Taxonomic Study of the Subfamily Anthonominae from Japan (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)

Abstract

Taxonomic study of the subfamily Anthonominae in Japan deals with 20 species in the genera Anthonomus and Bradybatus including 8 new species. These new species are Anthonomus alni, A. miyakawai, A. uenoi, A. tyukyuensis, A. takahashii, A. mali, A. minor and A. okinawanus. Anthonomus undulatus Gyllenhal is recorded from Japan for the first time. Keys to genera and species, diagnosis of each species, habitus photographs and line illustrations of important features are provided.