Yanagi Takeharu, Akita Katsumi
Higashi-machi 1-10; Odaka Ward; Minamisoma City; Fukushima Pref.; 979-2121 Japan..
Hisai-Higashitakatomachi 170-2; Tsu City; Mie Pref.; 514-1136 Japan..
Zootaxa. 2024 Nov 13;5538(1):45-53. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5538.1.4.
A new species, Archaeoglenes fujikawai sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Phrenapatinae), is described and illustrated from Okinawa-jima and Amami-ôshima Islands in the Ryukyu Archipelago. The present paper consistutes the first contribution to the Japanese members of the genus Archaeoglenes Broun, 1893 in about 40 years. Field surveys indicate that species within this genus have a strong ecological association with brown rot fungi.