Revision of the Taiwanese and Japanese Species of the Genus Laius (Insecta: Coleoptera: Malachiidae)
Hiroyuki Yoshitomi and Chi-Feng Lee (2010) The Taiwanese and Japanese species of the genus Laius are revised. Two new species, L. lutaoensis sp. nov. and L. taiwanus sp. nov., are described from Taiwan, and 2 previously known Japanese species, L. miyamotoi Nakane and L. asahinai Nakane, are redescribed. The 2 Taiwanese species previously treated as Laius are transferred to the genus Intybia.
Keywords
Taxonomy, Malachiidae, Laius, Taiwan, Japan.
