Limonius Eschscholtz, 1829

Arimoto, Kôichi & Suzuki, Wataru, 2020, First record and two new species of the genus Limonius Eschscholtz (Coleoptera Elateridae, Dendrometrinae) from Taiwan, Zootaxa 4742 (1), pp. 89-104 : 91-92

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Genus Limonius Eschscholtz, 1829 View in CoL View at ENA

Limonius Eschscholtz, 1829: 33 View in CoL (original description); Curtis, 1838: No. 694 (subsequent designation of type species, Elater minutus Linneaus, 1758 ); Westwood, 1838: 26 (subsequent designation of type species, Elater bructeri Fabricius, 1801 ); Stierlin, 1865: 192 (misspelling as “ Simonius ”).

Cidnopus Thomson, 1859: 106 (original description; type species: Elater nigripes Gyllenhal, 1808 ; by monotypy); Etzler, 2019: 313 (treated as a junior synonym).

Dendrometrus Gistel, 1848 : XI (unjustified replacement name); Sánchez-Ruiz, 1996: 108 (synonymized).

Kibunea Kishii, 1966: 46 (original description; type species: Limonius eximius Lewis, 1894 ; by original designation); Sánchez- Ruiz, 1996: 108 (synonymized).

Micrathous Lane, 1971: 24 (original description; type species: Athous brevis Van Dyke, 1932 ; by original designation); Etzler, 2019: 314 (synonymized).

Neoathousius Schimmel & Platia, 1991: 881 (original description; type species: Neoathousius lobelia Schimmel & Platia, 1991 ; by original designation); Etzler, 2019: 314 (synonymized).

Nothodes LeConte, 1861: 171 (original description; type species: Limonius dubitans LeConte, 1853 ; by monotypy); Etzler, 2019: 314 (treated as a junior synonym).

Solskyana Dolin, 1978: 45 (original description; type species: Limonius villiger Solsky, 1881 ; by original designation); Etzler, 2019: 314 (synonymized).

Diagnosis. Head depression triangular; supra-antennal carina in profile strongly prominent anteriad. Antennae serrated from antennomere IV; III almost as long as or slightly longer than II. Pronotum with a shallow median longitudinal depression; hind angles with apex broad and round, unicarinate; the carina short, extending to the base. Posterior margin of hypomeron without large emargination, weakly sinuate. Lateral lobe of prosternal spine at ventral view anteriorly strongly expanded and rounded. Scutellum convex above. Abdomen with micro-serrated external margin. Tarsomeres simple. Female bursa copulatrix without sclerotized structures.

Distribution. Nearctic region: 29 species (Etzler, 2019). Palearctic region: 50 species (Leseigner & Metlik, 2007; Tscherepanov, 1957; Etzler, 2019). Oriental region ( Taiwan): two species. New record from Taiwan.

Etzler (2019) recognized 50 species from the Palearctic region. Cate (2007) and Etzler (2019) treated Limonius substriatus Gebler, 1833 as a valid name, while Tscherepanov (1957) synonymized L. substriatus under Oedostethus tenuicornis (Germar, 1824) (= Hypnoidus tenuicornis ). Etzler (2019) also did not mention Limonius poneli Leseigneur & Mertlik, 2007 . In this paper, we follow the treatments of Tscherepanov (1957) and Leseigneur & Mertlik (2007). Consequently, the total number of Palearctic species is unchanged.

Bionomics. There is no ecological information about the Taiwanese species. These species probably visit flowers since their congeners have frequently been collected by sweeping the flowers of trees (e.g., Arimoto, 2014).

References

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Cate, P. C. (2007) Family Elateridae. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Vol. 4. Elateroidea-Derodontoidea-Bostrichoidea-Lymexyloidea-Cleroidea-Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 89 - 209.

Curtis, J. (1838) British Entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found. Vol. XV. J. Curtis, London, [4] pp., pls. 674 - 721, sheets, [2] pp.

Eschscholtz, J. F. (1829) Einteiling der Elateriden in Gattungen. Thon, Entomologisches Archiv, 2 (1), 31 - 35.

Gistel, J. N. F. X. (1848) Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs fur hohere Schulen. Scheitlin & Krais, Stuttgart, XVI + 216 + 4 pp., 32 pls. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 97235

Kishii, T. (1966) Elateridae of Kyoto and its adjacent regions. Biological Laboratory, Heian High School, Kyoto, 54 pp.

Leseigneur, L. & Mertlik, J. (2007) Limonius minutus (Linnaeus, 1758) et Limonius poneli nov. sp., deux especes jumelles confondues sous un meme nom (Coleoptera, Elateridae). Bulletin mensuel de la Societe linneenne de Lyon, 76, 225 - 234. https: // doi. org / 10.3406 / linly. 2007.13664

Lewis, G. (1894) On the Elateridae of Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 6, 13, 182 - 201, 311 - 320. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222939408677706

Sanchez-Ruiz, A. (1996) Catalogo bibliografico de las especies de la familia Elateridae (Coleoptera) de la Peninsula Iberica e Islas Baleares. Documentos Fauna Iberica. Vol. 2. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, C. S. I. C., Madrid, 265 pp.

Stierlin, G. (1865) Uebersicht der in Europa und den angranzanden Landern einheimischen Arten der Gattung Simonius. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 1, 192.

Tscherepanov, A. I. (1957) Die Schnellkafer West-Sibiriens (Coleoptera, Elateridae). Akademie fur Wissenschaften UdSSR, Filiale in Westsibirien Biologisches Institut, Nowosibirsk, 380 pp. [in Russian, with German summary]

Westwood, J. O. (1838) Synopsis of the genera of British insects. In: An introduction to the modern classification of insects; founded on the natural habits and corresponding organization of the different families. Vol. II. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London, 48 pp. [issued in parts, 1838 - 1840; usually cited as published in 1840] https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 12455