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Type: Article
Published: 2020-02-13
Page range: 495–500
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A new species of Amystax Roelofs, 1873 endemic to the mountainous area of the Yakushima World Natural Heritage site, Kyushu, Japan

Laboratory of Entomology, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1737 Funako, Atsugi, Kanagawa, 243–0034 Japan.
4-21-11 Ougigayatsu, Kamakura, Kanagawa, 248–0011 Japan
Coleoptera taxonomy new taxa Entiminae Tanymecini species discovery

Abstract

Amystax urara Kojima and Yôro, sp. nov. is described from the mountainous area of the Yakushima World Natural Heritage island, Kyushu, southwestern Japan. Adult weevils were captured on leaves of Pieris japonica var. yakushimensis and Buxus microphylla var. japonica (Ericaceae and Buxaceae, respectively). This is the second species of this genus known from the island.

 

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