| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| : | 2002 |
| Authors: | H. Kojima, Matoba I. |
| Journal: | Elytra |
| Volume: | 30 |
| Pagination: | 263-272 |
| Date Published: | June |
| : | 0387-5733 |
| : | A new species of the genus Morimotozo ALONSO-ZARAZAGA et LYAL similar to M. obscurus (ROELOFS) is described under the name of M. castaneus sp. nov. from the Ryukyus, Southwest Japan. The adults are captured on leaves of Distylium racemosum (Hamamelidaceae), but the larval host is not yet established. The record of M. obscurus from the Ryukyus by KOJIMA and MORIMOTO (1995 a, b) is regarded as a misidentification of the present new species. Two species incorrectly assigned to Amorphoidea MOTSCHULSK.Y (Curculioninae: Acalyptini) are transferred to Morimotozo (Curculioninae: Ochyromerini): M. niger (MOTSCHULSK.Y), comb. nov. and M. pilosus (FAUST), comb. nov. A revised key to species of the genus is provided. |