''Dolichoprosopus sameshimai'' is a species of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by N. Ohbayashi in 2001. It is known from

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. It feeds on ''

Lithocarpus edulis ''Lithocarpus edulis'', the Japanese stone oak, is a species of Lithocarpus, stone-oak native to Japan. It is an evergreen tree growing up to 15 metres tall. The nuts are edible for people but taste bitter. The nuts contain tannins, however soak ...

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References

Lamiini Beetles described in 2001 {{Lamiini-stub