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Title	Notes on the elaterid-beetles from the Ogasawara Islands in the collection of Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI).

Book/Journal	Bulletin of FFPRI

Author	Hiroshi Makihara Hitoo Ohira

Edition		Volume	4	Number	1	Page	53-64

Publisher	Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Publisher	Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute

Year	2005	Month	3

ISBN		ISSN	0916-4405

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Remarks	Notes on the elaterid-beetles from the Ogasawara Islands in the collection of Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI). Taxonomical status and distribution of 10 elaterid-beetles from the Ogasawara Islands in the collection of Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, were investigated. A new species and two new combinations are described and reported as follows: Megapenthes makiharai Ôhira sp. nov. Anchastus yamamotoi Ôhira → sp :Podeonius yamamotoi (Ôhira) comb. nov.: Procraerus kusuii Ôhira → Megapenthes kusuii (Ôhira) comb. nov.: Platynychus adjutor Candèze → Displatynchus sp. (Closely allied to D. tamurai from the Ryukyu Islands).

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Notes on the elaterid-beetles from the Ogasawara Islands in the collection of Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI). Taxonomical status and distribution of 10 elaterid-beetles from the Ogasawara Islands in the collection of Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, were investigated. A new species and two new combinations are described and reported as follows: Megapenthes makiharai Ôhira sp. nov. Anchastus yamamotoi Ôhira → sp :Podeonius yamamotoi (Ôhira) comb. nov.: Procraerus kusuii Ôhira → Megapenthes kusuii (Ôhira) comb. nov.: Platynychus adjutor Candèze → Displatynchus sp. (Closely allied to D. tamurai from the Ryukyu Islands).