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SNAME  Pheropsophus jessoensis Morawitz, 1862
JNAME  miideragomimushi
Collection ground Okushiri tou, Hokkaido Pref. 2003/6/9
Distribution Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
Ecology hydrophilous (Yahiro et al. 1992, Ishitani and Yano 1994), flatland (Ishitani 1996), They appear consolidated paddy environment or not (Lee et al. 2008), paddy field area (Habu and Sadanaga 1965), farm field (Okutani et al. 1971), bank (Suda 1980, Aono 1987, Aono 1988), riverbed (Terada 1983, Ishitani 1996, Lee and Ishii 2009, 2010), grassland (Kasahara and Nishiyama 1990), cultivated field (Kasahara and Nishiyama 1990, Kasahara and Matsui 1997), sandy area (Tanaka 1991a), grassland adjoining to paddy field (Tanaka 1991a), grassland along mountain trail (Tanaka 1991b), meadow (Tanaka 1991b), grassland in the riparian bank (Tanaka 1991b), grassland in the bank (Tanaka 1991a, 1991b), slope of mound (Sunose 1992, Sunose and Kurosawa 1992), fallow field (Sunose 1992, Sunose and Kurosawa 1992), vineyard (Yano et al. 1989, Togashi and Ohbata 1995), forest adjoinig agroecosystems (Yahiro et al. 1990), paddy field (Yahiro et al. 1992, Lee et al. 2008, Lee and Ishii 2009), fig orchard (Ishitani and Yano 1994, Ishitani 1996), forage crop field (Ishitani et al. 1994), riverbed (Ishii et al. 1996, Ishitani et al. 1997), onion field (Togashi and Kitajima 1993), rape field (Ishitani 1996), field of residential area (Ishitani 1996), residential area (Ishitani 1996), beach (Shiyake 1999), urban park (Lee and Ishii 2009), Satoyama forest (Lee and Ishii 2009, Suzuki and Sakuratani 2010), grassland (Suzuki and Sakuratani 2010), gravelly floodplain (Aono 1988, Lee and Ishii 2010), adult or larva (Ishitani 1996), adult (Inoue 1966d), from middle June to middle July (Habu and Sadanaga 1965, Inoue 1966d), spring (Okutani et al. 1971), summer (Tanaka 1991b), from May to July (Ishitani 1996), carnivorous (Ishitani 1996), wild silkworm (Matsumura 1897), maggot (Matsumura 1897), wireworm (Matsumura 1897, Takahashi 1917), snail (Matsumura 1897), earthworm (Matsumura 1897), grub (Matsumura 1897), sawfly? (Matsumura 1897), cutworm (Takahashi 1917), armyworm (Takahashi 1917, Takahashi 1922, Takahashi 1928, Hori. 1935, Shigehara 1941, Izumi 1951), larvae of Chilo suppressalis (Nawa 1917), larvae of Naranga aenescens (Nawa 1917), planthopper (Nawa 1917, Nawa 1924), larvae of Pales pavida (Takaoka 1950), Paederus fuscipes (Kurosa 1958), The larvae devour only the eggs of Gryllotalpa africana in its cell (Habu and Sadanaga 1965, Inoue 1966d, Habu 1986), they release mistless defensive substance from their anal, and these substance may paralyse insects (Inoue 1966d), The younger larvae search for the cell in the soil (Habu 1986), nocturnal (Tanaka 1991a)
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Remarks Pheropsophus jessoeusis Morawitz, 1862, Mel. Biol., 4: 238-239 (Japan: Hakodate) (Habu 1967b), Pheropsophus Jessoensis Morawitz, Pheropsophus Jessoënsis Morawitz, Pheropsophus jessoënsis Morawitz, Pheropsophus jessoeusis [!] Morawitz, Pheropsophus joesoensis [!] Morawitz, Pheropsophus joessoensis [!] Morawitz, Pheropsophus javanus Dejean(Habu 1967b)