Abstract
The species of the genus Elasmostethus Fieber, 1860 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae) occurring in the Korean Peninsula are reviewed. Six species are recognized; the occurrence of four previously recorded species, including E. brevis Lindberg, 1934, E. humeralis Jakovlev, 1883, E. interstinctus (Linnaeus, 1758), and E. nubilus (Dallas, 1851) is confirmed; two species, E. rotundus Yamamoto, 2003, and E. yunnanus Hsiao & Liu, 1977, are recorded for the first time from Korea. The record of E. kansuensis Hsiao & Liu, 1977, is based on misidentification of E. yunnanus, the former species is deleted from the Korean fauna. Photographs of habitus and genital segments of all the recognized Korean species are included, diagnoses and a key to the Korean species are provided.
References
Aukema, B., Rieger, Ch. & Rabitsch, W. (2013) Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region 6. Supplement. The Netherlands Entomological Society, Amsterdam, xxiii + 629 pp.
Bergroth, E. (1912) Additions to C. Stål’s “Hemiptera Fabriciana”. Entomologiske Meddelelser, Series 2, 4, 359–363.
Breddin, G. (1903) Missdeutete und neue Hemipteren-Arten der indo-australischen Fauna. Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 1903,195–223.
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.29867Dallas, W.S. (1851) List of the specimens of hemipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Taylor, London, 368 + XI pp.
Fieber, F.X. (1860–1861) Die europäischen Hemiptera, Halbflügler (Rhynchota Heteroptera). Gerold’s Sohn, Wien, 450 pp. [1860: i–vi, 1–112; 1861: 113–444]
Furukawa, H. (1930) Notes on Heteroptera from Korea. Japanese Journal of Entomology, 4 (1), 53–55. [in Japanese]
Göllner-Scheiding, U. (2006) Family Acanthosomatidae Signoret, 1864. In: Aukema, B. & Rieger, C. (Eds.), Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region 5. Pentatomorpha II. The Netherlands Entomological Society, Amsterdam, pp. 166–181.
Horváth, G. (1899) Hèmiptères de l’ile de Yesso (Japon). Természetrajzi Füzetek, 22, 365–374.
Horváth, G. (1907) Hemiptera nova vel minus cognita e regione palaearctica I. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 5, 289–323.
Hsiao, T.Y. & Liu, S.L. (1977) Family Acanthosomatidae. In: Hsiao, T.Y., Ren, S.Z., Zheng, L.Y., Jing, H.L. & Liu, S.L. (Eds.), A handbook for the determination of the Chinese Hemiptera-Heteroptera 1. Science Press, Beijing, pp. 159–180, 300–302, pls. 25–29. [in Chinese, English summary]
Jakovlev, V.E. (1883a) Neue Rhynchoten der Russischen Fauna. Revue Mensuelle d’Entomologie, 1, 14–16.
Jakovlev, V.E. (1883b) Contributions to the fauna of Heteroptera of Russia and the neighbouring countries. XII. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 58 (2), 423–437. [In Russian and German]
Josifov, M. & Kerzhner, I.M. (1978) Heteroptera aus Korea. II. Teil (Aradidae, Berytidae, Lygaeidae, Pyrrhocoridae, Rhopalidae, Alydidae, Coreidae, Urostylidae, Acanthosomatidae, Scutelleridae, Pentatomidae, Cydnidae, Plataspidae). Fragmenta Faunistica, 23, 137–196.
https://doi.org/10.3161/00159301FF1978.23.9.137Kirkaldy, G.W. (1909) Catalogue of the Hemiptera (Heteroptera) with biological and anatomical references, lists of foodplants and parasites, etc. Vol. I. Cimicidae. F. L. Dames, Berlin, xl + 392 pp.
Kumar, R. (1974) A revision of world Acanthosomatidae (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae): Keys to and descriptions of subfamilies, tribes and genera, with designation of types. Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series, 34, 1–60.
https://doi.org/10.1071/AJZS034Kwon, Y.J., Suh, S.J. & Kim, J.A. (2001) Hemiptera - Economic Insects of Korea 18. Insecta Koreana, 25 (Supplement), 1–513.
Lee, C.E. (1971) Heteroptera. In: Kim, C.H., Cho, P.S., Kee, K.W., Kim, C.W., Park, S.H. & Lee, T.J. (Eds.), Illustrated Encyclopedia of Fauna and Flora of Korea 12. Insecta IV. Samhwa Publishing Co., Seoul, pp. 104–448, 475–601, 1051–1059, pls. 1–30. [in Korean with English summary]
Lee, C.E., Miyamoto, S. & Kerzhner, I.M. (1994) Additions and corrections to the list of Korean Heteroptera. Nature and Life, 24 (1), 1–34.
Lindberg, H. (1934) Verzeichnis der von R. Malaise im Jahre 1930 bei Vladivostok gesammelten Heteropteren. Notulae Entomologicae, 14, 1–23.
Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Editio decima, reformata. Salvii, Holmiae, 824 pp.
Liu, S.L. (1979) Acanthosomatidae from West Hubei Province, China (Hemiptera). Entomotaxonomia, 1 (1), 55–59. [in Chinese, English summary]
Marshall, T.A. (1868) A few more words on bad spelling. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine, 4, 280–282.
Mulsant, E. & Rey, C. (1866) Histoire naturelle des punaises de France - Pentatomides. Savy & Deyrolle, Paris, 372 pp.
Stål, C. (1864) Hemiptera nonnulla nova vel minus cognita. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, Series 4, 4, 47–68.
Stål, C. (1868) Hemiptera Fabriciana: Fabricianska hemipterarter, efter de i Köpenhamn och Kiel förvarade typexemplaren granskade och beskrifne 1. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar, 7 (11), 1–148.
Stål, C. (1871) Hemiptera insularum Philippinarum - Bidrag till Philippinska öarnes Hemipter-fauna. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 27 (7), 607–776, pls. VII–IX. [1870]
Tsai, J.F., Kudo, S. & Yoshizawa, K. (2015) Maternal care in Acanthosomatinae (Insecta: Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae) – correlated evolution with morphological change. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 15 (258), 1–13.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-015-0537-4Tsai, J.F. & Rédei, D. (2015) The genus Acanthosoma in Taiwan (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 55 (2), 625–664.
Yamamoto, A. (2003) A revision of Japanese Elasmostethus Fieber (Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 146 (1), 49–66.
https://doi.org/10.1163/22119434-900000119