Zilora akitai

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tenebrionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Melandryidae
Subfamilia: Melandryinae
Tribus: Zilorini
Genus: Zilora
Species: Zilora akitai

Name

Zilora akitai Nikitsky & Saitô, 2014: 206

• Type locality: Japan: Nagano-ken, Mt. Yatsugatake, nr. Shirakoma-ike, 2000–2300 m.
• Holotype: ♂; leg. Katsumi Akita kac 64360; 2005-07-22; NSMT.

• Paratypes: "(same locality and collector as the holotype except for last one): 5 ♂♂ (kac 12627–12628 (Figs. 2 –3, 5, 8 –9), 12632 –12633 (Fig. 7): KAC; kac 12637: ZMMU), 10♀♀ (kac 12629, EUM: kac 12620, 12623–12626, 12630–12631, 12634, 12639: KAC), alt. 2,000–2,200 m, 21– VII–2002; 1 ♂ (kac 12603: KAC), 7 ♀♀(kac 12596, 12598 (Figs. 4, 6), 12602, 12604, 12607–12608, 12610: KAC), alt. 2,000–2,200 m, 23–VII–2002; 2 ♂ (kac 12601: KAC; kac 72935: ZMMU), alt. 2,000–2,200 m, 27–VII–2003; 1 ♂, alt. 2,100–2,300 m, 22–VII–2004 (MSC); 1 ♀, same date as the holotype (kac 12639: KAC); 1 ♂, “Inakoyu (2100 m) Koumi–/cho, Nagano-Pref./29–Jun–2006/S. KANNO leg.” (MSC)."

References

Primary references

• Nikitsky, N.B. & Saitô, M. 2014. Description of a New Species of the Genus Zilora (Coleoptera, Melandryidae) from Central Honshu, Japan, with a Provisional Key to Species of the World. Elytra (n.s.) 4(2): 205–211. PDF Reference page.