [in key];

Groubelle. 1913: 18 [catalogue]; Hisamatsu, 1959: 61; Spornraft, 1967: 23 [in key]; Audisio. 1980: 23 [in key];

1993: 838 [redescription, note]; Hisamatsu, 1985: 177, pl. 28, fi g. 5 [note, photo]; Kirejtshuk, 1992: 214 [in key];

Kirk-Spriggs, 1996: 47 [note, illustration]; Jelinek & Audisio, 2007: 458 [catalogue]; S-T. Hisamatsu, 2011, figs. 2E, 10 [redescription, figure].

Brachypterus (Brachypterus) urticae: Murray, 1864: 242 [redescription, note]; Marseul, 1885: 31[redescription];

Seidlitz, 1887–1891: 208 [in key]; 1888–1891: 224 [in key].

Strongylus abbreviatus Herbst, 1792: 190, tab. 43, fi g. 10. Type locality: Europa. Synonymized by Murray (1864:

242) with Dermestes urticae Fabricius.

Nitidula erythropa Marsham, 1802: 132. Type locality: Anglia [= England]. Synonymized by Gemmigger & Harold (1868: 804) with Dermestes urticae Fabricius.

Cateretes affinis Heer, 1841: 411. Type locality: Urnerboden ob Lintthal [Switzerland]. Synonymized by Ganglbauer (1899: 453) with Dermestes urticae Fabricius.

Brachyptrerus (Brachypterus) affinis: Murray, 1864: 242 [note].

Cercus pusillus Melsheimer, 1846: 105. Type locality: Pennsylvania [USA]. Synonymized by Gemmigger & Harold (1868: 804) with Dermestes urticae Fabricius.

Brachypterus flavicornis Küster, 1848: 40. Type locality: Italia. Synonymized by Audisio (1993: 838) with Dermestes urticae Fabricius.

Brachypterus flavicornis: Gemmigger & Harold, 1868: 804 [catalogue].

Brachypterus (Brachypterus) flavicornis: Murray, 1864: 246 [redescription, note]; Marseul, 1885: 33 [redescription].

Brachypterus solaris Gistel, 1857: 577. Type locality: Austria, Styria, Hochschwab. Synonymized by Jelinek & Audisio (2009: 230) with Dermestes urticae Fabricius.

Brachypterus pelusius Gistel, 1857: 582. Type locality: Germania, Thüringen, Jena. Synonymized by Jelinek & Audisio (2009: 230) with Dermestes urticae Fabricius.

【形態 / Diagnosis】

• 体長1.6–2.2 mm．体は黒色．前胸背板の側縁は基部近くでやや波打つ．

【生態 / Bionomics】

• イラクサ Urtica spp. (イラクサ科Urticaceae) の花に集まる．

【分布 / Distribution】

Palaearctic Region: Europe, Turkey, Russia (East and West Siberia, Far East), Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, China (Northern Territory), South Korea，Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu); Nearctic Region.

成虫写真 / Photos, adults

生態写真/Photos

分布地図/Distribution maps

【参考文献 / References】

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

• Hisamatsu, S-T. (2011) A review of the Japanese Kateretidae fauna (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 51(2), 551-585.

• 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.

• Parsons, C.T. (1943) A revision of Nearctic Nitidulidae (Coleoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 92, 121–278.

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

• YHCC = Yasuhiko Hayashi Coleoptera Collection