SYSTEMATIC CATALOG OF JAPANESE ... - Bishop Museum

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data, but also some mistaken conclusions. During Chujo's stay in Taipei before the World
War II, he monographed 10 subfamilies from Japan, Korea and Formosa. Those are Megalopodinae
and Orsodacninae, including Zeugophorinae, in 1932, Criocerinae and Hispinae in
1933, Lamprosomatinae, Donaciinae and Cassidinae in 1934, Alticinae from 1935 to 1937
and Chlamisinae in 1942. Besides those, he described or recorded 183 species from Korea
from 1940 to 1942.
On the Chinese fauna, an outstanding Chinese specialist Dr. S. H. Chen, and former
Lingnan University professor Dr. J. L. Gressitt, have worked on synopses or monographs
of several subfamilies. Gressitt and Kimoto are working on a monograph of Chinese Chrysomelidae.
Chujo completed a large monograph of Formosan Chrysomelidae in Taipei,
and 10 parts of the monograph already have been published since 1951 and will be completed
within three or four years. Concerning the Micronesian fauna, Chujo described or recorded
20 species in 1943 and Gressitt published a monograph in 1955.
Thus the Chrysomelidae fauna of the Far East or Northern half of the Oriental area
has been monographed. For the reason that most areas were separately worked, there are
many synonyms. We sense an urgent need for studies from a Far Eastern viewpoint.
In connection with this study, Kimoto is greatly indebted to the late Dr. T. Esaki, Prof.
K. Yasumatsu, Prof. Y. Hirashima and Mr. K. Morimoto, Kyushu University, Dr. A. Spoehr
and Dr. J. L. Gressitt, Bishop Museum, Dr. P. J. Darlington, Jr., Museum of Comparative
Zoology, Harvard University, Dr. J. G. Edwards, San Jose State College, Calif., Mr. E. B.
Britton and Mr. G. E. Bryant, British Museum (Nat. Hist.), London, Dr. K. Delkeskamp,
Zool. Mus. Berlin, Dr. H. Sachtleben and Dr. J. Matchatschke, Deutsche Ent. Inst., Berlin,
Dr. G. Frey and Dr. G. Scherer, Frey Museum, Tutzing near Munchen, Dr. E. Uhmann,
Stollberg-Erzgebirge, Dr. H. Goecke, Krefeld, Dr. M. A. Descarpentries, Mus. Nat. d'Hist.,
Nat., Paris, the late Dr. F. Monros, Universidad Nacional de Tucuman.
EXPLANATORY NOTES
1. The scope of this catalog is Japan proper (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Yakushima
Is., Tsushima Is. and some other small isles), Ryukyu Is. (Amami, Okinawa and
Sakishima groups), Daito-jima (or Borodino Is.) and Ogasawara Is. (or Bonin Is.),
incl. Iwo-jima (or Volcano Is.). The species described until March 1960 are recorded.
2. The references cited under each species are:
a. Original description; or in the case the species has been described from outside
of Japan, the first record from Japan also.
b. Synonyms described from Japan, or used, at least once, for Japanese species.
3. The subfamilies follow systematic order, and genera and species are arranged alphabetically.
Trinominals represent subspesies.
4. Scientific names of food plants are based on the following references:
Wild plants: Jisabro Ohwi-Flora of Japan; Shibundo Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, ed.
2, 1956.
Cultivated plants: Tomitaro Makino-An illustrated flora of Japan, with the cultivated
and naturalized plants; Hokuryukan Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, ed. 26, 1956.
Plants of Ryukyus: Sumihiko Hatusima and Tetuo Amano-Flora of Okinawa; Extension
Service, University of the Ryukyus, no. 15, 1958.