Gamepenthes yoshidai Ohira, 1995 Figures 1E, 4F, 7E
Gamepenthes yoshidai Ôhira, 1995b: 27 (original description; type locality: Mt. Tsurugi-san, Tokushima Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan).
Material examined.
Paratype. 1 female, Japan, Shikoku, Tokushima Prefecture, Miyoshi City, Mt. Tsurugi-san, Minokoshi, 31 VII 1982, Yûji Kurota leg.
Non-type material.
2 males, Japan, Shikoku, Tokushima Prefecture, Naka District, Naka Town (formerly Kisawa Village), Mt. Takashiro-yama, 31 VII 1993, Mitsuo Kakô leg. [GY001, GY002].
Diagnosis.
Body slender (EI: 259-265, BI: 254-282). Prothorax black; hind angles of pronotum yellow. Each elytron with three separate yellow markings basally. Antennomere II shorter than wide in male, almost as long as wide in female; III shorter than wide in male, longer than wide in female; IV elongate (1.92-2.06 times longer than wide in male, 2.17 times longer than wide in female), longer than II-III combined (1.27-1.77 times as long as II-III combined). Prosternal process strongly inclined dorsad (43-50°). Metacoxal plates narrowed outwards on lateral half, with outer edge narrow. Apical edge of elytra rounded, without spines. Apex of parameres beyond pre-apical expansions widely triangular (apex length 0.3-0.4 times width of parameres at expansion).
Measurements.
Male (2 spec.). BL: 6.96-7.29; BW: 1..87-1.98; MAE: 1.17-1.21; MBE: 0.711-0.752; OI: 161-164; PL: 1.72-1.87; PML: 1.51-1.65; PAW: 1.17-1.23; PW: 1.74-1.87; PI: 98.8-100; PWI: 148-152; EL: 4.85-5.13; EW: 1.87-1.98; EI: 259; BI: 275-282. Female (1 spec.). BL: 7.20; BW: 1.89; MAE: 1.15; MBE: 0.743; OI: 154; PL: 1.98; PML: 1.71; PAW: 1.16; PW: 1.82; PI: 109; PWI: 157; EL: 5.02; EW: 1.89; EI: 265; BI: 254.
Distribution.
Japan: Shikoku. This species may be endemic to Shikoku, Japan.