Moissonia Reuter, 1894: 148

Duwal, Ram Keshari & Lee, Seunghwan, 2011, A new genus, three new species, and new records of plant bugs from Korea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae: Phylini), Zootaxa 3049, pp. 47-58 : 48

publication ID	1175-5326
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5282953
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scientific name	Moissonia Reuter, 1894: 148
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Moissonia Reuter, 1894: 148 View in CoL View at ENA (n. gen.)

Ellenia Reuter : Schuh, 1984: 366 (diag.)

Moissonia Reuter View in CoL : Schuh, 1995: 353 (cat.); Kerzhner and Josifov, 1999: 372 (cat.); Yasunaga, 1999: 195 (diag.); 2001: 166 (diag.); 2010: 75 (diag.); Duwal et al. 2010b: 26 (diag.).

Type species: Agalliastes punctatus Fieber, 1861 (monotypic).

Diagnosis. Generally recognized by small, oval, pale or green body; weakly concave head, sub hyaline to hyaline hemelytron; ventral longitudinal keel on male pygophore, and single apical process of endosoma furnished with a series of notches subtending secondary gonopore. For detailed descriptions see Schuh (1984 as Ellenia ).

Distribution. Japan, Korea (South), Morocco, Nepal.

Discussion. This study confirms three species exist in Korea, among which two are new to science and were collected together from inflorescences of Kalopanax septemlobus (Thunb. ex Murray) (Araliaceae) .

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
Family	Miridae