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Issue: Vol. 5632 No. 3: 8 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5632.3.6
Page range: 531-546
Abstract views: 117
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Three new species of the plant bug tribe Pilophorini from Japan (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae)

Nagasaki West High School; SSH Biology Section; Takenokubo 12-9; Nagasaki 852-8014; Japan
Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada; Science and Technology Branch; Canadian Nation Collection of Insects; Arachnids and Nematodes; K.W. Neatby Building; 960 Carling Avenue; Ottawa Ontario; K1A OC6 Canada
Hemiptera Hypseloecus Pilophorus new species Japan SEM documentation

Abstract

Three new species of the plant bug tribe Pilophorini, belonging to Hypseloecus Reuter, 1891 and Pilophorus Hahn, 1825 are described from Japan as new to science, based on recently accumulated specimens as well as field-based investigations. Hypseloecus fukutomii sp. nov. and H. tamaderai sp. nov. were confirmed to be associated with Loranthaceae mistletoes, Taxillus yadoriki and T. nigrans. Pilophorus reoi sp. nov., assumed to be a predator, was found from the shrub of a raspberry, Rubus sieboldii, on Amami-Oshima and Okino-Erabu Islands of the Ryukyus. Updated keys to the Japanese species of Hypseloecus and allied members of Pilophorus reoi sp. nov. are also provided.

 

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How to Cite

Yasunaga, T. & Duwal, R.K. (2025) Three new species of the plant bug tribe Pilophorini from Japan (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). Zootaxa, 5632 (3), 531–546. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5632.3.6