Hyperxiphia hirashimai (Okutani, 1965)

Genaxiphia hirashimai Okutani, 1965: 74; Hyperxiphia hirashimai: Shinohara and Yamasako, 2020:

405.

See Shinohara and Yamasako (2020) for more references.

Specimens examined. KYUSHU: Kagoshima Pref.: 4 ♂, Ôkuchiaoki, Isa-shi, 4. VIII. 2021, R . Okano; 1 ♂, Amami-ôshima Is., Naze, Koshuku, 28°21′45.0″N 129°27′50.0″E, 270 m alt. trail through forest, 3. VII. 2021, J. Okayasu, by sweeping bush; 1♂, same data except 7. VII. 2021 .

Remarks. This species has been recorded from Miyake-jima Island in the Izu Islands, Shikoku (Ehime Prefecture), Kyushu (Kumamoto and Kagoshima Prefectures), and Kuroshima Island, Yakushima Island, Amami-ôshima Island and Okinawa-jima Island in the Nansei Islands based on a total of nine female and eight male specimens listed by Shinohara and Yamasako (2020). The six newly acquired specimens, all males, are from the mainland of Kagoshima Prefecture and Amami-ôshima Island.