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Issue: Vol. 2 No. 3: 31 Jul. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-07-31
DOI: 10.11646/jihs.2.3.3
Page range: 150-175
Abstract views: 28
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Taxonomic Review of the Plant Bug Tribe Bryocorini in Japan, with Additional New Species of Monalocoris from Taiwan and Michailocoris from Ryukyu Islands (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae)

Research Associate, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York 10024, USA, c/o Nagasaki West High School, SSH Biology Section, Takenokubo 12-9, Nagasaki 852-8014, Japan
Regional fauna eastern Asia classification key SEM documentation

Abstract

Japanese fauna of the plant bug tribe Bryocorini is updated, with descriptions of three new species, Bryocoris ezomonticola new species, Cobalorrhynchus nihonicus new species, and Monalocoris siranui new species. In addition, the male of Monalocoris amamianus Yasunaga is described for the first time, and Monalocoris tsaiorum new species (from Nantou, Taiwan) and Michailocoris haregi new species (Bryocorinae: Eccritotarsini) are also described. A key is provided to facilitate identification of Japanese bryocorine taxa.

 

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