Nipponohelops Masumoto, Ando

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 : 282

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https://doi.org/10.17109/AZH.64.4.277.2018

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scientific name

Nipponohelops Masumoto, Ando
status

 

Nipponohelops Masumoto, Ando et Akita, 2006

Type species Nipponohelops ishikawai Masumoto, Ando et Akita, 2006, by original designation. Masumoto et al., 2006: 33; Nabozhenko & Löbl, 2008: 253.

The detailed species description was given in the description of the genus.

Nipponohelops ishikawai Masumoto, Ando et Akita, 2006

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Masumoto et al., 2006: 33, figs 1–9; Nabozhenko & Löbl, 2008: 253.

Type material examined. Holotype: m ( NMNS) (separated specimen, placed on 5 plates) with labels: “ Holotype Nipponohelops ishikawai Ms., And. & Aki.”, “ Japan, Honshu, Nagano-ken, Takatô-machi, Mt. Sangai-yama , 28.V.2004, H. Ishikawa leg.”, “ 2004.05.28 上 OiDZDzdzẘoi H. Ishikawa leg. R4 . T ḩvẉẅ”.

Material examined. 1 m ( CKA), Mt. Mitsugai-san, Takatô, Ina City , Nagano, 15. V.2010 (leg. Kiyoshi Ando) .

Distribution. Japan: Honshu (Central districts).

MASUMOTO, K., ANDO, Κ. & AKITA, Κ. (2006): New or little known tenebrionid species from Japan (Part 5). A new species belonging to a new genus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Helopini). - Entomological Review of Japan 61: 33 - 38.

NABOZHENKO, M. V. & LOBL, I. (2008) Tribe Helopini. Pp. 241 - 257. In: LOBL, I. & SMETANA, A. (eds): Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 5. Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup.

Gallery Image

Fig. 1. Nipponohelops ishikawai: A = male, habitus, B = female, habitus, C = aedeagus, dorsal view, D = fore leg of male, E = middle leg of male, F = prothorax, ventral view, G = holotype

NMNS

National Museum of Natural Science

T

Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics

V

Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Tenebrionidae