Phytobaenus amabilis amabilis R.F. Sahlberg, 1834

Phytobaenus amabilis amabilis R.F. Sahlberg, 1834

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MATERIAL EXAMINED. Taiwan: Nantou, Meifeng , 11.IX 2002, 1 ex, leg. C.-S. Lin, Sweeping Net ( NMNS) ; Taichung, Tung Mau Shan , 1.XI 1987, 1 ex, leg. I.-C. Hsu, Sweeping Net ( NMNS) ; Taipei, Yangmingshan, Chungcheng Campsite , 27-28.VII 1998, 1 ex, leg. M.-M. Yang & M.-L. Chan, UV light ( NMNS) ; Yunlin, Ku-kung Shin-pi , 29.X 1992, 1 ex, W.-T. Yang, Sweeping Net ( NMNS) ; Taipei, Mientien Shan , 2.VIII 1987, 1 ex, I.-C. Hsu, Sweeping Net ( NMNS) ; Taipei, Mientien Shan , 2.VIII 1987, 1 ex, I.-C. Hsu, Sweeping Net ( NMNS) ; Nantou, Wushe , 15.II 2005, 1 ex, C.-S. Lin, Sweeping Net ( NMNS) .

NOTES. It is small-sized species with the body length 2.2–2.5 mm. Head, pronotum and elytra brown colored; elytra elongated and nearly parallel-sided; surface with cream-white lateral, adsutural and posterior spots, which is the diagnostic character easily distinguished from other members of Aderidae ; antennae, fore and mid legs light brown, hind legs darkened.

The head barely visible from dorsal view and strongly deflexed, with rudimentary tempora; antennae shorter than its body length; antennomeres elongated or as long as width, antennomere XI with basal part subcylindrical, narrowing rapidly, and apical part asymmetrical, pointed and subconical. The pronotum bell-shaped, lateral margins distinctly recurved posteriorly, forming a neck-like structure. Both sexes share the similar appearance ( Jałoszyński et al., 2013). This species is widely distributed in Taiwan.

DISTRIBUTION. Taiwan ( new record), Belarus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Russia (European part, south part of Far East), Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine and Japan, Northeast Territory of China ( Nardi, 2008).