FIGURES 1–16 in Taxonomic redefinition and natural history of the endemic silphid beetle Silpha longicornis (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of Japan, with an analysis of its geographic variation

FIGURES 1–16. Habitus of type specimens and labels (1–7): 1—Silpha longicornis Portevin, lectotype, Ψ, dorsal view; 2—same, labels; 3—Silpha yamatona Kôno, holotype, ♂, dorsal view (photo by S. Shimano); 4—same, labels (photo by S. Shimano); 5—Silpha imitator Shibata, holotype, ♂, dorsal view; 6—same, labels; 7—same, aedeagus in ventral view. Details of Silpha longicornis Portevin, showing variation of elytron color (8–9), and sculpture (10–13): 8—black specimen from Mt. Kurikoma, Iwate Pref.; 9—reddish-brown specimen from Mt. Kasa-ga-take, Nagano Pref. (with aberration of elytral costae); 10—rugose intervals; 11—flat intervals; 12—punctate microsculpture; 13—smooth microsculpture. Apex of male metatibia, showing terminal projection (14). Prothorax of larvae of Silpha perforata Gebler (15, from Moheji near Hakodate, S.W. Hokkaido) and Silpha longicornis Portevin (16, from Jikkoku-tôge, Nagano Pref.).