Taxonomic review of Phytocoris Fallén (Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae: Mirini) in Korea, with one new species
Author
Oh, Minsuk
Author
Yasunaga, Tomohide
Author
Lee, Seunghwan
text
Zootaxa
2017
4232
2
197
215
journal article
36531
10.11646/zootaxa.4232.2.4
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1175-5326
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Phytocoris intricatus
Flor, 1861
(
Figs. 1
B–C, 2, 3A–B, 5, 6B, 7, 9, 11, 12)
Phytocoris intricatus
Flor, 1861
: 593
, 603 (
sp. nov.
);
Josifov & Kerzhner, 1972
: 16
(distr.);
Schuh, 1995
: 886
(cat.);
Kerzhner & Josifov, 1999
: 157
(cat.);
Zheng
et al.
, 2004
: 485
(diag.); Schuh,
2002–2014
: (cat.).
Diagnosis.
Recognized by its moderate size; brown to dark-brown body; dorsum matte, more or less mottled; labium short, slightly over metacoxa. In
Korea
,
P. ohataensis
and
P. minakatai
shows similar appearance, can be distinguished by below key (couplet 6), slender and elongated lobal sclerite of male genitalia, more widened right paramere (
Figs. 7
,
9
). For more diagnostic characters, description and figures, see
Wagner & Weber (1964)
and
Kerzhner (1988a)
.
Redescription
. Body moderate to rather large, elongate oval, subparallel sided; basic coloration copper brown to fuscous; dorsal surface matte, partly glossy, with white sericeous, reclining pubescence and dark, simple, semierect setae. Head oblique, covered with pale, minute suberect setae; clypeus brown or reddish brown, with irregular, symmetrical dark markings; frons slightly rugose; vertex narrow, eye width subequal to width of vertex in male. Antenna copper brown, slender; segment I highly mottled with brown spot, with long, semierect setae; base of segments II and III pale. Labium glossy and brownish, segment IV darkened; reach over metacoxa to sternum V. Pronotum Chestnut brown to dark brown; fuscous line traverse medially, not obvious at dark specimen; posterior part usually dark brown; posterior margin pale; calli brown to pale brown, slightly tumid, rugose; collar usually brown, rounded; scutellum rather tumid, pale brown to copper brown; pleura widely darkened, ventral margin and ostiolar peritreme pale yellow. Hemelytron generally brown to dark brown, mottled; posterior part of corium pale, with a pair of dark, oblique marks; cuneus dark brown, basal 1/3~1/4 pale spotted, often tinged with red basally; membrane grayish, with irregularly speckled pale spots; vein dark brown. Leg slender, dark brown; coxae and trochanters pale yellow; meso- and metacoxa tinged with brown basally; femora rather flat, speckled with pale spots; basal 1/4 pale yellow; each tibia with three or four pale rings, metatibia vaguely annulated; apex of protibia and extreme apex of mesotibia unicolorously copper brown. Abdomen entirely darkened in male, rarely with pale portion; female abdomen dark brown laterally, medially pale. Male genitalia as in
Figs. 7
,
9
, Female genitalia as in
Fig. 12
.
FIGURE 1. Korean
Phytocoris
species.
A,
P. goryeonus
, male; B,
P. intricatus
, female; C,
P. intricatus
, male; D,
P. longipennis
, male; E,
P. nowickyi
, female; F,
P. shabliovskii
, male.
Distribution
. Europe,
Korea
, Far-East
Russia
.
Host plants.
Adults were found on
Abies
spp.,
Picea
spp. (
Pinaceae
) (
Wagner & Weber, 1964
),
Pinus
sp. (
Pinaceae
),
Cotoneaster
sp. and
Rosa omeiensis
var. pteracantha (Rosaceae)
,
Salix
sp. (
Salicaceae
),
Sorbaria
sp. (
Spiraeaceae
) (
Zheng
et al.
, 2004
)
Material
examined.
South Korea
,
Gangwon
–do:
2♀
,
Gureop
–ri,
Seo
–myeon,
Hongcheon
–gun,
from light trap
,
11.vii.2016
,
M. S. Oh
,
S. H. Lee
,
Y. G. Park
,
H. J. Ahn
;
2♂
,
Yongdae
NRC
,
Mt. Maebong
,
Buk
–myeon,
Inje
– gun,
from light trap
,
18.vi.2015
,
M. S. Oh
;
1♂
,
Mt. Bangtae
NRC
,
Bangdong
–ri,
Girin
–myeon,
Inje
–gun,
from light trap
,
20–21.vi.2013
,
R. K. Duwal
;
3♂
,
Mt. Jumbong
,
Jindong
–ri,
Girin
–myeon,
Inje
–gun,
from light trap
,
13.vii.2016
,
M. S. Oh
,
S. H. Lee
,
J. Y. Choi
,
H. J. Ahn
;
1♂
,
Jangsan
condo,
Hambaeksan
–ro,
Sangdong
–eup,
Yeongwol
–gun,
from light trap
,
02.vii.2015
, M. S. Oh.
Gyeonggi
–do
:
8♂
,
2♀
,
Mt. Taehwa
,
Sanglim
–ri,
Docheok
– myeon,
Gwangju
–si,
23.vi.2006
,
S. W. Lee
;
1♂
, ditto,
from light trap
,
18.vi.2012
,
M. S. Cho
;
5♂
, ditto,
17.vi.2012
,
M. S. Cho
,
Y. H. Shin
,
K. M. Kim
;
1♂
, ditto,
16.vi.2012
,
H. Kim
;
5♂
, ditto,
15–17.vi.2013
,
R. K. Duwal
;
1♂
,
Mt. Bara
,
Uiwang
–si,
from light trap
,
10.vi.2015
,
M. S. Oh
;
1♂
,
Deoksu
–ri,
Yangpyeong
,
from light trap
,
12.vi.2015
,
M. S. Oh
;
4♂
,
Mt. Jumgmi
,
Yangpyeong
–gun,
from light trap
,
28.vi.2011
,
R. K. Duwal
;
6♂
,
1♀
,
Mt. Yeongmunsan
,
Yangpyeong
–gun,
from light trap
,
24.vi.2009
,
R. K. Duwal
&
S. H. Jung.
FIGURE 2.
Phytocoris intricatus
. Scanning electron micrographs.
A, Dorsal view of head and pronotum; B, Lateral view of head and thorax; C, Detail of dorsal setae (Pronotum); D, Detail of dorsal setae (hemelytra); E, Pretarsal structure.