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<emphasis id="B942134CCB2FFFC8F7EBF41444FDFD93" box="[151,388,602,624]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Platysodes formosanus</emphasis>
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), figs. 4 &amp;
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(Puli,
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), plate 5, fig. 111 ♀;
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Yu
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. 1998
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: 100
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, plate 5, fig.
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13
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;
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: 300
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;
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: 213
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.
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<emphasis id="B942134CCB2FFFC8F7EBF4AB4468FD1D" bold="true" box="[151,273,741,766]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
This species is similar to
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<emphasis id="B942134CCB2FFFC8F543F4A847D6FD1E" box="[575,687,742,765]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">P. jansoni</emphasis>
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. The primary difference is the presence of a small, velvety white macula in the middle of the elytron near the lateral margin, which is absent in
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<emphasis id="B942134CCB2FFFC8F37EF5474116FCC3" box="[1026,1135,777,800]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">P. jansoni</emphasis>
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.
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material examined.
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of
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is labeled: “
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[P.],
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<emphasis id="B942134CCB2FFFC8F7EBF50344E5FC85" box="[151,412,845,870]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Platysodes formosanus</emphasis>
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[H.] H.
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[H.], [red label with black border]/ Nanfengshan, Maolin,
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[P.],
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[H.] 1986, Ching-Kin Yu leg. [P.], [white label]” (♂,
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,
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).
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Comments on
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material.
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was described by Kobayashi based on a single male specimen, and it is preserved in his personal collection as he indicated in the original publication (
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). However, the
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was not found in a recent search (Mr. Hirokazu Kobayashi, personal communication).
<collectingCountry id="F3218FCECB2FFFC8F61CF5B54406FBF0" box="[352,383,1019,1043]" name="American Samoa" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">As</collectingCountry>
indicated in the original description, the
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was collected by “
<collectingCountry id="F3218FCECB2FFFC8F3D3F5B541BCFBF0" box="[1199,1221,1019,1043]" name="Italy" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Y</collectingCountry>
. Ching” (incorrect spelling of Ching-Kin Yu) from Mt. Nanfengshan in Kaohsiung Hsien,
<collectingCountry id="F3218FCECB2FFFC8F4CBF2534174FBD5" box="[951,1037,1053,1078]" name="Taiwan" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Taiwan</collectingCountry>
. The late Mr. Ching-Kin Yu (
<date id="FF88E99ECB2FFFC8F229F25345A8FBBB" pageId="2" pageNumber="555" value="1926" valueMax="2012">1926 2012</date>
) was curator of the collections of
<collectionCode id="ED27579BCB2FFFC8F527F20E47D4FBBB" box="[603,685,1088,1112]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">MSMT</collectionCode>
where a considerable number of his specimens are deposited, the
<typeStatus id="548D71FCCB2FFFC8F7EBF22C4580FB98" box="[151,249,1122,1147]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="4C36B4DDCB2FFFC8F65EF22A44BBFB98" box="[290,450,1123,1147]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Platysodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="555" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="formosanus">
<emphasis id="B942134CCB2FFFC8F65EF22A44BBFB98" box="[290,450,1123,1147]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">P. formosanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may also preserved there. This supposition later was confirmed by our colleague, Mr. Yu-Tang Wang, who found a male specimen with a
<typeStatus id="548D71FCCB2FFFC8F469F2CB460EFB7D" box="[789,887,1157,1182]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
label is perfectly in accord with the original publication.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B89CF5ECB2FFFC8F7BBF28445B8FAA8" blockId="2.[151,1437,741,1459]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">
<emphasis id="B942134CCB2FFFC8F7BBF284470AFB00" bold="true" box="[199,627,1226,1251]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">
Other material examined.
<collectingCountry id="F3218FCECB2FFFC8F560F284470AFB00" box="[540,627,1226,1251]" name="Taiwan" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Taiwan</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
1♀ (
<collectionCode id="ED27579BCB2FFFC8F5C2F2854668FB00" box="[702,785,1227,1251]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/f678-ci92" name="National Science Museum (Natural History)" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">NSMT</collectionCode>
),
<date id="FF88E99ECB2FFFC8F451F28446C9FB00" box="[813,944,1226,1251]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555" value="1965-06-10">10.VI.1965</date>
, Hori [Puli], Formasa [sic!] /
<taxonomicName id="4C36B4DDCB2FFFC8F253F2844463FAE5" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Plastodes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="555" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="formosanus">
<emphasis id="B942134CCB2FFFC8F253F2844463FAE5" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Plastodes formosanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
[sic!];
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(
<collectionCode id="ED27579BCB2FFFC8F6D0F2A04481FAE5" box="[428,504,1262,1286]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">MFCJ</collectionCode>
),
<date id="FF88E99ECB2FFFC8F56CF2A047FDFAE5" box="[528,644,1262,1286]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555" value="2008-09-07">7.IX.2008</date>
, Shizitou, Puli, Nantou, native leg.; 1♀ (
<collectionCode id="ED27579BCB2FFFC8F301F2A341B5FAE6" box="[1149,1228,1261,1285]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">WICC</collectionCode>
),
<date id="FF88E99ECB2FFFC8F398F2A34025FAE6" box="[1252,1372,1261,1285]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555" value="2006-10-15">15.X.2006</date>
, Siji, Datong, Ilan Hsien, alt.
<quantity id="4CCE62BBCB2FFFC8F6E6F35E4495FACB" box="[410,492,1296,1320]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="555" unit="m" value="1000.0">1000m</quantity>
, Yu-Wei Huang leg.;
<specimenCount id="9D3004D7CB2FFFC8F5A1F35E4679FACB" box="[733,768,1296,1320]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555" type="generic">1♂</specimenCount>
(
<collectionCode id="ED27579BCB2FFFC8F472F35E4624FACB" box="[782,861,1296,1320]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">WICC</collectionCode>
),
<date id="FF88E99ECB2FFFC8F40CF35E46A2FACB" box="[880,987,1296,1320]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555" value="2008-07">VII-2008</date>
, Qishan, Kaohsiung Hsien, Qi-Han Gao leg.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C32C9CD5CB2FFFC8F7BBF31B44C7FA8E" box="[199,446,1365,1390]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8B89CF5ECB2FFFC8F7BBF31B44C7FA8E" blockId="2.[151,1437,741,1459]" box="[199,446,1365,1390]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">
<emphasis id="B942134CCB2FFFC8F7BBF31B4419FA8D" bold="true" box="[199,352,1365,1390]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="F3218FCECB2FFFC8F61BF31B44CEFA8D" box="[359,439,1365,1390]" name="Taiwan" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Taiwan</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C32C9CD5CB2FFFC8F7BBF3394163FA50" pageId="2" pageNumber="555" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8B89CF5ECB2FFFC8F7BBF3394163FA50" blockId="2.[151,1437,741,1459]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">
<emphasis id="B942134CCB2FFFC8F7BBF3394442FA73" bold="true" box="[199,315,1399,1424]" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B942134CCB2FFFC8F63FF339473EFA73" box="[323,583,1399,1424]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Platysodes formosanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is endemic to
<collectingCountry id="F3218FCECB2FFFC8F591F339463BFA73" box="[749,834,1399,1424]" name="Taiwan" pageId="2" pageNumber="555">Taiwan</collectingCountry>
, and only five specimens are known to us. Both bear only one small, white macula in the center of the elytron near the lateral margin.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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