Phytocoris longipennis Flor, 1861

Oh, Minsuk, Yasunaga, Tomohide & Lee, Seunghwan, 2017, Taxonomic review of Phytocoris Fallén (Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae: Mirini) in Korea, with one new species, Zootaxa 4232 (2), pp. 197-215 : 201-203

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Phytocoris longipennis Flor, 1861 View in CoL

( Figs. 1 View FIGURE 1 D, 3E–F, 4A, 5, 6C, 7, 9, 11, 12)

Phytocoris longipennis Flor, 1861: 593 View in CoL , 601 (sp. nov.); Schuh, 1995: 890 (cat.); Kerzhner & Josifov, 1999: 157 (cat.); Yasunaga, 2001: 255 (diag.); Zheng et al., 2004: 495 (diag.); Wheeler et al. 2006: 1000 (N.Am. record); Schuh, 2002– 2014: (cat.).

Diagnosis. Recognized by its moderate size; brown, somewhat mottled dorsum; longer and more slender appendages than other congeners; antennal segment I longer than mesal length of head and pronotal length; segment III longer than basal width of pronotum; ratio of hind tibia: pronotum over 3.5; male genitalia as in Figs. 7 View FIGURE 7 , 9 View FIGURE 9 , Female genitalia as in Fig. 12 View FIGURE 12 . For more diagnostic character, description and figures, see below papers ( Wagner & Weber, 1964, Kerzhner, 1988a, Zheng et al., 2004, Wheeler et al., 2006, Yasunaga & Schwartz, 2015).

Distribution. Europe, Korea, North America, Far-East Russia.

Host plants. Associated with various deciduous broadleaves; Acer spp. ( Aceraceae ), Alnus spp., Betula spp., Corylus spp. ( Betulaceae ), Fagus spp., Quercus spp. ( Fagaceae ), Fraxinus spp. ( Oleaceae ), Crataegus spp., Malus spp., Prunus spp., Sorbus spp. ( Rosaceae ), Platanus spp. ( Platanaceae ), Populus spp., Salix spp., ( Salicaceae ), Tilia spp. ( Tiliaceae ) ( Wheeler et al., 2006, Yasunaga & Schwartz, 2015).

Remarks. This species, as a rule, can be recognized by the concolorously pale or brown-colored pronotum. On the other hand, in Korean populations, some specimens have a generally fuscous pronotum ( Figs. 3 View FIGURE 3 E–F), and diverse color variation on the dorsum ( Figs. 3 View FIGURE 3 E–F, 4A).

Material examined. South Korea: Gangwon –do: 4♀, Mt. Jumbong, Jindong –ri, Girin –myun, Inje –gun, from light trap, 15.vii.2015, M. S. Oh ; 3♂, ditto, 11.vii.2016, M. S. Oh, S. H. Lee, J. Y. Choi, H. J. Ahn ; 5♂, Osaek –ri, Seo –myeon, Yangyang –gun, from light trap, 29.vi.2016, M. S. Oh, S. H. Lee.

(9: P. longipennis ; 10–11: P. minakatai ; 12–13: P. ohataensis ; 14: P. pallidicollis ; 15–16: P. shabliovskii ).

References

Flor, G. (1861) Die Rhynchoten Livlands in systematischer Folge Beschrieben. Band II. C. Schulz, Dorpat, 638 pp.

Kerzhner, I. M. (1988 a) [Infraorder Cimicomorpha. 21. Family Miridae (Capsidae)]. In: Ler, P. A. (Ed.), Opredelitel' nasekomykh Dal'nego Fostoka SSSR [Keys to the identification of insects of the Soviet Far East]. Fol. 2. Homoptera and Heteroptera. Nauka, Leningrad, pp. 778 - 857. [in Russian]

Kerzhner, I. M. & Josifov M. (1999) Cimicomorpha II, Miridae. In: Aukema, B. & Rieger, C. (Eds.), Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. Fol. 3. The Netherlands Entomological Society, Amsterdam, 577 pp.

Schuh, R. T. (1995) Plant Bugs of the World (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae). In: Systematic Catalog, Distributions, Host List and Bibliography. The New York Entomological Society, New York, NY, 1329 pp.

Wagner, E. & Weber, H. H. (1964) Heteropteres Miridae. In: Faune de France. Fol. 67. Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences, Paris, 592 pp.

Wheeler, A. G. Jr., Henry, T. J. & Hoebeke, E. R. (2006) Palearctic plant bugs (Hemiptera, Miridae) in Newfoundland, Canada: First North American records for Phytocoris longipennis Flor and Pilophorus cinnamopterus (Kirschbaum), new records of eight other species, and review of previously reported species. Denisia, 19, 997 - 1014.

Yasunaga, T. (2001) Family Miridae Hahn, plant bugs. In: Yasunaga, T., Takai, M. & Kawasawa, T. (Eds.), A Field Guide to Japanese Bugs II. Zenkoku Noson Kyoiku Kyokai Publ. Co. Ltd., Tokyo, pp. 1 - 96 + 111 - 351. [in Japanese]

Yasunaga, T. & Schwartz, M. D. (2015) Review of the mirine plant bug genus Phytocoris Fallen in Japan (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae), with descriptions of eight new species. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 158, 21 - 47.

Zheng, L. Y., Lu, N., Liu, G. & Xu, B. (2004) Hemiptera, Miridae, Mirinae. Fauna Sinica, Insecta. Fol. 33. Science Press, Beijing, 797 pp. [in Chinese, with English keys and descriptions of new taxa].

Figures

FIGURE 1. Korean Phytocoris species. A, P. goryeonus, male; B, P. intricatus, female; C, P. intricatus, male; D, P. longipennis, male; E, P. nowickyi, female; F, P. shabliovskii, male.

FIGURE 3. Dorsal and ventral habitus of Korean Phytocoris species (3 – 4: P. intricatus; 5 – 6: P. goryeonus; 7 – 8: P. longipennis).

FIGURE 7. Male genital structure (Endosoma) of Korean Phytocoris species (P. goryeonus, P. intricatus, P. longipennis).

FIGURE 9. Male genital structure (Parameres) of Korean Phytocoris species (P. goryeonus, P. intricatus, P. longipennis). – A, Left paramere. B, Right paramere