Taxonomic review of the mirine plant bug genus Stenotus Jakovlev in Japan and adjacent regions in Asia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae)

• Published in: Insect Systematics & Evolution
• Main Authors: Yasunaga, Tomohide, Akagi, Sachiko, Nagashima, Seidai
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Brill 2018
• Subjects: Insect Science; Ecology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Sakhalin
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1876312x-00002178; https://brill.com/view/journals/ise/49/5/article-p481_481.xml; https://data.brill.com/files/journals/1876312X_049_05_s002_text.pdf

The mirine plant bug fauna of the genus Stenotus Jakovlev in Japan, Korea, East China, and Russian Far East is reviewed. Seven species are recognized in the study area; of these, two new species are herein described, namely S. hasegawai sp.n. , restricted to cool-temperate climate zones in Japan and Sakhalin, Russia and S. takaii sp.n. assumed to be endemic to Amami-Oshima Island of the Japanese Ryukyus. The Taiwanese species, S. insularis Poppius, is reported from the Ryukyus for the first time and redescribed; the other taxon, S. viridis (Shiraki), is regarded as a nomen dubium, lacking any type series. An additional new species from Nepal, S. ramduwalae sp.n. , is described. A checklist of East Asia and Oriental species and a key to all known East Asian species are provided. Stenotus longiceps Poppius is transferred to Zalmunna Distant. The zoogeography of these East Asian Stenotus species is discussed.