pecies of longhorn beetle, which is believed to have never been recorded before, sources at the park administration said yesterday. They said that the new species was first found in 2003 by Chung Yi-ting, a researcher at the park's Houbihu Service Station, and Chung spotted the same species for a second time early this year.
Several taxonomists who had examined the specimen said this longhorn beetle of euryclytosemia genus may be a new species. The park administration has decided to request assistance from other experts around the world to certify the findings.
Currently, only one species in the euryclytosemia genus has been spotted in Taiwan. The species, dubbed euryclytosemia nomurai hayashi, was first found by a Japanese biologist in 1963.
According to the park administration, Chung had studied the longhorn beetle for several years before joining the park. After he was assigned to the service station, Chung began to catalogue the longhorn beetle species in the park.
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