Rhyparus loebli Paulian, 1983

Minkina, Ÿukasz, Anichtchenko, Alexander, Vasiljeva, Anastasija & Skelley, Paul E., 2022, Four new species of the genus Rhyparus Westwood, 1845 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) with modified pygidium and last abdominal ventrite in females, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 22 (1), pp. 81-101 : 91

Rhyparus loebli Paulian, 1983

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Rhyparus loebli Paulian, 1983: 618 , fig. 1. Type locality: “ Taiwan: Fenchihu, 1400m ”. Rhyparus loebli : Dellacasa, 1988: 354 (catalogue). Rhyparus azumai loebli : Ochi, 2001: 7.

Rhyparus azumai loebli : Dellacasa & Dellacasa, 2006: 149 (catalogue).

Rhyparus azumai loebli : Mencl et al., 2013: 493. Rhyparus azumai loebli : Dellacasa et al., 2016: 165 (catalogue).

Rhyparus loebli : Ochi et al., 2018: 19.

Type material examined. Holotype: Holotype || Rhyparus | löbli n. sp. || R. Paulian det. || Taiwan, iv­vi.(19)77 | Fenchihu , 1400m | J. & S. Klapperich || ( MHNG) ; Paratypes (6 exx.): the same as holotype (3exx. MHNG; 3exx. ISEA without original type labels but confirmed by first author) .

Additional material examined. (2exx.): 1ex.: Japan: Kagoshima­ken, Ôshima­gun, Tokunoshima­chô , Amami Oshima Island , Kametsu , Hagedake , 31.vii.2012, Keishke Narita , (LT) ( CNCW); 1ex.: Japan, Kagoshima pref. Amami Oshima Island , 29.vii.2007, leg. Kazuo Ichikawa ( Ÿ MCN) [photographed specimen: fig. 31] .

Comment. R. loebli was known earlier only from Taiwan. Authors record the species from Japan (Amami Oshima Island) for the first time. Probably species earlier was overmissed with R. azumai .

Distribution. Known from Taiwan: Taiwan Island. Japan: Amami Oshima Island.

Figures

Figs. 26–33.Abdominal apexes with black­white miniatures of pygidium on left­down side: 26 – R. bacanensis sp. nov.,, holotype; 27 – R. buruensis sp. nov.,, holotype; 28 – R. fijiensis sp. nov.,, holotype; 29 – R. stebnickae sp. nov.,, holotype; 30 – R. approximans Fairmaire, 1893,; 31 – R. loebli Paulian, 1983,; 32 – R. paraphilippinensis Ochi & Kakizoe, 2021,; 33 – R. sepikensis Stebnicka, 1998,, paratype. Scale lines: 0.5 mm.