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dc:description"Figure 3. Male habitus of five Stephanitis species from Japan, dorsal view: A. S. (Norba) ishikawai sp. nov. from Yonaguni Island, southern part of Ryukyu Islands; B. S. (N.) mendica from Honshu; C, D. S. (Stephanitis) tabidula from Honshu (C) and Kyushu (D); E. S. (S.) takeyai from Shikoku; F. S. (S.) tomokunii sp. nov. from Miyake Island, southern part of Izu Islands. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.";
dc:description"Figure 5. Female habitus of five Stephanitis species from Japan, dorsal view: A. S. (Norba) ishikawai sp. nov. from Miyako Island, southern part of Ryukyu Islands; B. S. (N.) mendica from Honshu; C, D. S. (Stephanitis) tabidula from Honshu (C) and Kyushu (D); E. S. (S.) takeyai from Kyushu; F. S. (S.) tomokunii sp. nov. from Miyake Island, southern part of Izu Islands. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.";
dc:description"Figure 8. Male pronota of five Stephanitis species from Japan, dorsal view: A. S. (Norba) ishikawai sp. nov.; B. S. (N.) mendica lacking lateral carina; C, D. S. (Stephanitis) tabidula from Honshu (C) and Kyushu (D); E. S. (S.) takeyai; F. S. (S.) tomokunii sp. nov .. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.";
dc:description"Figure 10. Female pronota of five Stephanitis species from Japan, dorsal view: A. S. (Norba) ishikawai sp. nov.; B. S. (N.) mendica possessing lateral carina; C-E. S. (Stephanitis) tabidula from Honshu (C) and Kyushu (E) possessing lateral carina and from Honshu (D) lacking lateral carina; F. S. (S.) takeyai; G. S. (S.) tomokunii sp. nov. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.";
dc:description"Figure 12. Male pronota of five Stephanitis species from Japan, dorsolateral view: A. S. (Norba) ishikawai sp. nov.; B. S. (N.) mendica lacking lateral carina; C, D. S. (Stephanitis) tabidula from Honshu (C) and Kyushu (D); E. S. (S.) takeyai; F. S. (S.) tomokunii sp. nov. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.";
dc:description"Figure 14. Female pronota of five Stephanitis species from Japan, dorsolateral view: A. S. (Norba) ishikawai sp. nov.; B. S. (N.) mendica possessing lateral carina; C-E. S. (Stephanitis) tabidula from Honshu (C) and Kyushu (E) possessing lateral carina and from Honshu (D) lacking lateral carina; F. S. (S.) takeyai; G. S. (S.) tomokunii sp. nov. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.";
dc:description"Figure 16. Male hemelytra of five Stephanitis species from Japan, dorsal view: A. S. (Norba) ishikawai sp. nov.; B. S. (N.) mendica; C, D. S. (Stephanitis) tabidula from Honshu (C) and Kyushu (D); E. S. (S.) takeyai; F. S. (S.) tomokunii sp. nov. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.";
dc:description"Figure 18. Female hemelytra of five Stephanitis species from Japan, dorsal view: A. S. (Norba) ishikawai sp. nov.; B. S. (N.) mendica; C, D. S. (Stephanitis) tabidula from Honshu (C) and Kyushu (D); E. S. (S.) takeyai; F. S. (S.) tomokunii sp. nov. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.";
dc:description"Figure 20. Rostra of four Stephanitis species from Japan, dorsal view: A. S. (Norba) mendica; B. S. (Stephanitis) tabidula; C. S. (S.) takeyai; D. S. (S.) tomokunii sp. nov. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.";
dc:description"Figure 22. Male terminalia of four Stephanitis species from Japan, dorsal view: A. S. (Norba) mendica; B. S. (Stephanitis) tabidula; C. S. (S.) takeyai; D. S. (S.) tomokunii sp. nov. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.";
dc:description"Figure 24. Female terminalia of four Stephanitis species from Japan, dorsal view: A. S. (Norba) mendica; B. S. (Stephanitis) tabidula; C. S. (S.) takeyai; D. S. (S.) tomokunii sp. nov. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.";
dc:description"Figure 26. Line drawings of the pronota of four Stephanitis species from Japan, dorsal view: A, B. S. (Norba) mendica lacking lateral carina (A) and possessing lateral carina (B); C, D. S. (Stephanitis) tabidula from Honshu (C) and Kyushu (D); E. S. (S.) takeyai; F. S. (S.) tomokunii sp. nov. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.";
dc:description"Figure 28. Line drawings of the pronota of six Stephanitis species from Japan, lateral view: A. S. (Norba) hiurai; B. S. (N.) ishikawai sp. nov.; C. S. (N.) mendica lacking lateral carina; D. S. (Stephanitis) tabidula lacking lateral carina from Honshu; E. S. (S.) takeyai; F. S. (S.) tomokunii sp. nov. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.";
dc:description"Figure 30. Line drawings of the pygophore of five Stephanitis species from Japan, dorsal view: A-C. S. (Norba) ishikawai sp. nov. from Miyako (A) and Yonaguni (B) Islands, central part of Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan (C); D. S. (N.) mendica; E, F. S. (Stephanitis) tabidula from Honshu (E) and Tsushima Islands (F); G. S. (S.) takeyai; H. S. (S.) tomokunii sp. nov. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.";
dc:description"Figure 32. Line drawings of the paramere of five Stephanitis species from Japan, dorsal view: A-C. S. (Norba) ishikawai sp. nov. from Miyako (A) and Yonaguni (B) Islands, central part of Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan (C); D. S. (N.) mendica; E, F. S. (Stephanitis) tabidula from Honshu (E) and Tsushima Islands (F); G. S. (S.) takeyai; H. S. (S.) tomokunii sp. nov. Scale bars: 0.1 mm. Arrows indicate important morphological differences.";
dc:description"Figure 37. Two specimens of Stephanitis species from Japan. A. Paratype of S. (Stephanitis) fasciicarina syn. nov. [= S. (S.) tabidula] collected at type locality deposited in ELKU and its labels; B. Lectotype of Tingis globulifera [= S. (S.) takeyai] deposited in Matsumura's collection of ELHU and its labels.";
dc:description"Figure 38. Non-types of Stephanitis (Stephanitis) tabidula collected at type locality deposited in Matsumura's collection of ELHU and their labels.";
dc:description"Figure 42. Living individuals of four species of Stephanitis from Japan: A, B. S. (Norba) mendica from Honshu, male (A) and female (B); C-G. S. (Stephanitis) tabidula, male (C) and female (D) from Honshu and male (E), female (F) and fifth instar nymph (G) from Kyushu; H-J. S. (S.) takeyai, male (H) and fifth instar nymph (J) from Shikoku and female from Honshu (I); K, L. S. (S.) tomokunii sp. nov. from Hachijo Island, southern part of Izu Islands, male (K) and female (L).";
dc:description"Figure 1. Bayesian tree using the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene. Numbers associated with branches indicate posterior probabilities. Each sample ID is followed by a species name and collection locality.";
dc:description"Figure 7. Male pronota of five Stephanitis species from Japan, dorsal view: A. S. (Stephanitis) ambigua; B. S. (Norba) aperta; C. S. (N.) exigua; D. S. (N.) hayashii sp. nov.; E, F. S. (N.) hiurai from Amami-Oshima (E) and Kikai (F) Islands, central part of Ryukyu Islands. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.";
dc:description"Figure 9. Female pronota of five Stephanitis species from Japan, dorsal view: A. S. (Stephanitis) ambigua; B. S. (Norba) aperta; C. S. (N.) exigua; D. S. (N.) hayashii sp. nov.; E, F. S. (N.) hiurai from Amami-Oshima (E) and Kikai (F) Islands, central part of Ryukyu Islands. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.";
dc:description"Figure 25. Line drawings of the pronota of six Stephanitis species from Japan, dorsal view: A. S. (Stephanitis) ambigua; B. S. (Norba) aperta; C. S. (N.) exigua; D. S. (N.) hayashii sp. nov.; E. S. (N.) hiurai; F. S. (N.) ishikawai sp. nov. Abbreviations: ca, calli; co, collar; ho, hood; lc, lateral carina; mc, median carina; pa, paranotum; pd, pronotal disc; pp, posterior process. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.";
dc:description"Figure 11. Male pronota of five Stephanitis species from Japan, dorsolateral view: A. S. (Stephanitis) ambigua; B. S. (Norba) aperta; C. S. (N.) exigua; D. S. (N.) hayashii sp. nov.; E, F. S. (N.) hiurai from Amami-Oshima (E) and Kikai (F) Islands, central part of Ryukyu Islands. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.";
dc:description"Figure 13. Female pronota of five Stephanitis species from Japan, dorsolateral view: A. S. (Stephanitis) ambigua; B. S. (Norba) aperta; C. S. (N.) exigua; D. S. (N.) hayashii sp. nov.; E, F. S. (N.) hiurai from Amami-Oshima (E) and Kikai (F) Islands, central part of Ryukyu Islands. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.";
dc:description"Figure 27. Line drawings of the pronota of four Stephanitis species from Japan, lateral view: A. S. (Stephanitis) ambigua; B. S. (Norba) aperta; C. S. (N.) exigua; D. S. (N.) hayashii sp. nov. Abbreviations: bu, buccula; ca, costal area; da, discoidal area; hl, hypocostal lamina; ho, hood; lc, lateral carina; mc, median carina; pa, paranotum. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.";
dc:description"Figure 31. Line drawings of the paramere of five Stephanitis species from Japan, dorsal view: A. S. (Stephanitis) ambigua; B. S. (Norba) aperta; C. S. (N.) exigua; D, E. S. (N.) hayashii sp. nov. from Kakeroma (D) and Aguni (E) Islands, central part of Ryukyu Islands; F. S. (N.) hiurai. Scale bars: 0.1 mm. Arrows indicate important morphological differences.";
dc:description"Figure 48. Collection sites of Stephanitis (Stephanitis) tabidula, S. (S.) takeyai and S. (S.) tomokunii sp. nov. used in the present study. Red-filled areas = localities; circles = small isolated islands.";
dc:description"Figure 44. Lauraceous host plants of four species of Stephanitis from Japan: A. Cinnamomum yabunikkei from Kyushu, damaged by S. (Norba) mendica; Machilus thunbergii (B) from Honshu, Neolitsea sericea (C) from Sado Island and C. camphora (D) from Kyushu, all damaged by S. (Stephanitis) tabidula; E. Lindera umbellata from Sado Island, damaged by S. (S.) takeyai; F. M. thunbergii from Hachijo Island, damaged by S. (S.) tomokunii sp. nov.";