Allochotes dichrous (Lewis, 1891)

Murakami, Hiroyuki, Yamasako, Junsuke, Chou, Wen-I & Yang, Ganyan, 2013, Review of the genus Allochotes (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Neorthopleurinae) from Taiwan, Zootaxa 3710 (6), pp. 565-577 : 575-576

Allochotes dichrous (Lewis, 1891)

( Fig. 2 C)

Sisynophorus dichrous Lewis, 1891: 210 .

Allochotes dichroa [sic!]: Schenkling, 1912: 327.

Sisyrnophorus bicolor (nec Westwood, 1875): Lewis, 1895: 122.

Specimens examined. [Pingtung] 2♂♂ (SDEI, Col-02259, 02260), “Kankau (Koshun)” (= Kankau, Manzhou Township), IV. 1912, H. Sauter leg.

Type locality. Kashiwagi, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan.

Diagnosis. This species is differentiated from the other Taiwanese congeners by the following characteristics: elytra round, dully black purple, without marking; antennomeres 7 to 10 well serrate; maxillary palpi with the last segment elongate.

Distribution. Taiwan (Known only from Kankau, Pingtung), Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu).

Remarks. This species was described from Japan by Lewis (1891), and is common in Japan from Hokkaido to Kyushu. This species has not been recorded from Taiwan since Schenkling’s (1912) record based on the two specimens from “Kankau (Koshun)” deposited in SDEI ( Fig. 2 C). No Taiwanese specimens were available to examine detail features for the present study. The diagnosis above is described based on some photographs of the Taiwanese specimens of SDEI taken by the last author.

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FIGURE 2. Habitus and labels of Allochotes spp. from Taiwan. (A) Allochotes choui, holotype; (B) A. yichei, holotype; (C) A. dichrous (SDEI). Scale bars: 2.0 mm.