A review of the stink bug genus Plautia Stål from Japan (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Pentatomidae) Author Ishikawa, Tadashi Author Moriya, Seiichi text Zootaxa 2019 2019-03-06 4564 2 470 490 journal article 28414 10.11646/zootaxa.4564.2.8 11c87853-9767-4d85-bbfd-1d2116aa3ea5 1175-5326 2589359 171E7B4D-773A-4A16-8C0F-3D23F6947A Key to species of Plautia from Japan 1 Lateral margins of pronotum pale without dark line ( Figs. 25, 26 ); crown of paramere drop-shaped ( Figs. 45, 46 ); valvifer VIII often with oval oblique brownish spot apically ( Figs. 70, 71 )................................................... 2 - Lateral margins of pronotum blackish or brownish even a part ( Figs. 19–24, 27 ); crown of paramere subpentagonal ( Figs. 43, 47 ) or subtriangular ( Fig. 44 ); valvifer VIII without brownish spot apically ( Figs. 68, 69, 72 ).......................... 3 2 Body dark blue green ( Fig. 3 ); antennae lacking blackish area ( Fig. 3 ); ventral rim of genital capsule V-shaped ( Figs. 30 , 35 )................................................................................. Plautia splendens Distant - Body yellowish green ( Fig. 4 ); antennae with blackish areas ( Fig. 4 ); ventral rim of genital capsule widely, shallowly and roundly concave ( Figs. 31 , 36 ).................................................... Plautia himechabane sp. nov. 3 Lateral margins of pronotum brownish ( Fig. 27 ); punctures on disc of pronotum and scutellum brownish and weak, sparser and much smaller than punctures on coria of fore wings ( Fig. 18 ); transverse ridge of genital capsule visible from ventral rim in ventral view ( Figs. 32 ).............................................................. Plautia ishigaki sp. nov. - Lateral margins of pronotum blackish ( Figs. 19–24 ); punctures on disc of pronotum and scutellum blackish and strong, almost same in size and color as punctures on coria of fore wings ( Figs. 14, 15 ); transverse ridge of genital capsule invisible from ventral rim in ventral view ( Figs. 28, 29 )...................................................................... 4 4 Antennal segment III blackish at least in apical 1/3 ( Fig. 12 ); antennal segment IV blackish in apical half ( Fig. 12 ); crown of paramere subpentagonal ( Fig. 43 ); conjunctival processes of endosoma lacking any expansions at base ( Figs. 48 , 53 , 58 , 63 )....................................................................................... Plautia stali Scott - Antennal segment III blackish in apical 1/5 ( Fig. 13 ); antennal segment IV blackish in apical 1/3 or more less ( Fig. 13 ); crown of paramere subtriangular ( Fig. 44 ); conjunctival processes of endosoma with a dorsal expansion and a pair of lateral expansions at base ( Figs. 49 , 54 , 59 , 64 )................................................. Plautia sakishimensis sp. nov.