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Dallas, 1851 -
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: 92, new species and description.
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Walker, 1867 -
<bibRefCitation id="16878A82CBE74790F06CB2A55384A34D" author="Walker, F." journalOrPublisher="British Museum (Natural History), London, United Kingdom" pageId="0" pageNumber="105293" refId="B9721181" refString="Walker, F., 1867. Catalogue of the specimens of heteropterous Hemiptera in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. British Museum (Natural History), London, United Kingdom" title="Catalogue of the specimens of heteropterous Hemiptera in the collection of the British Museum. Part I" year="1867">Walker (1867)</bibRefCitation>
: 133, new species and description;
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: 25, synonymised with
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<emphasis id="4DD825CD7D17925E2DACAC151060ECB3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105293">Picromerus nigrivitta</emphasis>
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Walker, 1867 -
<bibRefCitation id="BD6B7B98E4BD3ABE043E5B6E47F95C61" author="Walker, F." journalOrPublisher="British Museum (Natural History), London, United Kingdom" pageId="0" pageNumber="105293" refId="B9721181" refString="Walker, F., 1867. Catalogue of the specimens of heteropterous Hemiptera in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. British Museum (Natural History), London, United Kingdom" title="Catalogue of the specimens of heteropterous Hemiptera in the collection of the British Museum. Part I" year="1867">Walker (1867)</bibRefCitation>
: 133, new species and description;
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: 58, synonymised with
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Breddin, 1902 -
<bibRefCitation id="4637EEE97F36DC1FBAEAD2DC6C72D620" author="Breddin, G." journalOrPublisher="Wiener Entomologische Zeitung" pageId="0" pageNumber="105293" pagination="94 - 101" refId="B9720994" refString="Breddin, G., 1902. Beitraege zur Kenntniss der malayischen und indischen Pentatomiden. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 21: 94 - 101" title="Beitraege zur Kenntniss der malayischen und indischen Pentatomiden" volume="21" year="1902">Breddin (1902)</bibRefCitation>
: 96, new species and description;
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: 192, synonymised with
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<emphasis id="F2B869E3DDA33AAB2C517A28E68D2E25" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105293">Picromerus griseus</emphasis>
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: 100, designation of lectotype.
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<taxonomicName id="EAE5B98ABA1FC49C0A62F5EE3657E08F" baseAuthorityName="Dallas" baseAuthorityYear="1851" class="Insecta" family="Pentatomidae" genus="Picromerus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Picromerus griseus" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="105293" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="griseus">Picromerus griseus</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="79C05EAB3D3444E38C0A0FBA9FF29EF6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105293">Picromerus griseus</emphasis>
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Schouteden, 1907 -
<bibRefCitation id="F9E3220A52C50B2C6ADE6DC040CE266E" author="Schouteden, H." journalOrPublisher="Wytsman, Bruxelles, Belgium" pageId="0" pageNumber="105293" refId="B9721122" refString="Schouteden, H., 1907. Genera Insectorum. Wytsman, Bruxelles, Belgium" title="Genera Insectorum" year="1907">Schouteden (1907)</bibRefCitation>
: 25, new combination;
<bibRefCitation id="82A805556329BD4DA39A2022CAFC33AF" author="Thomas, D. B." journalOrPublisher="Insecta Mundi" pageId="0" pageNumber="105293" pagination="145 - 212" refId="B9721164" refString="Thomas, D. B., 1994. Taxonomic synopsis of the Old World Asopinae genera (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Insecta Mundi 8: 145 - 212" title="Taxonomic synopsis of the Old World Asopinae genera (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)" volume="8" year="1994">Thomas (1994)</bibRefCitation>
: 192, catalogue and distribution;
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: 243, catalogue and distribution;
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: 73, diagnosis, figure, and distribution;
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: 145, figure and distribution.
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); humeral angle of pronotum strongly protruding laterad, acute at apex, posteriorly with a distinct subapical prominence (Fig.
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); posterior margin of genital capsule weakly curved inwards in middle part (Fig.
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); and paramere weakly curved inwards in apical part in dorsal and caudal views, distinctly concave along inner margin in dorsolateral view (Figs
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).
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<paragraph id="EEA47ED8D3F315FC37C5C95D584E2818" pageId="0" pageNumber="105293">Distribution</paragraph>
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Japan (Ryukyu Islands: Ishigaki Island), Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Indonesia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Taiwan (
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,
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,
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, present study).
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The discovery of
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from Japan represents the easternmost record of the species.
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<paragraph id="8B15D4C5787D666429F834470F3AD2C6" pageId="0" pageNumber="105293">Biology</paragraph>
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was collected from grasslands surrounding fields in Japan. In Japan, adult
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are collected in November; however, the nymphs are unknown.
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<paragraph id="F7B42B5B8181F72CB99A14692268A983" pageId="0" pageNumber="105293">Taxon discussion</paragraph>
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The specimen recorded above (Figs
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) matched the photographs and descriptions (
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,
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) of
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in terms of morphological characteristics, including the humeral angle and male genitalia. The Japanese specimen was identified as
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using a key for the East Asian species of
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(
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), based on its morphological characteristics. However, the colouration of the connexivum of the Japanese specimen (yellow and black) did not match the above-mentioned key (entirely black). To the best of our knowledge, Japanese populations of
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show a high degree of intraspecific variation in the colouration of the connexivum (yellow and black to entirely black) (Figs
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). In conclusion, we did not use the colouration of the connexivum as a diagnostic characteristic of
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and identified the Japanese specimen as
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, based on the shape of the humeral angle and male genitalia.
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