Vol. 2 - No. 4 (2017)
MAKITA Shu
New Records of Bolcocius granulosus (Sharp, 1885) (Coleoptera: Zopheridae) from Taiwan, with a Key to Taiwanese Species of Bolcocius
Taiwanese Journal of Entomological Studies 2(4): 4-7
Bolcocius granulosus (Sharp, 1885) is newly recorded from Taiwan. A key to Taiwaese species of the genus is provided.
YAMADA Aiki, DANG Van An
A New Record of Pheidole hainanensis Chen, Ye, Lu, & Zhou, 2011 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Vietnam
Taiwanese Journal of Entomological Studies 2(4): 8-12
Pheidole hainanensis Chen, Ye, Lu, & Zhou, 2011 is previously known only from Hainan Province, China. In the present paper, this species is newly recorded from the Chu Yang Sin National Park, Dak Lak Province, Vietnam. A partial sequence (Folmer region) of mitochondrial COI gene is also provided for DNA barcoding in the future studies.
HO Bin-Hong, HO Yu-Hsiang
Notes on an Earth-boring Scarab Beetle Species (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) Collected from Snake Corpse in Taiwan
Taiwanese Journal of Entomological Studies 2(4): 13-15
An earth-boring scarab beetle species, Phelotrupes (Sinogeotrupes) insulanus (Howden, 1965), was collected from a snake corpse in Central Taiwan, which is identified as Ovophis makazayazaya (Takahashi, 1922). This is the first record of Phelotrupes species collected from the snake corpse in Taiwan.