Limoniscus vittatus ( Candèze, 1873 ), Candeze, 1873

Han, Taeman, Park, Haechul, Lee, Youngbo, Kim, Namjeong, Ôhira, Hitoo, Platia, Giuseppe & Lee, Seunghwan, 2012, Taxonomic Review of the Subtribe Athouina Candèze, 1859 (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Dendrometrinae, Dendrometrini) in Korea, Zootaxa 3591, pp. 47-66 : 63

Limoniscus vittatus ( Candèze, 1873)

Limonius vittatus Candèze, 1873: 22 (Hiago in Japan and Hong-Kong in China) Megapenthes flavolineatus Miwa, 1927a: 19 (Nikko and Iwate, Japan), synonymized by Miwa, 1934: 106 Limoniscus vittatus (Candèze) : Ôhira and Shimoyama, 1990: 63 (Aomori, Japan) Korean records

Gambrinus vittatus ( Candèze, 1873) : Kishii, 1987: 83 (checklist)

Gambrinus vittatus ( Candèze, 1873) : Hirashima, 1989: 333 (checklist) Gambrinus vittatus (Candèze) : Shin and Yoon, 1994: 159 (checklist) Gambrinus vittatus (Candèze, 1875) [!]: Hua, 2002: 83 (checklist)

Limoniscus vittatus ( Candèze, 1873) : Kishii, 1999: 28 (checklist)

Limoniscus vittatus ( Candèze, 1873) : Cate, 2007: 165 (catalogue)

Specimen examined. No specimens of L. vittatus were seen from the Korean fauna in this study.

Reference species. Limoniscus vittatus ( Candeze, 1873) : male, Miyatsuma-kyo, Mie-Ken, Honshu, Japan. 28. IV. 1990. H. Kawase, DNA 2513; female, Tsukdeshiratori, Shinshiro, Aichi-ken, Honshu, Japan. 12. V. 2004. H. Ôhira leg, DNA 2514. All specimens were identified by Dr. H. Ôhira.

Remarks. Limoniscus vittatus is widely and commonly occurring species from Japan to Hong Kong. We found the first Korean record of the species by Kishii (1987), but it did not provide specimen information. No specimens of L. vittatus were found in the present study.

Distributions. Japan, China (Hong-kong), Korean Peninsula (?)