Pilophorus

• Main Authors: Yasunaga, Tomohide, Duwal, Ram Keshari
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Hemiptera; Miridae; Pilophorus; Jaya; Sakhalin
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6053570; https://zenodo.org/record/6053570

Checklist of Pilophorus in Japan Genus Pilophorus Hahn, 1826 P. erraticus Linnavuori, 1962 — Distribution: Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Korea, Russian Primorsky Territory.— Hosts: Alnus spp. (Betulaceae), Salix spp. (Salicaceae). P. lucidus Linnavuori, 1962 — Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima Island); Korea, Russian Primorsky Territory.—deciduous Quercus spp. (Fagaceae). P. m a e h ar a i Yasunaga & Duwal, n. sp. — Japan (Honshu: Tochigi Pref.).—Unknown. P. miyamotoi Linnavuori, 1961 — Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Izu Islands, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima Island); Korea, Russian Primorsky Territory.— Pinus densiflora Sieb. & Zucc. P. koraiensis Sieb & Zucc. (Pinaceae). P. nakatanii Yasunaga & Duwal, n. sp. [= P. formosanus Poppius, 1914 in Yasunaga (2001), misidentification]— Japan (Ryukyus: Okinawa, Ishigaki & Iriomote Islands).— Pinus luchuensis Mayr (Pinaceae). P. niger Poppius, 1914 — Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); China, Korea, Mongolia, Russian Primorsky Territory.—Unknown. P. okamotoi Miyamoto, 1966 — Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima Island); Korea incl. Jeju Island, Russian Primorsky Territory.— Artemisia spp. (Asteraceae) but sometimes found on various herbs or shrubs. P. pseudoperplexus Josifov, 1987 — Japan (need verification); Korea, Russian Primorsky Territory.—Found from deciduous trees of the Fagaceae, Oleaceae and Rutaceae (in Korea and Russia). P. setulosus Horváth, 1905 — Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Izu Islands, Shikoku, Kyushu: a record from Ogasawara Islands need verification); Korean Peninsula, Russia (Sakhalin).—Various deciduous broadleaved trees, herbs and shrubs; immature forms found from Alnus spp., Salix spp. and Ulmus spp.). P. tagoi Yasunaga & Duwal, n. sp. — Japan (Honshu: Kanto area). — Cryptomeria japonica (Thunb. ex L.f.) D. Don. (Cupressaceae). P. t y p i c u s (Distant, 1909)— Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima Island, Ryukyus); Cambodia, SE China incl. Hong Kong & Macau, India, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Irian Jaya), S Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines (Luzon, Mindanao, Palawan), Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Taiwan.—Associated with various angiosperms, including some vegetables (cucumber, eggplant, pimento, etc., even in greenhouses); immature forms found from Acanthaceae, Asteraceae, Ericaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Solanaceae, Urticaceae, etc.; often observed to prey on thrips, whiteflies and spider mites (Ito et al ., 2011). P. varidicornis Kerzhner, 1977 — Japan (Hokkaido incl. Kunashiri Island); Russia (Sakhalin).— Picea spp. (Pinaceae); sometimes abundant on introduced European spruces for landscaping and expanding the habitat to urbanized and suburbanized zones. : Published as part of Yasunaga, Tomohide & Duwal, Ram Keshari, 2016, Three new species of the ant-mimetic plant bug genus Pilophorus from Japan (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae: Pilophorini), pp. 172-182 in Zootaxa 4117 (2) on page 173, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/262872 : {"references": ["Poppius, B. (1914) Ubersicht der Pilophorus - Arten nebst Beschreibung verwandter Gattungen (Hem. Het.). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 58, 237 - 254.", "Yasunaga, T. (2001) Family Miridae Hahn, plant bugs. In: Yasunaga, T., Takai, M. & Kawasawa, T. (Eds.), A Field Guide to Japanese Bugs. Vol. II. Zenkoku Noson Kyoiku Kyokai, Publishing Co. Ltd., Tokyo, pp. 1 - 96 & 111 - 351. [in Japanese]", "Josifov, M. (1987) Einige neue Miriden aus Nordkorea (KVDR) (Heteroptera). Reichenbachia, 24, 115 - 122.", "Ito, K., Nishikawa, H., Shimada, T., Ogawa, K., Minamiya, T., Tomoda, M., Nakahira, K., Kodama, R., Fukuda, T. & Arakawa, R. (2011) Analysis of genetic variation and phylogeny of the predatory bug, Pilophorus typicus, in Japan using mitochondrial gene sequences. Journal of Insect Science, 2 (18), 1 - 13. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1673 / 031.011.0118"]}