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Issue: Vol. 3 No. 1: 30 Jan. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-01-30
DOI: 10.11646/jihs.3.1.3
Page range: 104-118
Abstract views: 197
PDF downloaded: 4

Taxonomic Review of the Japanese Conifer-Inhabiting Plant Bug Genus Pinalitus Kelton, with Description of a New Species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae)

Nagasaki West High School, SSH Biology, Takenokubo 12-9, Nagasaki 852-8014, Japan
Laboratory of Insect Biosystematics, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
Local fauna Japan proper classification morphology SEM documentation

Abstract

The Japanese fauna of conifer-inhabiting plant bug genus Pinalitus Kelton is reviewed, with description of Pinalitus reoi new species. This new species, presumed to be most closely related to P. rubeolus (Kulik), was recently found on Pinus parviflora in the mountain zone of Oita Prefecture, Kyushu. A species previously recorded as P. rubeolus from Japan is now considered to be a misidentification of P. rubricatus (Fallén). A revised key to Japanese species is provided.

 

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