This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Lewis, Jake H. (2023): A new species of Karekizo Morimoto, 1962 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae) from the Alishan Mountains of Taiwan and a first record of Karekizo impressicollis outside Japan. Zootaxa 5277 (2): 381-387, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5277.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5277.2.8

Abstract

Karekizo Morimoto, 1962 represents a rarely collected, mountain-dwelling genus which has hitherto been known only from one species, K. impressicollis Morimoto, 1962, in Japan. Here, a second species, Karekizo depressus sp. n., is described based on a single specimen collected from Fen-Chi-Hu, Chiayi Hsien, Taiwan. The type species, K. impressicollis, is reported for the first time outside of Japan, from South Korea (Jeju Island, Mt. Hallasan). X-ray microtomography is used to non-destructively compare the sub-scale cuticular structure (e.g., density of punctures, presence of tubercles or carinae) of the two species. A photographic key to the species is also presented.

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/ab747ae2-1723-4093-95db-7c6ceef650a2
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/FFC2CA274F3EFFBCFC62001AFFD1FF87
Citation: Lewis J H, plazi (2023). A new species of Karekizo Morimoto, 1962 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae) from the Alishan Mountains of Taiwan and a first record of Karekizo impressicollis outside Japan. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/sh5r7r accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.