A Revision of Taiwanese Species in the Genus Psammoecus Latreille (Coleoptera, Silvanidae) Author Yoshida 1, Takahiro Author Karner, Michael Author Hirowatari, Toshiya text Zoological studies 2018 2018-04-23 57 18 1 18 journal article 53759 10.6620/ZS.2018.57-18 cff4ab26-6fdc-462b-aaa0-b8e8f87afd71 PMC6624643 31966258 8064335 Psammoecus hiranoi Yoshida and Hirowatari, 2013 ( Fig. 1I ) Psammoecus hiranoi Yoshida and Hirowatari, 2013: 86 . Type locality: Japan . Type examined. - Yoshida and Hirowatari 2014: 38 , fig. 2E. - Yoshida and Hirowatari 2015: 98-99 . Psammoecus sp. 1 : Hirano 2009: 63 , 66, 82, fig. 6. - Hirano 2010: 12 , 15. Psammoecus sp. 2 : Hirano 2009: 63 , 66, 82, fig. 7. - Hirano 2010: 12 , 15. Specimens examined : TAIWAN : [ New Taipei City ] 1 male , Kueishan (= Guishan) ~ Wulai, Wulai District, 5-VI-1970 , Y. Hori leg. ( EUMJ ); 2 exs, Wulai, Wulai District, 4-VI-1970 , Y. Hori leg. ( EUMJ ); 2 exs, Fushan, Wulai District, 10-IX-2001 , J. & L. Stange leg. ( FSCA ); 3 exs, Fushan, Wulai District, alt. 450 m , 1-10-XI-2001 , H. Wang leg., Malaise Trap in hardwood forest. ( FSCA ); 1 ex. , Fushan, Wulai District, alt. 600 m , 28-III-2004 , T. Kurihara leg. ( ELKU ); 1 ex. , same locality, 29-III-2004 , T. Kurihara leg. ( EUMJ ). [ Taipei City] 2 exs, Yangmingshan, Beitou District, 24-VIII-1966 , H. Kamiya leg. ( KUM ). [ Yilan County ] 1 ex. , Fushan Botanical Garden, Yuanshan Township, 23-24- VII-2005 , Galsworthy leg. ( BMNH ; studied by MK); 1 ex. , Fushan Botanical Garden, Yuanshan Township, 25-27-IX-2000 , L. Papp, L. Peregovits & L. Ronkay leg. ( HNHM ; studied by MK); 1 ex. , Yuanshan, Yuanshan Township, 26-III-2009 , H. -J. Chen leg. ( TARI ). [ Nantou County ] 1 ex. , NW Lushan, Ren-ai Township, 8-VIII-2008 , Barclay & Mendel leg. ( BMNH ; studied by MK); 1 ex. (Catalog No. NMNS ENT 5237-5688), Chunyang, Ren-ai Township, 12-III-9-IV-2002 , C. S. Lin & W. T. Yang leg., Malaise Trap (KCN) ( NMNS ); 1 male (Catalog No. NMNS ENT 5237-3268), same locality, 9-IV- 7-V-2002 , C. S. Lin & W. T. Yang leg. ( NMNS ); 1 female & 1 ex. , Penpuchi, Ren-ai Township, 13- VII-1966 , H. Kamiya leg. ( KUM ); 1 ex. , same locality, 14-VII-1966 , H. Kamiya leg. ( KUM ). [ Chiayi County ] 1 male , Fenchihu, Zhuqi Township, 21-III-1968 , T. Okadome leg. ( EUMJ ). [ Kaohsiung City ] 2 exs (Catalog No. NMNS ENT 6574-447 & 457), Shanping, Liougui District, 5-6-XI-2010 , W. T. Yang leg., UV Light Trap ( NMNS ). [ Pingtung County ] 3 males & 2 exs, Dong Yuan Forest Recreation Area, Dong Yuan Village, Mudan Township, Pingtung City , 12-VII-2014 , T. Yoshida leg. ( ELKU ). Diagnosis : This species is somewhat similar to P . taiwanensis sp. nov. , and they share the following character states: the short lateral teeth on pronotum of identical size and the row of long erect setae along each lateral margin of elytra. This species can be easily distinguished from P . taiwanensis sp. nov. by the weakly curved anterior margin of pronotum and the not impressed dorsolateral pronotum. Distribution : Taiwan ; Japan . Remarks : Yoshida and Hirowatari (2013) described this species in detail with the male genital structure. This species was originally described from the Nansei Islands, southeastern Japan . Yoshida and Hirowatari (2013) suggested that this species originated from the southern part of continental China , based on its distribution. The data presented here show that P . hiranoi is distributed throughout Taiwan .