Oberea taiwana Matsushita, 1933

Li, Zhu, Cuccodoro, Giulio & Chen, Li, 2017, Some taxonomic notes on the genus Oberea Dejean, 1835 from Asia (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae), ZooKeys 647, pp. 121-136 : 125-126

Oberea taiwana Matsushita, 1933 Fig. 6

Oberea taiwana Matsushita, 1933: 423. Type locality: China, Taiwan.

Oberea taihokuensis Breuning, 1962: 168. Type locality: China, Taiwan. syn. n.

Oberea taihokuensis v. flavosternalis Breuning, 1962: 169. [Unavailable name according to ICZN, art. 10.2.]

Type material examined.

Oberea taihokuensis Breuning: Holotype, ♀, Formosa, Taihoku, 20.IV.1932, coll. M. Chujo (MHNG).

Additional material examined.

China, Taiwan: 1♂, Formosa, Kosempo (MHNG) [holotype of Oberea taihokuensis v. flavosternalis]; 1♀, Formosa, Kurau [a mislabeled Paratype].

Distribution.

China (Taiwan).

Remarks.

Matsushita described Oberea taiwana from Taiwan, China in 1933. In Breuning’s revision ( 1960 - 1962) on worldwide Oberea , Oberea taiwana Matsushita was recorded without examining types and Oberea taihokuensis was described as a new species in 1962. Kurihara and Ohbayashi (2007) revised the Oberea species from Taiwan and re-described Oberea taihokuensis based on the original description. According to the original description of Oberea taiwana , the type was deposited in Hokkaido University, but Dr. Kurihara could not find any type there (Kurihara in litt.). After having compared photo and description of Oberea taiwana in Kurihara and Ohbayashi’s publication ( 2007) and the holotype of Oberea taihokuensis , it is suggested that Oberea taihokuensis Breuning, 1962 is junior synonym of Oberea taiwana Matsushita, 1933.