Melanotinae Candèze, 1859

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Subfamily Melanotinae Candèze, 1859

Melanotus (Melanotus) legatus ogatai Kishii, 1988 Melanotus (Melanotus) legatus ogatai Kishii 1988: 124 .

Melanotus (Melanotus) akusekianus Ôhira 1997c: 346 .

Material examined. 6♀, Site 11, SLT [18A123–18A128] ( Fig. 4H).

Species diagnosis. Kishii (1988).

* Melanotus (Melanotus) lewisi lewisi Schenkling, 1927 Melanotus longipennis Lewis 1894: 192 .

Melanotus lewisi Schenkling 1927: 277 .

Material examined. 128♂, 5♀, Site 2, SLT [18A129– 18A262] ( Fig. 4I); 1♀, Site 11, SLT [18A263].

Species diagnosis. Kishii (1986).

Remarks. Schenkling (1927) stated that Melanotus longipennis Lewis, 1894 was a junior homonym of Cratony-

chus longipennis Küster, 1848 (= Melanotus longipennis ) and proposed Melanotus lewisi as a replacement name.

* Melanotus (Melanotus) legatoides Kishii, 1975 Melanotus (Melanotus) legatoides Kishii 1975: 5 .

Material examined. 2♂, 1♀, Site 2, SLT [18A264, 18A265] ( Fig. 4J).

Species diagnosis. Kishii (1975).