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Issue: Vol. 3926 No. 4: 9 Mar. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-03-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3926.4.8
Page range: 585–594
Abstract views: 21
PDF downloaded: 1

Additional descriptions of the plant bug genus Psallus from the Korean Peninsula (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae)

Insect Biosystematics Laboratory, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Science, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-921, Korea.
Insect Biosystematics Laboratory, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Science, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-921, Korea.
Hemiptera Heteroptera Miridae Psallus new species the Korean Peninsula

Abstract

Three new species of the plant bug genus, Psallus are recognized from the Korean Peninsula: Psallus (Calopsallus) injensis Duwal sp. nov., P. (Hylopsallus) taehwana Duwal sp. nov. and P. (Phylidea) yongdaeri Duwal sp. nov. These species are described with illustrations of male and female genitalic structures. A revised key to known species from the Korean Peninsula, including new species and biological notes are provided. The species, Psallus sanguinarius is observed in the South Korea for the first time.