Acicnemis dividicincta okinawana Morimoto & Miyakawa, 1995

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Type material examined

(Japan: 13). Holotype. Japan: Okinawa Prefecture: • Hiji, Kunigami-son, Okinawa Island, 8. VII. 1974, T. Mikage, bears red label reading “ (HOLOTYPE) Acicnemis dividicincta okinawana Morimoto et. Miyakawa, 1995 ”, JHL_SYN_110, ELKU, ELKU 2958 . Paratypes. Japan: Kagoshima Prefecture: • Torigamine, Amami Island, 30. VI. 1976, N. Morishimo (1, KUM), JHL_SYN_104 ; Okinawa Prefecture: • Hiji, Kunigami-son, Okinawa Island, 3–9. VII. 1974, T. Mikage (5, KUM), JHL_SYN_101 (dissected male), JHL_SYN_103, JHL_SYN_105 – JHL_SYN_107 .

Non-type material.

Japan: Kagoshima Prefecture: • Mt. Yuwandake, Amami-Oshima, 5–9. VII. 1968, K. Sakai (1, CMIC), CBM-ZI 68475 ; Okinawa Prefecture: • Tancha, 1–7. VI. 2022, J. H. Lewis (1, OIST), JHL_DNA_126 (GenBank accession number: PV 255626) ; • Tancha, Onna-son, Okinawa Island, 2. VI. 2022, sweeping coastal vegetation, J. H. Lewis (1, OIST), JHL_SYN_109 ; • Yona, Okinawa Island, 19. X. 1973, S. Azuma (1, RUMC), JHL_SYN_108 ; • Tancha, Onna-son, Okinawa Island, 29. VIII. 2025, J. H. Lewis, to residential lights (1, OIST), JHL_AREV_2082 ; • Oku, Okinawa Island, 26.83604°N, 128.27191°E, 5–19. VIII. 2016 (1, OIST), OKENT 0089525 (GenBank accession number: PV 255627) .

Diagnosis.

Body length 4.8–6.5 mm. Identical to A. dividicincta dividicincta above, differing from that species only in possessing somewhat paler gray scales.

Distribution.

This subspecies occurs on Amami-Oshima (Kagoshima Prefecture) and Okinawa Island (Okinawa Prefecture).

Remarks.

We continue to recognize this subspecies as it is significantly isolated from the mainland populations and therefore presumably does represent a distinct intraspecific lineage.