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dc:description"Figure 2. Male habitus of five Stephanitis species from Japan, dorsal view: A. S. (Stephanitis) ambigua from Honshu; B. S. (Norba) aperta from Honshu; C. S. (N.) exigua from Minamidaito Island, Daito Islands; D. S. (N.) hayashii sp. nov. from Senaga Island, central part of Ryukyu Islands; E, F. S. (N.) hiurai from Kakeroma (E) and Takara (F) islands, central part of Ryukyu Islands. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.";
dc:description"Figure 4. Female habitus of five Stephanitis species from Japan, dorsal view: A. S. (Stephanitis) ambigua from Honshu; B. S. (Norba) aperta from Honshu; C. S. (N.) exigua from Okinawa Island, central part of Ryukyu Islands; D. S. (N.) hayashii sp. nov. from Aguni Island, central part of Ryukyu Islands; E, F. S. (N.) hiurai from Okinawa (E) and Takara (F) Islands, central part of Ryukyu Islands. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.";
dc:description"Figure 6. Teratological forms of two Stephanitis species from Japan, dorsal view: A. S. (Norba) aperta from Izu-Oshima Island, northern part of Izu Islands; B. S. (Stephanitis) takeyai from Kyushu. Arrows indicate antennae with segmental oligomery and malformed paranotum. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.";
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 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 15. Male hemelytra 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 17. Female hemelytra 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 19. Rostra 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. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.";
dc:description"Figure 21. Male terminalia 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. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.";
dc:description"Figure 23. Female terminalia 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. 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 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 29. Line drawings of the pygophore 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.";
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 34. Three specimens of Stephanitis species from Japan. A. Holotype of S. (Norba) vitrea [= S. (N.) aperta] deposited in ELKU and its labels; B. Suspected syntype of S. (Stephanitis) propinqua [= S. (N.) aperta] deposited in Matsumura's collection of ELHU and its labels; C. Syntype of S. (N.) exigua [= S. (S.) pyrioides] deposited in Matsumura's collection of ELHU and its labels.";
dc:description"Figure 40. Living individuals of three species of Stephanitis from Japan: A-C. S. (Stephanitis) ambigua from Honshu, male (A) and fifth (B) and fourth (C) instar nymphs; D-G. S. (Norba) aperta from Honshu, male (D), female (E) and fifth (F) and fourth (G) instar nymphs; H, I. S. (N.) exigua from Okinawa Island, central part of Ryukyu Islands, male (H) and fifth instar nymph (I).";
dc:description"Figure 45. Collection sites of Stephanitis (Stephanitis) ambigua, S. (Norba) aperta and S. (N.) exigua used in the present study. Red-filled areas = localities; circles = small isolated islands.";
dc:description"Figure 43. Lauraceous host plants of six species of Stephanitis from Japan: A. Lindera glauca from Honshu, damaged by S. (Stephanitis) ambigua; Machilus thunbergii (B), Neolitsea sericea (C) and Cinnamomum camphora (D) from Honshu, all damaged by S. (Norba) aperta; E. M. thunbergii from Okinawa Island, damaged by S. (N.) exigua; Litsea japonica (F) from Kakeroma Island and C. yabunikkei (G) from Tokashiki Island, both damaged by S. (N.) hayashii sp. nov.; H. M. thunbergii from Amami-Oshima Island, damaged by S. (N.) hiurai; I. Lit. japonica from Miyako Island, damaged by S. (N.) ishikawai sp. nov.";