Acanthosoma firmatum ( Walker, 1868 )

Tsai, Jing-Fu & Rédei, Dávid, 2015, The genus Acanthosoma in Taiwan (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (2), pp. 625-664 : 643-644

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5303571
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5331611
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scientific name	Acanthosoma firmatum ( Walker, 1868 )
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Acanthosoma firmatum ( Walker, 1868) View in CoL

Cuspicona firmata Walker, 1868: 569 . Holotype: ♀, China; BMNH!

Acanthosoma giganteum Matsumura, 1913: 128 View in CoL . Holotype: ♀, Japan: Honshu, Kyoto; SEHU! Synonymized by TSAI & RÉDEI (2015b: 9).

Material examined. TAIWAN: NANTOU CO.: Meifeng, 15–16.ii.1990, leg. C.S. Lin, UV light trap, NMNS ENT 516-38 (1 ♀ NMNS), Meifeng, 30.viii.1992, leg. J.L. Sung (1 ♀ NTU), Howangshan, 10.ix.2000, leg. C.C. Lo, NMNS ENT 4463-258 (1 J NMNS), same data, NMNS ENT 4463-182 (1 ♀ NMNS). TAICHUNG CO.: Guquan, 15.xi.1992, leg. R.C. Wang (1 ♀ NTU), unknown locality, 4.vi.2000, leg. Y.C. Huang (1 J NCHU).

Bionomics. The species was recorded from the Japanese raisin tree, Hovenia dulcis Thunb. (Rhamnaceae) in Japan ( YAMAMOTO et al. 2009). Its host plants in Korea, China and Taiwan are unknown.

Distribution. The species occurs in Japan, Korea, China and Taiwan; the majority of the literature records from China are in need of confirmation because of previous confusion about the identity of this species in the Chinese literature ( TSAI & RÉDEI 2015a).

Remarks. The identity of this species was clarified by TSAI & RÉDEI (2015b), who described genitalia, and provided several illustrations, records, and a selected bibliography.