Epuraea (Epuraea) melina Erichson, 1843

ニセヒゲブトヒラタケシキスイ

Epuraea melina Erichson 1843: 269. Type locality: Germania.

Epuraea melina: Erichson 1845: 144 [redescription]; Reitter 1872: 12, Taf. I, Fig. 9 [redescription, figure]; 1873: 19 [in key]; 1894: 28 [in key]; 1919: 69 [in key]; Ganglbauer 1899: 476 [redescription]; Grouvelle 1913b: 118 [catalogue]; Sjöberg 1939b: 118 [in key]; Horion 1960: 98 [note]; Audisio 1980: 156, pl. 107, I–J [in key, figures]; 1993: 329 [redescription, figures].

Epuraea (Epuraea) melina: Jelínek & Audisio 2007: 461 [catalogue]; S.-T. Hisamatsu 2016: 58, figs. 2K, 5D, 25 [redescription, figures].

Epuraea melina ab. bisbimaculata Roubal 1928: 10. 

【形態 / Diagnosis】

【生態 / Bionomy】

• ツルシキミ？の花より，5月3日に採集された。

• Tatsuno et al. (2023)によると，ヒサカキの花から得られている。

【分布 / Distribution】  

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.

• Tatsuno, M., Sueyoshi, M. & Osawa, N. (2023) Pollination ecology of the early-spring-blooming dioecious shrub Eurya japonica (Pentaphylacaceae). Botany, 00: 1-12. dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2022-0083

【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.

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

• YHCC = Yasuhiko Hayashi Coleoptera Collection