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Issue: Vol. 4137 No. 1: 8 Jul. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-07-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4137.1.11
Page range: 137–145
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Taxonomic review of the genus Isometopus (Hemiptera: Miridae: Isometopinae) from the Korean Peninsula, with description of a new species

Laboratory of Systematic Entomology, Department of Applied Biology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea
Laboratory of Systematic Entomology, Department of Applied Biology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea
Hemiptera Miridae Isometopinae Isometopus new species new record the Korean Peninsula

Abstract

The genus Isometopus is reviewed from the Korean Peninsula with a new species: I. jejuensis sp. nov. I. japonicus Hasegawa, 1946 is also reported from South Korea for the first time. Genital structures of male and female of I. japonicus are illustrated and described for the first time. Last instar of I. japonicas is also described. Biological notes such as host plants and morphological characters are provided with the photographs and illustrations. A key to the Korean Isometopus species is also provided.

 

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