Taxonomic studies of Pterostichus ishikawai Nemoto (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Authors: SASAKAWA, Kôji; KIM, Jung-Lark1; KIM, Jong-Kuk2; KUBOTA, Kôhei3
Source: Entomological Science, Volume 11, Number 2, June 2008 , pp. 173-178(6)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
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Abstract:
A macrocephalic pterostichine carabid, Pterostichus ishikawai Nemoto, endemic to the Korean Peninsula, is taxonomically revised based mainly on the membranous parts of the genitalia (male endophallus and female vagina). Two species are separated from P. ishikawai (type locality: Mount Taebaegsan) and newly described: P. ishikawaioides (type locality: Mount Sobaeksan) and P. jiricola (type locality: Mount Jirisan). Since comparative male genital morphology does not support monophyly for these three species, the two novel species should be treated as distinct species, not subspecies of P. ishikawai.Keywords: female vagina; Korean Peninsula; male endophallus; Nialoe; Pterostichus ishikawaioides sp. nov; Pterostichus jiricola sp. nov; species status
Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2008.00261.x
Affiliations: 1: Division of Health, Uiduk University, Gyeongju, and 2: Department of Forest Resources Protection, College of Forest Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, Korea 3: Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan;
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