G. it. Ent., 17 (70): 247-278
March 2025
Revision of the longicorn genus Obages Pascoe, 1866
(Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae)
from the Malay Peninsula, Malaysia
by
KIYOSHI MATSUDA *, TAKEICHIRO HATAYAMA **
& NURUL ASHIKIN BINTI ABDULLAH ***
* Matsugaoka 15-27, Hanayashiki, Takarazuka, Hyogo, 665-0801, JAPAN.
E-mail: shu-z@jn2.so-net.ne.jp
** Yamanouchi-motomachi 1-12, Sumiyoshi, Osaka, 558-0024, JAPAN.
E-mail: takenomia2593@yahoo.co.jp
*** Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur,
MALAYSIA. E-mail: shikin84@um.edu.my
Abstract - The longicorn genus Obages Pascoe, 1866 belonging to the tribe Mormopsini of the subfamily Lamiinae is herein revised. Six new species, Obages (Obages) yokoyamai sp. nov., O. (O.) gentingensis sp. nov., O. (O.) pahangensis sp. nov., O. (O.) montanus sp. nov., O. (O.) miyakei sp. nov. and O. (O.) okudai sp. nov. are described from the Malay Peninsula, Malaysia. A new monotypic subgenus - Muscosusobages subgen. nov. - is established based on the type species, Obages cameroni Breuning, 1972. Three new species groups, the Obages (Obages) palparis species group, the O. (O.) tuberculipennis species group and the Obages (Muscosusobages) cameroni species group are proposed. Six congenerous already known species are redescribed based mostly on the holotypes. Habitus, maxillary palpi and aedeagi etc. are illustrated. A key to subgenera, species groups and species of the genus Obages are provided.
