Pherolepis Kulik 1968

Yasunaga, Tomohide, Duwal, Ram Keshari & Nakatani, Yukinobu, 2021, Reclassification of the plant bug genus Pilophorus in Japan and key to the genera and species of Japanese Pilophorini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae Phylinae), Zootaxa 4942 (1), pp. 1-40 : 3

Pherolepis Kulik 1968 (3 spp.)

P. fasciatus (Kerzhner, 1970) ( Fig. 6H )— Japan (Hokkaido), NE China, Russian Primorsky Territory— Ulmus spp. ( Ulmaceae ) ( Kerzhner, 1988; Yasunaga, 2001).

P. hizenicus n. sp. ( Fig. 4 D–F)— Japan (Kyushu: Tsukushi Plains)— Salix spp. (prob. S. pierotii Miq. , Salicaceae ).

P. kiritshenkoi (Kerzhner, 1970) — Japan (Honshu), NE China, Russian Primorsky Territory— Salix spp. ( Salicaceae ) ( Kerzhner, 1988; Yasunaga, 2001).

Figures

FIGURE 4. Life cycle and immature stages of Pilophorus hyotan n. sp. (A–H) and P. typicus (I–J), laboratory observations in Nagasaki, Japan. A. Mating pair (♂ left). B. Eggs (exposed opercula) oviposited into border part between stem and root of Artemisia sp. C. First instar nymph, just after hatching. D. Same, before molting to 2nd instar. E. Second instar nymphs. F. Third instar nymph. G. Fourth instar nymph with 5th (left). H. Fifth instar nymph with its exuvia. I. Fourth instar nymph. J. Fifth instar nymph (feeding on brine-shrimp eggs) [MTNR = metanotal ridge].

FIGURE 6. Habitus images of conifer-inhabiting Pilophorus spp. (A–C) and Pherolepis spp. (D–H), live adults and 5th instar nymph (G). A. Pilophorus miyamotoi ♂. B. P. validicornis ♀ (image courtesy of M. Nozawa). C. P. tagoi ♀ (courtesy of M. Nozawa). D. Pherolepis hizenicus n. sp., ♂. E. Same, lateral view. F. Same, ♀. G. Same, 5th instar nymph, ♂. H. Pherolepis fasciatus ♀.