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New or little known Isometopine plant bugs from Japan (Heteroptera: Miridae)

New or little known Isometopine plant bugs from Japan (Heteroptera: Miridae) 1 2 TOMOHIDE YASUNAGA & MASAMI HAYASHI Hokkaido University of Education, Sapporo Saitama University, Urawa NEW OR LITTLE KNOWN ISOMETOPINE PLANT BUGS FROM JAPAN (HETEROPTERA: MIRIDAE) Yasunaga, T. & M. Hayashi, 2002. New or little known Isometopine plant bugs from Japan (Heteroptera: Miridae: Isometopinae). – Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 145: 95-101, figs. 1-15. [ISSN 0040-7496]. Published 1 June 2002. Three new species of the plant bug subfamily Isometopinae are described from Japan: Paloniel- la parallela, Myiomma kukai, and M. takahashii. A new genus, Astroscopometopus, is proposed to accommodate a little known Japanese species, Isometopidea gryllocephala Miyamoto, Yasuna- ga & M. Hayashi, and the male adult and very remarkable final instar nymph are also described. A checklist of the Japanese isometopine taxa is provided, in which Isometopus mahal (Distant) is reported from Japan for the first time. Correspondence: Tomohide Yasunaga, Biological Laboratory, Hokkaido University of Educa- tion, Ainosato 5-3-1, Sapporo 002-8502, Japan. E-mail: yasunaga@atson.sap.hokkyodai.ac.jp. Key words. – Heteroptera; Miridae; Isometopinae; new genus; new species; Japan. The Isometopinae is a small plant bug subfamily, material examined in this study, including types, is with approximately 140 species worldwide (Kerzhner deposited in the Biological Laboratory, Hokkaido & Josifov 1999, Schuh 1995). The members of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Tijdschrift voor Entomologie Brill

New or little known Isometopine plant bugs from Japan (Heteroptera: Miridae)

Yasunaga, T.; Hayashi, M.
Tijdschrift voor Entomologie , Volume 145 (1): 7 – Jan 1, 2002
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1 2 TOMOHIDE YASUNAGA & MASAMI HAYASHI Hokkaido University of Education, Sapporo Saitama University, Urawa NEW OR LITTLE KNOWN ISOMETOPINE PLANT BUGS FROM JAPAN (HETEROPTERA: MIRIDAE) Yasunaga, T. & M. Hayashi, 2002. New or little known Isometopine plant bugs from Japan (Heteroptera: Miridae: Isometopinae). – Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 145: 95-101, figs. 1-15. [ISSN 0040-7496]. Published 1 June 2002. Three new species of the plant bug subfamily Isometopinae are described from Japan: Paloniel- la parallela, Myiomma kukai, and M. takahashii. A new genus, Astroscopometopus, is proposed to accommodate a little known Japanese species, Isometopidea gryllocephala Miyamoto, Yasuna- ga & M. Hayashi, and the male adult and very remarkable final instar nymph are also described. A checklist of the Japanese isometopine taxa is provided, in which Isometopus mahal (Distant) is reported from Japan for the first time. Correspondence: Tomohide Yasunaga, Biological Laboratory, Hokkaido University of Educa- tion, Ainosato 5-3-1, Sapporo 002-8502, Japan. E-mail: yasunaga@atson.sap.hokkyodai.ac.jp. Key words. – Heteroptera; Miridae; Isometopinae; new genus; new species; Japan. The Isometopinae is a small plant bug subfamily, material examined in this study, including types, is with approximately 140 species worldwide (Kerzhner deposited in the Biological Laboratory, Hokkaido & Josifov 1999, Schuh 1995). The members of

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