An essay on the tribe Xylographellini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Ciidae) Author Lopes-Andrade, Cristiano text Zootaxa 2008 2008-07-30 1832 1 1 110 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1832.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.1832.1.1 1175­5334 5126979 45A82AD6-F369-4A74-A280-048BAE6E2DA5 Syncosmetus japonicus Sharp, 1891 ( Figs 11 , 136–138 , 142A, 143A, 144–145 ) Omogocis tuberculifrons Miyatake, 1954 (synonymised by Miyatake 1970 ) Diagnosis and comments The species differs from Syn. reticulatus by the more convex and oval body ( Figs 136–138 ), with more marked keels and larger punctation on elytra. The male genitalia ( Fig. 144 ) is well sclerotized, with a cylindrical median lobe that is longer than the tegmen and as long as the ninth segment. The basal piece is distinct, with almost half the length of tegmen, the anterior margin broadly rounded and the posterior margin truncate. Specimens examined Japan . Three specimens ( LAPC ) labeled /JAPAN, Shikoku Ishizuchi Mt. N.P. M. Tsutsujo , 1600m 14.VIII.80, S. Peck / Betula-Fagus logs, stump & moss litter /; one specimen /JAPAN, Shikoku Ishizuchi Mt. N.P. Omogo Valley 18-25.VIII.1980 S. Peck , 700m / fungi on logs & moss, mixed warm temp for/. All specimens with an identification label / Syncosmetus japonicus Sharp, 1891 C. Lopes-Andrade det. 2007 /. Host-fungi Pleurotus sp. (Pleurotaceae) ( Kawanabe 1995 , doubtful report), Trametes versicolor (L.) Lloyd ( Polyporaceae ) (cited as Coriolus versicolor in Kawanabe 1996, as a doubtful report); Fomes fomentarius (L.) J.J. Kickx ( Polyporaceae ), Pyrrhoderma sendaiense (Yasuda) Imazeki (Hymenochaetaceae) and Elfvingia applanata (Pers.) P. Karst. (Ganodermataceae) ( Kawanabe 1998 ); Inonotus mikadoi (Lloyd) Gilb. & Ryvarden (Hymenochaetaceae) ( Kawanabe 1999 ). Distribution Known from Japan ( Fig. 145 ).