Nalassus (Nalassus)

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 : 299-302

Nalassus (Nalassus) magyari ( Kaszab, 1968)

Kaszab, 1968: 12 ( Tarpela ); Kwon & Choi, 1986: 109 ( Tarpela ); Kim et al., 1994: 177 ( Tarpela ); Nabozhenko & Löbl, 2008: 257 ( Tarpela ); Jung, 2012: 46, fig. 25 in pls. II, VI, X, IV, XVIII ( Tarpela ); Nabozhenko & Ivanov, 2015: 137 ( Nalassus ( Helopocerodes )).

Material examined. 2 m ( ZIN): South Korea, Gyeonggido province , Goyang city, Mt. Bukhan, temple Heungguk, 31.iii.2006 (leg. Taewoo Kim) .

Distribution. Korean Peninsula; Japan?

Nalassus (Nalassus) akitai ( Masumoto, 1998) , comb. n.

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Masumoto, 1998: 317, figs 10, 33–34 ( Tarpela ); Nabozhenko & Löbl, 2008: 256 ( Tarpela ).

Type material examined. Holotype, m ( NMNS) with labels: “ Holotype Tarpela akitai Masumoto ”, “Ryukyu: Iriomote Is. Maryûdo F. 22.XII.1995 Mas. Kimura”, “Coll. Masumoto 2001 ”.

male paratype, habitus, C = male protibia, D = male mesotibia, E = male profemur, F = male prothorax, ventral view, G = aedeagus, dorsal view, H = female prothorax, ventral view,

I = labels of the holotype

Material examined. 5 m, 2 f ( CKA), Ishigakijima Is.: Sokobaru, Okinawa, 20.i.2012 (leg. T. Nakata); 1 m, 1 f ( CKA), ditto, 14.i.2012 (leg. T. Nakata); 2 f ( CKA), [Ryukyu] Mt. Omoto-dake, Ishigaki-shi , 17.iii.2000 (leg. T. Kurihara) .

Distribution. Japan (Yaeyama islands: Iriomote-jima Is., Ishigaki-jima Is., Yonagunijima Is.).

Nalassus (Nalassus) kawabatai ( Akita et Masumoto, 2012), comb. n.

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Akita & Masumoto, 2012: 276, figs 3–2, 7–20 ( Tarpela ).

Material examined. 1 m, 3 f ( CKA), Nakanogô, Hachijo Is., 1.v.1967 (leg. S. Tsuyuki); 1 f ( CKA), Kurosaki-takaoyama, Mikurajima Is., 7.vi.1972 , no Collectors data; 1 f ( CKA), Mikurajima Is., Izu islands, 28–- 30.v.2003 (leg. I. Tanaka); 1 f ( CKA), Miyake Is., Tsubota, labels of the holotype

15viI.1971 (leg. M. Miyahara); 1 f ( CKA), Oshima, Izu , Tokyo , 4.vii.1971 (leg. M. Takakuwa).

Distribution. Japan: Izu Islands (Izu-Ôshima Is., Nii-jima Is., To-shima Is., Miyakejima Is., Mikura-jima Is., Hachijo-jima Is.).

Figures

Fig. 10. Nalassus (s. str.) akitai, holotype and paratype: A = male, holotype, habitus, B = fe-

Fig. 11. Nalassus (s. str.) kawabatai, holotype and paratype. A = male, holotype, habitus, B = aedeagus, dorsal view, C = female paratype, habitus, D = male protibia, E = male mesotibia, F = male metatibia, G = male profemur, inner side, H = male prothorax, ventral view, I =