A Review Of The Genus Arocatus From Palaearctic And Oriental Regions (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) Author Gao, Cuiqing Author Kondorosy, Előd Author Bu, Wenjun text Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2013 2013-08-30 61 2 687 704 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5352740 2345-7600 5352740 BBAC4FCE-495F-44AB-B249-13F56FACF695 Arocatus melanostoma Scott, 1874 ( Figs. 1D, E ; 3C, D, N–P ) Arocatus melanostoma Scott, 1874: 426 . Lectotype ( Péricart, 1999b: 82 ) (male): Japan ; BMNH. Arocatus maculifrons Jakovlev, 1881: 208 (syn. Horváth, 1889: 326 ). Holotype (male): Russia (Far East), Vladivostok; ZMAS. References . — Lindberg, 1934: 23 ( China : Gansu record); Esaki, 1952: 221 (redescription, distribution); Stichel, 1959: 314 (listed); Slater, 1964a: 24 (catalogue); Zheng & Zou, 1981: 18 (keyed, redescription); Liu & Zheng, 1992: 266 (figure, redescription); Liu, 1996: 38 ( China : Jilin record); Dong et al., 1997: 238 (redescription, distribution); Cui et al., 1999: 57 ( China : Henan record); Bu et al., 2001: 270 (listed, distribution); Hua, 2000: 187 (listed); Péricart, 2001: 38 (catalogue); Li et al., 2007: 30 ( China : Shanxi record); Zhang et al., 2008: 801 ( China : Anhui record); Xie et al., 2009: 341 (keyed, redescription); Ye, 2009: 55 ( China : Zhejiang record); Vinokurov et al., 2010: 182 (catalogue); Ishikawa et al., 2012: 376 , pl. 84 (distribution, photos of larva); Aukema et al., 2013: 354 (catalogue). Diagnosis . — Dorsum of body with semidecumbent and moderately long erect white hairs. Head red, with separated black spots on vertex and clypeus; middle part of ventral surface of head black. Pronotum red with an inverted V-shaped black vitta, with slightly elevated median keel behind calli. Scutellum black with red median longitudinal keel. Clavus black except extreme base. Corium black, with costal and apical margins broadly red, apex of the latter narrowly black. Eyes, antennae and legs black. Hemelytral membrane translucent, dark brown. Posterior margin of pygophore and cuplike sclerite fused together ( Fig. 3C, D ). Paramere as shown in Fig. 3N–P . Type material examined . — Lectotype , male: Japan , coll. Scott , 88-11 ( BMNH ). Additional material examined . — CHINA : Hebei : 1 male , 3 females , Chiyabao , Xiaowutaishan , coll. W. J. Bu & W. B. Zhu , 2 Aug.2000 , alt. 1300 m ( NKUM ) ; 1 female , Xinglong , coll. W. J. Bu , 23 Jun.1995 , alt. 500 m ( NKUM ) ; 1 male , Wulingshan , Xinglong , coll. N. Lu , 22 Jun.1995 , alt. 1850 m ( NKUM ) ; Tianjin : 1 female , Baxianzhuozi , Jixian county , coll. G. Q. Liu , 9 Sep.2001 ( NKUM ) ; Heilongjiang : 1 male , Maoershan , 4 Jul.1988 ( NKUM ) ; 2 females , Xiaojinshan , 21 Jun.1961 ( NKUM ) ; 1 female , Yichun , coll. H. F. Zhu , 27 May 1950 ( IZAS ) ; Liaoning : 1 male , Dongling , Shenyang , coll. M. C. Wei , 24 May 1989 ( NKUM ) ; Shaanxi : 1 female , Badu , Longxian county , coll. B. X. Jin , 19 May 1987 ( NKUM ) ; Anhui : 1 male , Yunwusi , Huangshan , coll. S. Z. Wang , 15 May 1978 ( NKUM ) ; 1 female , Tiantangzhai township , Jinzhai county , Liu’an city, coll. X. M. Li , 3 Aug.2004 , alt. 479 m ( NKUM ) ; Jiangxi : 2 males , Guling , Lushan , coll. S. L. Liu , 11–14 Sep.1965 ( NKUM ) ; Zhejiang : 1 female , Laodian , Tianmushan , coll. S. L. Liu , 13 Aug.1965 ( NKUM ) ; Hubei : 2 males , Shennongjia , coll. L. Y. Zheng & H. G. Zou , 29 Jun.1977 ( NKUM ) ; 1 male , 1 female , Shanyuan , Hefeng , coll. L. Y. Zheng , 18 Jul.1999 , alt. 1260 m , on Dioscorea sp. ( NKUM ) ; Jilin : 1 female , coll. M. Volkoff , 28 Jul.1939 ( IZAS ) ; Fujian : 1 male , Chong’an , coll. C. L. Ma , 17 May 1960 , alt. 740–900 m ( IZAS ) ; 1 female , “Kuatun” [= Guadun ], “Fukien” [= Fujian ], 27.40°N 117.40°E , coll. J. Klapperich , 16 Jun.1938 , alt. 2300 m ( NMPC ) ; 1 female , “Kuatun” [= Guadun ], “Fukien” [= Fujian ], 10 May [19]46 ( Tschungsen ) ( NMPC ) . Fig. 2. A – C, A. longiceps . A, pygophore in posterodorsal view; B, right paramere in ventral view; C, right paramere in dorsal view. D – F, A. roeselii . D, pygophore in posterodorsal view; E, right paramere in vental view; F, right paramere in dorsal view. Scale bars = 0.5 mm (A, D), 0.2 mm (B, C, E, F). Host plants . — Dioscorea sp. (new discovery in our study). Distribution . — Asia : China ( Anhui , Beijing , * Fujian , Gansu , Guangdong , Hainan , Hebei , Heilongjiang , Henan , Hubei , Fig. 3. A–G, J, K, Pygophores in posterodorsal or posterior view. A, B, A. melanocephalus ; C, D, A. melanostoma ; E, F, A. pseudosericans , new species ; G, A. rufipes ; J, K, A. sericans . H, I, L–T: Left parameres in different aspects. H, I, A. rufipes ; L, M, A. melanocephalus ; N – P, A. melanostoma ; Q, R, A. pseudosericans , new species ; S, T, A. sericans . Scale bars = 0.5 mm (A–G, J, K), 0.1 mm (H, I, L–T). Hunan , Jiangxi , Jilin , * Liaoning , Shanxi , Shaanxi , * Tianjin , Zhejiang ), Japan, Korea , Russia (Far East, Siberia).