Hiroyuki Murakami

Ehime University · Entomological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture

A new genus, Xenoplium gen. nov. is established for four species, Xenoplium gilvum sp. nov., Xenoplium spadix sp. nov., Xenoplium varium sp. nov., and Xenoplium zabulum sp. nov. from Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand. A key to species of the new genus is provided. ZooBank LSID: https://zoobank.org/References/93FCE8D1-A12B-4959-B3C5-A85D02319E7C

A new species, Teneropsis azureus sp. nov., is described from Taiwan. This species is distinguished from the other Taiwanese members of Teneropsis by body color and large antennae. Skelleyus cervus (Murakami, 2022) comb. nov. and Skelleyus grandis (Murakami, 2022) comb. nov. are transferred from Teneropsis. ZooBank LSID: https://zoobank.org/Referen...

The genus Diplopherusa Heller, 1922 from Japan and Taiwan is reviewed. Diplopherusa yonaguniensis Murakami, 2016 is synonymized with Diplopherusa kitamurai Nakane, 1989. Diplopherusa shibatai (Miyatake, 1965) is recorded from Toku-no-shima and Okinoerabu-jima. A key to all species and the distributional map of Japanese and Taiwanese species are upd...

Four new species, Teneropsis borealis sp. n., Teneropsis cervus sp. n., Teneropsis grandis sp. n., Teneropsis ongii sp. n. are described from Japan and Taiwan. Teneropsis mundus (Schenkling, 1912) and Teneropsis lividipennis (Schenkling, 1912) are synonymized with Teneropsis formosanus (Schenkling, 1912). Teneropsis sumatrensis Pic, 1953 resembling...

Two species, Tillicera fortis sp. nov. and Tillicera spinosa sp. nov. , are newly described. New distributional records are presented for Tillicera callosa Gerstmeier & Bernhard, 2010, Tillicera javana Spinola, 1844, Tillicera pseudocleroides Gerstmeier & Bernhard, 2010, Tillicera soror Schenkling, 1902, and Tillicera tonkinensis Gerstmeier & Bernh...

Thaneroclerus aino Lewis, 1892 is synonymized with Thaneroclerus buquet (Lefebvre, 1835). A key to species of the genus Thaneroclerus is updated. From Japan, two species, Thaneroclerus ishigakiensis Murakami, 2016 and T. buquet, are known.

Egenocladiscus formosanus sp. nov. is described from Taiwan. This new species is distinguished from E. fragilis by the body color and the shape of hind femora.

Elasmocylidrus takedaorum sp. nov. is described from Japan, and E. tricolor (Corporaal, 1926) is newly recorded from Laos, China, and Thailand.

The Japanese and Taiwanese species of the genus Cladiscus Chevrolat, 1843 are reviewed. Two new species are described: C. hachijoensis sp. nov. from Japan (Hachijôjima Is.) and C. liaoi sp. nov. from Taiwan. Cladiscus pallidicornis Corporaal & van der Wiel, 1949 is recorded for the fi rst time from Japan and C. weyersi Kraatz, 1899 from Taiwan. Cla...

We listed 22 taxa (4 genera and 18 species) described by Miyatake (1985).

Lectotype and paralectotypes of Strotocera atricolor Pic, 1935 are designated. Isocymatodera atricolor (Pic, 1935) is redescribed, and newly recorded from China, Thailand, and India.

Paracladiscus miyatakei sp. nov. is described from China, Guangdong. The new species is easily distinguished from known species by the filiform antennae in male. A key to the species is modified, and the generic features are discussed.

A new species, Xenorthrius yamasakoi sp. n. is described from Laos. This new species is easily distinguished from other members by the characteristics of tegmen. Species list of the genus is given.

Platytenerus sichuanus sp. n. is described from China, and Platytenerus iriomotensis Murakami, 2015 is newly recorded from Taiwan. A key to the species of the genus is given.

Japanese and Taiwanese species of the genus Isoclerus Lewis, 1892 are reviewed with three species, Isoclerus (Isoclerus) pictus Lewis, 1892, I. (I.) paralleus (Lewis, 1892), and I. (I.) disinlei Kolibáč, 1992. Lectotype is designated for Isoclerus pictus Lewis, 1892. Isoclerus (I.) disinlei is newly recorded from Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Amami-Ôshi...

Allochotes cyclus sp. n. is described from Malaysia and Singapore. The new species is easily distinguished from all other Allochotes species by its orange colored body and round black elytral markings.

The Japanese species of the genus Thanasimus are reviewed. Thanasimussubstriatusmimolewisi and T. lewisi are treated as a junior synonym of T. substriatus, and T. albomaculatus is transferred to the genus Allonyx.

A new species, Cladiscus thalassinus sp. nov. is described from Sabah, Borneo Island, Malaysia. This new species is distinguished from the other species of the genus by the metallic blue color. Species list of the genus is given.

Thaneroclerus ishigakiensis sp. nov. is described from Ishigaki-jima Is., Japan. This new species is easily distinguished from the other species of the genus by the elytral markings. Key to species of the genus Thaneroclerus updated from Corporaal (1939) is given.

The genera Diplopherusa Heller, 1922 and Paracladiscus Miyatake, 1965 from Japan and Taiwan are reviewed. Two species, Diplopherusa yona-guniensis sp. nov. from Japan and Paracladiscus choui sp. nov. from Taiwan, are described as new, and in total six species of both genera occur in the studied area. A key to the species of these genera and a distr...

Hypulus cingulatus Lewis, 1895 (Coleoptera, Melandryidae) newly recorded from Taiwan.

The genus Platytenerus Miyatake, 1985 (Coleoptera: Cleridae) is redescribed and classified into the subfamily Neorthopleurinae Opitz, 2009. A phylogenetic tree is supplementally provided for Platytenerus based on twenty morphological and two geographical characters. A new species of the genus, Platytenerus iriomotensis sp. n. is described from Irio...

Four species of the genus Allochotes WESTWOOD, 1875 are recognized from Japan, of which three known species are redescribed and one new species, Allochotes sakaii sp. n. is described. Two of three Taiwanese species groups, the choui group and the sauteri group are recognized in the Japanese members based on the chitinous and membranous structures o...

The Taiwanese species of the genus Allochotes are reviewed with descriptions of two new species, A. forniculatus sp. n. and A. piceus sp. n. A new synonymy is proposed: A. violaceipennis Schenkling syn. n. (= A. sauteri Schenkling). The Taiwanese Allochotes species are divided into three species groups based on the male genital structures.

Two new species of the genus Allochotes which have remarkable marking on elytra, A. choui sp. nov. and A. yichei sp. nov., are described from Taiwan. The aedeagus in an inflated condition is considered a worthy characteristic for the taxonomic study of the genus and a method for the observation of an inflated aedeagus is introduced.