A second species of the genus Sciaphyes (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Sciaphyini) from Japan |
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| Authors: | Hideto Hoshina Michel Perreau |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Regional Environment , Fukui University , Fukui City , 910-8507 , Japan;2. Université Paris 7 , case 7139, 2, place Jussieu, Paris cedex 05 , F-75251 , France |
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| Abstract: | A second species of the genus Sciaphyes Jeannel is reported from Japan. The new species, S. kawaharai sp. n., can be easily distinguished from other Japanese Cholevine by the lack of eyes and hind wings. S. kawaharai sp. n. was collected in the nests of lesser white-toothed Shrew, Crocidura suaveolens (Pallas 1811) (Insectivora: Soricidae), therefore its habitat is pholeophile. |
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| Keywords: | Sciaphyes kawaharai pholeophile blind shrew Soricidae |
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