Eparchus yezoensis (Matsumura & Shiraki, 1905)
[Japanese name = Ezo-Hasami-Mush]
Photo by K. Kohno (at Sawauchi vil., Iwate pref., Japan)
Taxonomy
Family Forficulidae [Japanese family name = Kugi-Nuki-Hasami-Mushi Ka]
Distribution
Japan: Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima
Habitat
Valley in mountains in most area, in addtion to this, plain land in northern area.
Seasonal Life History
Unknown
Comments by Kohno
I have never seen this species in the field.
References
- Entomological Laboratory, Fuculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University and Japan Wildlife Research Center, 1989. A check list of Japanese insects, I. (Y. Hirashima ed.) Entomological Laboratory, Fuculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka and Japan Wildlife Research Center, Tokyo, 540 pp.
- Matsuo, T., 1998. Record of Eparchus yezoensis in Kyushu. Gekkan-Mushi 334: 17.
last updated on January, 2001
