Nalassus (Nalassus) elegantulus ( Lewis, 1894 ) Nabozhenko, Maxim & Ando, Kiyoshi, 2018

Nabozhenko, Maxim & Ando, Kiyoshi, 2018, Subtribal, Generic And Subgeneric Composition Of Darkling Beetles Of The Tribe Helopini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) In The Eastern Palaearctic Region, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 64 (4), pp. 277-327 : 299

Nalassus (Nalassus) elegantulus ( Lewis, 1894) , comb. n.

Lewis, 1894: 478 ( Lamperos ); Kim & Kim, 1972: 79 ( Tarpela ); Kwon & Choi, 1986: 109 ( Tarpela ); Chûjô & Lee, 1993: 119 ( Tarpela ); Masumoto, 1993: 130, figs 2, 8 ( Tarpela ); Kim et al., 1994: 177 ( Tarpela ); Shin et al., 2000: 76 ( Tarpela ); Nabozhenko & Löbl, 2008: 257 ( Tarpela ); Akita & Masumoto, 2012: 279, figs 1, 13–16 ( Tarpela ); Jung, 2012: 46, fig. 24 in plates II, V, X, XIII; Ando et al., 2016: 72, fig. 40 ( Tarpela ).

Type material examined. Lectotype, m ( BNHM) with labels: “ Lectotype ” (circle), “ Syntype ” (circle), “ Tarpela elegantula type m Lewis”, “ Japan, G. Lewis, 1910–-320” (designated by MASUMOTO 1993).

Material examined. 1 f ( CKA), Japan: Kanagawa, Zushi-shi, Junmu-ji , 18.iv.2012 (leg. Haruki Suenaga) .

Distribution. Japan (Central Honshu); Taiwan? This species was recorded from Taiwan only by GEBIEN (1914: 40) from Kosempo and Koshun.