Gametis ishigakiana ( Nomura, 1959 )

Seshima, Yûhi & Yoshida, Takahiro, 2025, Taxonomic study of the flower chafer genus Gametis Burmeister, 1842 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) in Japan, with a description of a new species from Tarama-jima Island and Minna-jima Island, the Miyako Islands, southwestern Japan, Zootaxa 5706 (1), pp. 79-92 : 85-88

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5706.1.5

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17349475

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scientific name

Gametis ishigakiana ( Nomura, 1959 )
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Gametis ishigakiana ( Nomura, 1959)

[Japanese name: Ishigaki-koao-hanamuguri]

( Figs. 17–27 View FIGURES 12–21 View FIGURES 22–27 , 32–35 View FIGURES 28–35 )

Oxycetonia jucunda ishigakiana Nomura, 1959: 53 View in CoL .

Oxycetonia jucunda miyakoana Nomura, 1959: 53 View in CoL .

Oxycetonia jucunda yonakuniana Nomura, 1959: 53 View in CoL .

Gametis forticula ishigakiana View in CoL : Mikšič 1982: 182.

Gametis forticula miyakoana View in CoL : Mikšič 1982: 182.

Gametis forticula yonakuniana View in CoL : Mikšič 1982: 182.

Specimens examined. Gametis ishigakiana miyakoana . ( 10 ♂♂, 31 ♀♀). [ JAPAN: Miyako Islands] 5 ♂♂, 20 ♀♀ ( EUMJ, PCWK), Nobarrugoshi , Miyako-jima Island, 30. III. 1984, Kaoru Wada leg. ; 1 ♀ ( PCYS), Tako park, Shimojikurima, Kurima-jima Island, 13. III. 2022, Yûhi Seshima leg. ; 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀ ( PCYS), Irabumaesatozoe , Irabu-jima Island, 13. V. 2021, Tomoya Saeki leg. ; 1 ♀ ( PCYS), Mt. Maki , Irabuikemazoe, Irabu-jima Island, 11. III. 2022, Yûhi Seshima leg. ; 4 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀ ( PCYS), same locality, 12. III. 2022, Yûhi Seshima leg. ; Gametis ishigakiana ishigakiana . ( 4 ♂♂, 54 ♀♀). [ JAPAN: Yaeyama Islnads] 49 ♀♀ ( EUMJ, PCKW), Mt. Banna , Ishigaki-jima Island, 4. IV. 1983, Kaoru Wada leg. ; 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀ ( PCYS), Mt. Buzama , Kabira, Ishigaki-jima Island, 15. III. 2021, Yûhi Seshima leg. ; 1 ♀ ( PCYS), Haemi , Iriomote-jima Island, 26. III. 2019, Tomoya Saeki leg. ; 3 ♀♀ ( PCKW), Taketomi-jima Island , 5. IV. 1983, Kaoru Wada leg. ; Gametis ishigakiana yonakuniana . ( 2 ♂♂, 11 ♀♀). [ JAPAN: Yaeyama Islands ] 1 ♂ ( PCKW), Hikawa , Yonaguni-jima Island, 30. III. 1980, H. Uraoka leg. ; 5 ♀♀ ( PCKW), Higashi-zaki , Yonaguni-jima Island, 30. VII. 1985, H. Tanaka leg. ; 1 ♀ ( PCKW), Kubura-bari , Yonaguni-jima Island, 30. VII. 1985, H. Tanaka leg. ; 1 ♀ ( PCKW), Kubura , Yonaguni-jima Island, 31. VII. 1985, H. Tanaka leg. ; 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀ ( EUMJ, PCYS), Mt. Inbi-dake , Yonaguni-jima Island, 24. III. 2023, Takumi Aiso leg.

Distribution. Gametis ishigakiana ishigakiana . Japan: Ryukyu Islands: Miyako Islands (Tarama-jima Is.) and Yaeyama Islands (Ishigaki-jima Is., Iriomote-jima Is., Hatoma-jima Is., Kohama-jima Is., Taketomi-jima Is., Kuroshima Is., and Aragusuku-jima Is. (= Kamiji-jima Is.)). Gametis ishigakiana miyakoana . Japan: Ryukyu Islands: Miyako Islands (Miyako-jima Is., Ogami-jima Is., Irabu-jima Is., Kurima-jima Is., and Minna-jima Is.). Gametis ishigakiana yonakuniana . Japan: Ryukyu Islands: Yonaguni-jima Is. ( Fujioka 2001; Sasaki et al. 2002; Yamazaki et al. 2015; Kusui 2012, 2017, 2019; this study).

Remarks. The subspecies, Gametis ishigakiana miyakoana ( Nomura, 1959) ( Figs. 22–24 View FIGURES 22–27 ) and G. ishigakiana yonakuniana ( Nomura, 1959) ( Figs. 25–27 View FIGURES 22–27 , 34–35 View FIGURES 28–35 ), are herein transferred from G. forticula to G. ishigakiana based on both morphological characteristics and mitochondrial COI gene sequence data.

The three subspecies were described on the same paper by Nomura (1959). Among them, G. f. ishigakiana is the most widely distributed and common. Following recommendation 24A of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999), G. f. ishigakiana is selected here as the nominotypical subspecies under the First Reviser Rule.

EUMJ

Ehime University

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

SubFamily

Cetoniinae

Genus

Gametis

Loc

Gametis ishigakiana ( Nomura, 1959 )

Seshima, Yûhi & Yoshida, Takahiro 2025
2025
Loc

Gametis forticula ishigakiana

Miksic, R. 1982: 182
1982
Loc

Gametis forticula miyakoana

Miksic, R. 1982: 182
1982
Loc

Gametis forticula yonakuniana

Miksic, R. 1982: 182
1982
Loc

Oxycetonia jucunda ishigakiana

Nomura, S. 1959: 53
1959
Loc

Oxycetonia jucunda miyakoana

Nomura, S. 1959: 53
1959
Loc

Oxycetonia jucunda yonakuniana

Nomura, S. 1959: 53
1959
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