Aridelus egregius (Schmiedeknecht, 1907)

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Helorimorpha egregia Schmiedeknecht, 1907: 523. [Type locality: Germany]

Aridelus egregia (Schmiedeknecht): Muesebeck 1936: 6; Shenefelt 1969: 12.

Aridelus nigricans Chao, 1974: 455. Syn. by Belokobylskij 2000: 366. [Type locality: China]

Aridelus destitutus Chou, 1987: 26. Syn. by Chen and van Achterberg 1997: 17. [Type locality: Taiwan]

Material.

Japan Honshû: 1♀, Tôkyô Pref., Chiyoda Ward, Imperial Palace, Fukiagegyoen, Kajuen, 14-21.X.2009, MsT. (NSMT) ; 1♀, Fukui Pref., Tsuruga City, Marsh of Nakaikemi, 19.IX-16.X. 2016, MsT., A. Noishiki leg. (OMNH) . Kyûshû: 2♀♀, Ôita Pref., Mt. Sobo, 1600-1750 m alt., 27.IX.1979, K. Maetô leg. (NARO) . Korea 1♂, Kyongsangpuk-do, Mt. Sudo, 1000 m alt., 13-14.VII.1971, K. Yamagishi leg. (MUNJ) . Taiwan 2♂♂, Nantou Country, Renai Township, 2.V.2015, S. Fujie leg. (TARI) .

Distribution.

Japan ( Honshû: Tôkyô and Fukui Prefectures; Kyûshû: Ôita Prefecture); Western Palaearctic region; China, Korea, Russian Far East, Taiwan (Yu et al. 2016; Lee at al. 2017). New to Japan.

Hosts.

No host records are available in Japan, while Pentatomidae ( Aelia, Dolycoris, Eurydema, Holcostethus, Palomena) (Dupuis 1952; Tobias 1986), Plataspidae ( Coptosoma) (Capek and Davidova-Vilimova 1978), and Scutelleridae ( Eurygaster) (Tobias 1986) are known host insects.