Three new species of the ant-mimetic plant bug genus Pilophorus from Japan (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae: Pilophorini) Author Yasunaga, Tomohide Author Duwal, Ram Keshari text Zootaxa 2016 4117 2 172 182 journal article 38966 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.2.2 2a5cc1cb-7377-4778-ba4e-82a8a80946e9 1175-5326 262872 24FDEE28-549D-473B-8742-A2E7B9CFBE7E 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.