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<mods:title>The genus Nipponodrasterius Kishii (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Agrypninae), a junior synonym of the genus Gamepenthes Fleutiaux (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Elaterinae), with review of the Japanese Gamepenthes species</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Arimoto, Koichi</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName LSID="A28BC8D0-4419-540F-AA7B-A094F6006F21" authority="(Lewis, 1894)" baseAuthorityName="Lewis" baseAuthorityYear="1894" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Gamepenthes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Gamepenthes versipellis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="109" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="versipellis">Gamepenthes versipellis (Lewis, 1894)</taxonomicName>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Gamepenthes spp., male, habitus, dorsal view A G. ornatus [GO 003] B G. pictipennis [GP 010] C G. similis [GS 003] D G. versipellis [GV 006] E G. yoshidai [GY 001]." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1004.56201.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/487644" pageId="0" pageNumber="109">Figures 1D</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Gamepenthes spp., color variation A G. pictipennis, male [GP 003] B G. pictipennis, male [GP 012] C G. pictipennis, male, holotype of Nipponodrasterius alpicola D G. pictipennis, female [GP 010] E G. versipellis, female [GV 007]." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1004.56201.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/487645" pageId="0" pageNumber="109">, 2E</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Gamepenthes spp. A-F right basal antennomeres G, H left metacoxal plate I, J apices of elytra A G. ornatus, male [GO 003] B G. ornatus, female [GO 009] C G. pictipennis, male [GP 010] D G. pictipennis, female [GP 011] E G. similis, male [GS 003] F G. similis, female [GS 006] G, I G. versipellis [GV 011] H G. pictipennis [GP 010] J G. pictipennis [GP 003]." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1004.56201.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/487646" pageId="0" pageNumber="109">, 3G</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Gamepenthes spp. A-F right basal antennomeres G, H left metacoxal plate I, J apices of elytra A G. ornatus, male [GO 003] B G. ornatus, female [GO 009] C G. pictipennis, male [GP 010] D G. pictipennis, female [GP 011] E G. similis, male [GS 003] F G. similis, female [GS 006] G, I G. versipellis [GV 011] H G. pictipennis [GP 010] J G. pictipennis [GP 003]." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1004.56201.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/487646" pageId="0" pageNumber="109">, 3I</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Gamepenthes spp., head and prothorax A G. ornatus, male [GO 003] B G. ornatus, female [GO 002] C G. versipellis, male [GV 006] D G. versipellis, female [GV 007] E G. pictipennis, male [GP 010] F G. yoshidai, male [GY 001] A-D dorsal view E, F lateral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1004.56201.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/487647" pageId="0" pageNumber="109">, 4C, D</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Gamepenthes spp., male, aedeagus, ventral side A G. ornatus [GO 006] B G. pictipennis [GP 006] C G. similis [GS 008] D G. versipellis [GV 003] E G. yoshidai [GY 002]." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1004.56201.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/487649" pageId="0" pageNumber="109">, 7D</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Megapenthes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megapenthes versipellis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="109" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="versipellis">Megapenthes versipellis</taxonomicName>
Lewis, 1894: 47 (original description; type locality: 
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in Tochigi Prefecture and Kashiwagi in Nara Prefecture, Honshu, and Junsai, Sapporo and Otaru in Hokkaido, Japan).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="109">
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(Lewis, 1894); 
<bibRefCitation author="Kishii, T" journalOrPublisher="The Entomological Review of Japan" pageId="0" pageNumber="109" pagination="27 - 32" refId="B12" refString="Kishii, T, 1958. Snappers from Kyushu-District, Japan, collected by Prof. Takashi Shirozu. The Entomological Review of Japan 9 (1): 27 - 32" title="Snappers from Kyushu-District, Japan, collected by Prof. Takashi Shirozu." volume="9" year="1958">Kishii 1958</bibRefCitation>
: 29 (changed generic status).
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" form="nigerrimus" genus="Megapenthes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megapenthes versipellis subsp. form" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="109" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="form" species="versipellis" subSpecies="form">Megapenthes versipellis aberrant form nigerrimus</taxonomicName>
Nakane, 1958: 86 (original description; type locality: Mt. Osore-zan, Aomori Prefecture, Honshu, Japan).
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" form="sexpunctatus" genus="Megapenthes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megapenthes versipellis subsp. form" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="109" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="form" species="versipellis" subSpecies="form">Megapenthes versipellis aberrant form sexpunctatus</taxonomicName>
Nakane, 1958: 86 (original description; type locality: Mt. Osore-zan, Aomori Prefecture, Honshu, Japan).
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" form="octopustularus" genus="Megapenthes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megapenthes versipellis subsp. form" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="109" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="form" species="versipellis" subSpecies="form">Megapenthes versipellis aberrant form octopustularus</taxonomicName>
Nakane, 1958: 87 (original description; type locality: Mt. Osore-zan, Aomori Prefecture, Honshu, Japan).
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" form="interruptus" genus="Megapenthes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megapenthes versipellis subsp. form" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="109" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="form" species="versipellis" subSpecies="form">Megapenthes versipellis aberrant form interruptus</taxonomicName>
Nakane, 1958: 87 (original description; type locality: Mt. Osore-zan, Aomori Prefecture, Honshu, Japan).
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Kishii, 1958: 31 (original description; type locality: Mt. 
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, 
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Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="109">Note.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="109">
The species exhibits elytral color variation. Based on this, 
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and 
<bibRefCitation author="Kishii, T" journalOrPublisher="The Entomological Review of Japan" pageId="0" pageNumber="109" pagination="27 - 32" refId="B12" refString="Kishii, T, 1958. Snappers from Kyushu-District, Japan, collected by Prof. Takashi Shirozu. The Entomological Review of Japan 9 (1): 27 - 32" title="Snappers from Kyushu-District, Japan, collected by Prof. Takashi Shirozu." volume="9" year="1958">Kishii (1958)</bibRefCitation>
described four forms and one variant.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="109">Material examined.</paragraph>
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1 female, Japan, Hokkaido, Samani District, Samani Town, Mt. Apoi-dake, 9 VIII, 1974, H. Miyauchi leg. [GV001]; 1 male, Japan, Honshu, Nagano Prefecture, Mt. Kisokomaga-take, 31 VII 1976, 
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Toyoshima leg. [GV002]; 1 male, Japan, Honshu, Nagano Prefecture, Mt. Yatsuga-take, 26 VII 1979, Katsuhiko Kitagawa leg. [GV003]; 1 male, Japan, Honshu, Gifu Prefecture, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Ôno">Ono</normalizedToken>
District, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Shôkawa">Shokawa</normalizedToken>
Village, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Ogamigô">Ogamigo</normalizedToken>
, 12 VIII 1995, N. Yuzawa leg. [GV004]; 1 male, Japan, Honshu, Nara Prefecture, Yoshino District, Kamikitayama Village, Mt. 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Ôdaigahara">Odaigahara</normalizedToken>
, 14 VII 1985, Hisayuki Arimoto leg. [GV005]; 1 male, 3 females, Japan, Honshu, Nara Prefecture, Yoshino District, Totsukawa Village, Asahi, Mt. Syakaga-take, 1450 m, 4 VIII 2019, Hisayuki Arimoto leg., from flowers of 
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[male: GV006; females: GV007-GV009]; 2 males, Japan, Honshu, Nara Prefecture, Kamikitayama Village, Amagase, 11 VII 2004, Hisayuki Arimoto leg. [GV010, GV011]; 1 male, Japan, Honshu, Nara Prefecture, Tenkawa Village, 23 VII 1989, H. Nomura leg. [GV012]; 1 female, Japan, Honshu, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Hyôgo">Hyogo</normalizedToken>
Prefecture, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Shisô">Shiso</normalizedToken>
City, Haga Town, Tokura, Mt. 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Hyôno-sen">Hyono-sen</normalizedToken>
, 1 VII 2015, S. Sugimoto leg. [GV013]; 1 female, Japan, Shikoku, Ehime Prefecture, Mt. Ishizuchi-san, 26 VII 1979, Kiyoshi Matsuda leg. [GV014]; 1 male, 2 females, Japan, Kyushu, Miyazaki Prefecture, Nishiusuki District, Gokase Town, Mt. Shiraiwa-yama, 1347 m, 
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, 
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, 30 VII 2011, 
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Arimoto leg. [male: GV015; females: GV016, GV017].
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="109">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="109">Body robust (EI: 226-243, BI: 206-222). Prothorax black in male; female with pronotum and hypomeron red, prosternum black. Each elytron with pale orange U-shaped marking basally; basal marking partly reduced in some. Antennomere II shorter than wide in male, slightly longer than wide in female; III shorter than wide in male, longer than wide in female; IV robust (1.48-1.72 times longer than wide in male, 1.66-1.75 times longer than wide in female), longer than II-III combined (1.72-1.99 times as long as II-III combined in male, 1.08-1.14 times as long as II-III combined in female). Prosternal process weakly inclined dorsad (17-26°). Metacoxal plates not narrowed outwards, with outer edge wide. Apical edge of elytra serrate. Apex of parameres beyond pre-apical expansions widely triangular (apex length 0.5-0.6 times width of parameres at expansion).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="109">Measurements.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="109">Male (8 spec.). BL: 6.60-7.53; BW: 1.92-2.19; MAE: 1.07-1.19; MBE: 0.709-0.831; OI: 141-154; PL: 1.98-2.33; PML: 1.73-1.96; PAW: 1.10-1.22; PW: 1.92-2.19; PI: 103-110; PWI: 172-184; EL: 4.30-5.03; EW: 1.88-2.11; EI: 229-243; BI: 206-222. Female (9 spec.). BL: 7.08-9.24; BW: 2.03-2.60; MAE: 1.12-1.30; MBE: 0.753-0.907; OI: 142-149; PL: 2.20-2.77; PML: 1.89-2.38; PAW: 1.15-1.39; PW: 2.03-2.60; PI: 106-112; PWI: 176-191; EL: 4.64-6.04; EW: 2.02-2.58; EI: 226-241; BI: 207-219.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="109">Distribution.</paragraph>
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Japan: Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu. Russia: Kunashir Island. This species was also recorded from China and Oriental region (
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). 
<bibRefCitation author="Schimmel, R" journalOrPublisher="Pollichia-Buch" pageId="0" pageNumber="109" pagination="1 - 261" refId="B29" refString="Schimmel, R, 2003. Die Megapenthini -Arten Sued- und Suedostasiens. Zweiter Teil: Acumenator, Anchastelater, Dicarinator, Gamepenthes, Ganoxanthus, Martiniana und Simodactylus. Pollichia-Buch 42: 1 - 261" title="Die Megapenthini - Arten Sued- und Suedostasiens. Zweiter Teil: Acumenator, Anchastelater, Dicarinator, Gamepenthes, Ganoxanthus, Martiniana und Simodactylus." volume="42" year="2003">Schimmel (2003</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation author="Schimmel, R" journalOrPublisher="Pollichia-Buch" pageId="0" pageNumber="109" pagination="1 - 504" refId="B30" refString="Schimmel, R, 2004. Die Megapenthini -Arten Sued- und Suedostasiens. Dritter Teil: Abelatter, Amamipenthes, Cateanus n. gen., Friedrichiellus n. gen., Hayekpenthes, Megapenthes, Melanoxanthus, Pengamethes, Platianeus n. gen., Sawadapenthes und Wallaceus n. gen. Pollichia-Buch 45: 1 - 504" title="Die Megapenthini - Arten Sued- und Suedostasiens. Dritter Teil: Abelatter, Amamipenthes, Cateanus n. gen., Friedrichiellus n. gen., Hayekpenthes, Megapenthes, Melanoxanthus, Pengamethes, Platianeus n. gen., Sawadapenthes und Wallaceus n. gen." volume="45" year="2004">2004</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation author="Schimmel, R" journalOrPublisher="Mitteilungen der Pollichia" pageId="0" pageNumber="109" pagination="107 - 130" refId="B31" refString="Schimmel, R, 2006. Neue Megapenthini -, Physorhinini -, Diminae - und Senodoniina-Arten aus Suedostasien (Insecta: Coleoptera, Elateridae). Mitteilungen der Pollichia 92: 107 - 130" title="Neue Megapenthini -, Physorhinini -, Diminae - und Senodoniina-Arten aus Suedostasien (Insecta: Coleoptera, Elateridae)." volume="92" year="2006">2006</bibRefCitation>
) and 
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.3161/000345409X484991" author="Schimmel, R" journalOrPublisher="Annales Zoologici" pageId="0" pageNumber="109" pagination="629 - 639" refId="B32" refString="Schimmel, R, Tarnawski, D, 2009. New species of the tribe Megapenthini Gurjeva, 1973 (Coleoptera, Elateridae) from Asia. Annales Zoologici 59 (4): 629 - 639, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3161/000345409X484991" title="New species of the tribe Megapenthini Gurjeva, 1973 (Coleoptera, Elateridae) from Asia." url="https://doi.org/10.3161/000345409X484991" volume="59" year="2009">Schimmel and Tarnawski (2009)</bibRefCitation>
recognized 18 species from China and Indochina: however, 
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had not been confirmed from the area. Therefore, the records of 
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from China and the Oriental region were probably based on misidentifications of allied species, such as 
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Schimmel, 2003, 
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Schimmel, 2003, 
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</taxonomicName>
Schimmel &amp; Tawnawski, 2009, 
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</taxonomicName>
Schimmel, 2003 and 
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Schimmel, 2003.
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