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03990706B345FF949FEA3452B91F1D6E.text	03990706B345FF949FEA3452B91F1D6E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pilophorus	<div><p>Checklist of Pilophorus in Japan</p><p>Genus Pilophorus Hahn, 1826</p><p>P. erraticus Linnavuori, 1962 — Distribution: Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Korea, Russian Primorsky Territory.— Hosts: Alnus spp. ( Betulaceae), Salix spp. ( Salicaceae).</p><p>P. lucidus Linnavuori, 1962 — Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima Island); Korea, Russian Primorsky Territory.—deciduous Quercus spp. ( Fagaceae).</p><p>P. m a e h ar a i Yasunaga &amp; Duwal, n. sp. — Japan (Honshu: Tochigi Pref.).—Unknown.</p><p>P. miyamotoi Linnavuori, 1961 — Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Izu Islands, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima Island); Korea, Russian Primorsky Territory.— Pinus densiflora Sieb. &amp; Zucc. P. koraiensis Sieb &amp; Zucc. (Pinaceae) .</p><p>P. nakatanii Yasunaga &amp; Duwal, n. sp. [= P. formosanus Poppius, 1914 in Yasunaga (2001), misidentification]— Japan (Ryukyus: Okinawa, Ishigaki &amp; Iriomote Islands).— Pinus luchuensis Mayr (Pinaceae) .</p><p>P. niger Poppius, 1914 — Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); China, Korea, Mongolia, Russian Primorsky Territory.—Unknown.</p><p>P. okamotoi Miyamoto, 1966 — Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima Island); Korea incl. Jeju Island, Russian Primorsky Territory.— Artemisia spp. ( Asteraceae) but sometimes found on various herbs or shrubs.</p><p>P. pseudoperplexus Josifov, 1987 — Japan (need verification); Korea, Russian Primorsky Territory.—Found from deciduous trees of the Fagaceae, Oleaceae and Rutaceae (in Korea and Russia).</p><p>P. setulosus Horváth, 1905 — Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Izu Islands, Shikoku, Kyushu: a record from Ogasawara Islands need verification); Korean Peninsula, Russia (Sakhalin).—Various deciduous broadleaved trees, herbs and shrubs; immature forms found from Alnus spp., Salix spp. and Ulmus spp.).</p><p>P. tagoi Yasunaga &amp; Duwal, n. sp. — Japan (Honshu: Kanto area). — Cryptomeria japonica (Thunb. ex L.f.) D. Don. ( Cupressaceae).</p><p>P. t y p i c u s (Distant, 1909)— Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima Island, Ryukyus); Cambodia, SE China incl. Hong Kong &amp; Macau, India, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Irian Jaya), S Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines (Luzon, Mindanao, Palawan), Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Taiwan.—Associated with various angiosperms, including some vegetables (cucumber, eggplant, pimento, etc., even in greenhouses); immature forms found from Acanthaceae, Asteraceae, Ericaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Solanaceae, Urticaceae, etc.; often observed to prey on thrips, whiteflies and spider mites (Ito et al., 2011).</p><p>P. varidicornis Kerzhner, 1977 — Japan (Hokkaido incl. Kunashiri Island); Russia (Sakhalin).— Picea spp. ( Pinaceae); sometimes abundant on introduced European spruces for landscaping and expanding the habitat to urbanized and suburbanized zones.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03990706B345FF949FEA3452B91F1D6E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Yasunaga, Tomohide;Duwal, Ram Keshari	Yasunaga, Tomohide, Duwal, Ram Keshari (2016): Three new species of the ant-mimetic plant bug genus Pilophorus from Japan (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae: Pilophorini). Zootaxa 4117 (2): 172-182, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.2.2
03990706B345FF969FEA31AFBF2E1BC1.text	03990706B345FF969FEA31AFBF2E1BC1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pilophorus Hahn	<div><p>Genus Pilophorus Hahn</p><p>Diagnosis. Recognized by small to moderate size (2−4 mm in total length); usually antlike in overall appearance, elongate (rarely ovoid as in tagoi and miyamotoi discussed below) and always macropterous body form; partly aggregated scalelike setae on scutellum and metepimeron (see Schuh, 1984: 49); presence of anterior band of scalelike setae on corium (a posterior band variable, sometimes interrupted or scattered); often bowed metafemur; fleshy, apically convergent parempodia; usually splayed-out left paramere; ovoid to elongate-oval right paramere; and C- to J-shaped (rarely nearly straight) endosoma often bearing a median spine, flagellum or barb. See Schuh (1984, 1991), Schuh &amp; Schwartz (1988), Yasunaga &amp; Schuh (2013) and Yasunaga et al. (2014) for more detailed diagnostic characters.</p><p>Discussion. Pilophorus is composed of morphologically very diverse species. In SE Asia, some members are ‘strikingly’ antlike because of conspicuous modification of the pronotum (cf., P. pleiku (Schuh, 1984) and P. barbiger Yasunaga &amp; Schuh, 2013 from the Indochina) or the scutellum (cf., P. aurifasciatus Nakatani &amp; Komatsu, 2013 from Malaysia). Most members of Pilophorus are assumed to have strong relationships to certain ant species (Nakatani et al., 2013; Yasunaga &amp; Schuh, 2013), which presumably produced such myrmecomorphy. In Japan and temperate climate zones of Asia, no species as‘strikingly ant-mimetic’ as those from tropical and subtropical Asia has been discovered yet.</p><p>On the other hand, a new species, tagoi, uniquely has a rather ‘conventional’ mirid shape and does not reveal obvious myrmecomorphy as evidenced by its HCR (0.81−0.89). This new species is reminiscent of the eastern Palearctic genus Pherolepis Kulik and we at first wavered between Pilophorus and Pherolepis . Every member of Pherolepis (cf., Figs. 4 C −F, 5C) has the body larger, uniformly dark brown coloration, almost linear antennal segment II, less scalelike setae on the thoracic pleura and abdomen (Fig. 4 C, E), shiny hemelytron (with scalelike setae restricted or missing in some species), and shortened and broadened right paramere (not much longer than wide), in addition to being associated only with deciduous broadleaf trees unlike the conifers (Kerzhner, 1988; Yasunaga, 2001; Zhang &amp; Liu, 2009). In temperate and cold temperate climate zones in Japan, two pinaceous conifer inhabitants, Pilophorus miyamotoi Linnavuori and P. varidicornis Kerzhner (see above checklist), are known to have the wide head and ovoid, not much antlike body (HCR&gt; 0.85) (Fig. 5 A), as seen in Pherolepis . Nonetheless, both species have typical pattern of the scalelike setae (aggregated on the metepimeron). The scalelike setae in tagoi are uniformly distributed not only on the scutellum and hemelytron (Fig. 1 C, D) but also on the thoracic pleurites and abdomen (Fig. 4 A), similar to Hypseloecus Reuter (Fig. 4 G) and Druthmarus Distant (Fig. 5 E), and the Nearctic Alepidiella Poppius as well; two Old World pilophorine genera Aloea Linnavuori (Fig. 5 F) and Sthenaridea Reuter (Fig. 5 D) composed of monocot inhabiting members have the rather scattered and not aggregated scalelike setae on the pleura and abdomen. Although the scalelike setae are not aggregated on the thoracic pleura and abdomen, tagoi has the clavate antennal segment II and brown-matte hemelytron, which are not exhibited by any Pherolepis member but shared by Pilophorus miyamotoi and P. varidicornis .</p><p>Comparison with Pilophorus yunganensis Schuh which was described from Fujian (Fukien), China and also has an ovoid, non-antlike body like Pherolepis would merit careful consideration. This species is similar to P. tagoi sp. n. in the general shape and diffused scalelike setae on the widely dull, yellow-brown hemelytron, but is distinct in having the significantly larger body, partly shiny fuscous hemelytron and totally different shape of the male genitalia (Schuh, 1984). Currently, we conclude that P. t a go i is better to be placed in Pilophorus rather than Pherolepis, based on the following characters: Clavate antennal segment II; scalelike setae somewhat forming patches anterolaterally and apically on scutellum; wholly brown-matte, not shiny hemelytron, with appressed, scalelike setae weakly aggregated partly on corium and base of cuneus; and right paramere elongate, not significantly shortened. No species in Pherolepis nor any pilophorine genus discussed above is known to be associated with conifers, which may further support the placement of tagoi in Pilophorus .</p><p>The Japanese fauna of Pilophorus has been known by 10 members thus far; one of these (misidentified as P. formosanus Poppius) is now confirmed to represent an undescribed species (see below, P. nakatanii). The present work reveals at least 12 species occur in Japan. Of these, P. erraticus Josifov, P. l u c i d us Linnavuori, P. pseudoperplexus Josifov and P. setulosus Horváth, are associated with deciduous broad-leaved trees; P. miyamotoi Linnavuori, P. nakatanii sp. n., P. tagoi sp. n., and P. varidicornis Kerzhner are restricted to conifers; and P. okamotoi Miyamoto &amp; Lee and P. t y p i c us (Distant) are found from various herbs or shrubs. Although host associations of two Japanese species, P. niger Poppius and P. maeharai sp. n., remain unclear, a few adults of the former were observed to have preyed on a coccid on bark of Cinnamomum tenuifolium (Makino) Sugim. ex H.Hara (Lauraceae) (Yasunaga, 2001), and those of the latter was found moving quickly on bark of Prunus jamasakura Sieb. ex Koidz. (Rosaceae) .</p><p>Pilophorine host plant associations are presumed to be influenced by the presence of acceptable prey organisms (Schuh &amp; Schwartz, 1988). Some members, such as P. setulosus and P. typicus (Fig. 5 B), are found on a variety of plant taxa. We assume such species may be predominantly predaceous, as evidenced by a series of observations on P. typicus, now considered to be a potential candidate for biological control programs against economically important pests (Ito et al., 2009: 2011). However, the Japanese population of P. typicus is assumed to comprise two sibling species based on two genotypes detected by DNA sequence data; these different races currently cannot be determined morphologically (Ito et al., 2011). Therefore, a broader survey on characters, including closer examination of the genitalia, is required for this widespread pilophorine.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03990706B345FF969FEA31AFBF2E1BC1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Yasunaga, Tomohide;Duwal, Ram Keshari	Yasunaga, Tomohide, Duwal, Ram Keshari (2016): Three new species of the ant-mimetic plant bug genus Pilophorus from Japan (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae: Pilophorini). Zootaxa 4117 (2): 172-182, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.2.2
03990706B347FF969FEA37C1B8111CB3.text	03990706B347FF969FEA37C1B8111CB3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pilophorus maeharai Yasunaga & Duwal	<div><p>Pilophorus maeharai Yasunaga &amp; Duwal, n. sp.</p><p>(Figs. 1 E–G, 2, 3)</p><p>Diagnosis. Distinguished from any other congeners by a combination of the following characters: relatively tiny, antlike body; short labium; polished pronotum; alternately fragmented bands of scalelike setae on hemelytron; small parameres like as leucophoropterine; and shortened, weakly curved male endosoma, medially with a short, Lshaped flagellum.</p><p>Description. Body generally chestnut brown, tiny in overall appearance, weakly to moderately constricted (HCR = 0.81–0.85); dorsal surface with uniformly distributed, simple, semierect setae. Head shiny fuscous; head with eyes a little wider than height; vertex relatively wide. Antenna dark brown; segment I, basal half of II, and extreme bases of III and IV yellowish brown; segment II weakly clavate. Labium shiny chestnut brown, slightly exceeding apex of mesocoxa. Pronotum shiny black, polished; scutellum shiny fuscous, with scalelike setae aggregated on each corner; ostiolar peritreme dirty yellow. Hemelytron matte, with rather sparsely distributed, simple, semierect setae; corium with alternately fragmented bands of scalelike setae; posterior 1/3 of clavus and paracuneus each with a short band of slivery setae (Fig. 1 E); membrane smoky brown. Coxa and leg chestnut brown; apex of mesocoxa and whole metacoxa creamy white; metafemur weakly curved; all tarsi pale brown. Abdomen shiny fuscous. Male genitalia (Figs. 2–3): Genital segment small, trapezoidal; apex of phallotheca with a small, thumb-like projection. Left paramere generally small, not splayed-out, reminiscent of Leucophoropterini, with sensory lobe terminated laterally in a slender process. Endosoma simple in form, weakly curved, with a short, L-shaped median projection.</p><p>Measurements. ♂/♀: Total body length 2.2−2.3/ 2.4−2.7; length from apex of clypeus to cuneal fracture 1.94/ 1.86−1.90; width of head across eyes 0.72/ 0.68−0.74; head height 0.57/ 0.59−0.62; width of vertex 0.32/ 0.33−0.37; lengths of antennal segments I −IV 0.19, 0.95, 0.29, 0.29/ 0.16−0.19, 0.74−0.76, 0.28−0.32, 0.29−0.36; basal width of pronotum 0.97/ 0.86−0.95; minimum width across hemelytron 0.92/ 0.83−0.88; maximum width across hemelytron 1.13/ 1.02−1.05; and length of metafemur, tibia and tarsus 0.93, 1.51, 0.36/ 0.90−0.95, 1.40−1.46, 0.35−0.38.</p><p>Etymology. Named after Mr. Satoshi Maehara, who collected all available specimens of this new species.</p><p>Biology. Adults of this new species were found on bark of wild Sakura-cherry, Prunus jamasakura Sieb. ex Koidz. (Rosaceae) and observed to move agilely on the bark. Because of its unique habitat preference and agility, it is difficult to collect the specimens in good number (Maehara, pers. comm.). A univoltine life cycle is assumed for this pilophorine.</p><p>Holotype: ♂, JAPAN: Honshu: Tochigi Pref., Nikko, Hinata, 4 Aug 2009, S. Maehara (AMNH _PBI 00380411) (AMNH).</p><p>Paratypes. Honshu: Tochigi Pref., Nikko, Chugu City, 10 Aug 2013, S. Maehara, 1♀ (TYCN); Tochigi Pref., Nikko, Shobugahama, 5 Aug 2010, S. Maehara, 2♀(TYCN).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03990706B347FF969FEA37C1B8111CB3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Yasunaga, Tomohide;Duwal, Ram Keshari	Yasunaga, Tomohide, Duwal, Ram Keshari (2016): Three new species of the ant-mimetic plant bug genus Pilophorus from Japan (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae: Pilophorini). Zootaxa 4117 (2): 172-182, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.2.2
03990706B347FF929FEA310CBBAD1BC0.text	03990706B347FF929FEA310CBBAD1BC0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pilophorus nakatanii Yasunaga & Duwal	<div><p>Pilophorus nakatanii Yasunaga &amp; Duwal, n. sp.</p><p>(Figs. 1 A–B, 2, 3)</p><p>Pilophorus formosanus: Miyamoto &amp; Yasunaga, 1989: 163 (list); Yasunaga, 2001: 250, pl. 91 (diag.) [nec Poppius, 1914: 238].</p><p>Diagnosis. Recognized by its moderate size; fuscous brown basic coloration; less shining pronotum; very sparse scalelike setae on scutellum; chestnut brown, matt anterior 2/3 of hemelytron; two streaks of scalelike setae on corium (a band on anterior corium not continuing to clavus and the other posterior band confluent); and distinctive shape of endosoma. Most similar to P. niger Poppius, based on dorsal color (surface) and vestiture patterns; easily distinguished by apparently smaller size, chestnut anterior corium and clavus, and different form of endosoma.</p><p>Description. Body generally dark brown, rather small, weakly to moderately constricted (HCR = 0.82–0.88); dorsal surface weakly shining (except for polished posterior 1/3 of hemelytron), with sparsely distributed, simple, brown setae. Head shiny fuscous, triangular. Antenna dark brown, except for wholly creamy white segment III; segment II weakly clavate. Labium shiny reddish brown, reaching apex of metacoxa. Pronotum fuscous, weakly shining, narrow; mesoscutum shiny fuscous; scutellum fuscous, weakly shining, with very sparsely distributed scalelike setae; ostiolar peritreme grayish brown. Hemelytron nearly two-tone colored, with chestnut brown, matte anterior 2/3 and shiny fuscous, posterior 1/3, each demarcated by a confluent band of scalelike setae (Fig. 1 A); anterior 1/3 of corium with the other band of scalelike setae that is not continuous to clavus; cuneus with sparsely distributed, scalelike setae along anterior margin; membrane dark grayish brown. Coxa and leg dark brown; median part of procoxa, and apices of shagreened meso- and metacoxa brown; metafemur weakly curved; each tarsus yellowish brown, with darkened apex. Abdomen shiny fuscous; proximal 1/3 of ventral surface with a band of scalelike setae laterally. Male genitalia (Figs. 2, 3): Genital segment (pygophore) rather broad; phallotheca with sharpened apex. Left paramere with a moderate-sized dorsal protuberance. Endosoma C-shaped, medially with a long, straight, saber-like, basally bifurcate process.</p><p>Measurements. ♂/♀: Total body length 3.2−3.3/ 3.6; length from apex of clypeus to cuneal fracture 2.47−2.66/ 2.77; width of head across eyes 0.92−0.95/ 0.95; head height 0.75−0.76/ 0.80; width of vertex 0.42−0.44/ 0.48; lengths of antennal segments I −IV 0.32−0.35, 1.20−1.27, 0.39−0.40, 0.48−0.53/ 0.34, 1.33,?,?; basal width of pronotum 0.31; minimum width across hemelytron 1.14; maximum width across hemelytron 1.33;; and length of metafemur, tibia and tarsus 1.23−1.27, 1.89−1.91, 0.39−0.43/ 1.33, 2.09,? (antennal segments III and IV, and metatarsus missing in available female specimen).</p><p>Etymology. Named to honor Dr. Yukinobu Nakatani (National Institute of Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan), who is enthusiastically working on the Asian deraeocorine and pilophorine faunas.</p><p>Biology. Although two individuals of this new species were found on Okinawa-pine, Pinus luchuensis Mayr (Pinaceae), its breeding host is yet to be confirmed. Collection records suggest P. nakatanii has a bivoltine life cycle.</p><p>Holotype: ♂, JAPAN: Ryukyus: Iriomote Island, Uehara, light trap, 6 Jun 2013, T. Yasunaga, M. Takai &amp; T. Ishikawa (AMNH _PBI 00380410) (AMNH).</p><p>Paratypes. Ryukyus: Okinawa Island, Kunigami Village, Yona, on Pinus luchuensis Mayr, 20−24 May 1993, T. Yasunaga, 1♂ (TYCN); Ishigaki Island, Mt. Bansei (Maese), P. luchuensis, 30 Sep 2002, T. Yasunaga, 1♀ (TYCN).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03990706B347FF929FEA310CBBAD1BC0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Yasunaga, Tomohide;Duwal, Ram Keshari	Yasunaga, Tomohide, Duwal, Ram Keshari (2016): Three new species of the ant-mimetic plant bug genus Pilophorus from Japan (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae: Pilophorini). Zootaxa 4117 (2): 172-182, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.2.2
03990706B34CFF9D9FEA36A9BE091C1F.text	03990706B34CFF9D9FEA36A9BE091C1F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pilophorus tagoi Yasunaga & Duwal	<div><p>Pilophorus tagoi Yasunaga &amp; Duwal, n. sp.</p><p>(Figs. 1 C −D, 2, 3, 4A −B)</p><p>Diagnosis. Distinguished readily from congeners by its ovoid body (non-antlike) shape (Fig. 1 C −D); small size; simple, long, semierect setae on dorsum; broad head (Fig. 4 B); uniformly distributed, appressed scalelike setae on pleurites and abdomen (Fig. 4 A), and scattered scalelike setae on hemelytron. The ovoid body shape similar to those of P. yunganensis Schuh, 1984 from Fukien, China and P. linnavuorii Schuh, 1989 from Nigeria; easily distinguished by totally different dorsal coloration, and hemelytral and pleural vestiture pattern. The 4th and 5th instar nymphs are recognized by the ovoid shape and color patterns of the antenna and legs similar to those of the adult, shiny fuscous basic coloration, and reddish abdominal sterna. Habitus images of live individuals (both adults and nymphs) are available on a website, http://ujiharao.exblog.jp/i177/3/.</p><p>Description. Body generally castaneous, ovoid, weakly constricted (HCR 0.81−0.89); dorsal surface with uniformly distributed, simple, semierect setae and scattered, scalelike setae (Fig. 1 C −D). Head shiny fuscous, widened; eye small; vertex wide. Antenna yellowish brown, short; apical 1/2−2/3 of segment I, apical 1/3−1/2 of II, apical 2/3 of III and whole IV brown, partly tinged with red; segment II clavate, with apical part twice as thick as base; segments III and IV filiform. Labium shiny brown, exceeding apex of mesocoxa. Pronotum shiny black, polished, with uniformly distributed, simple, semierect setae; scutellum fuscous, somewhat shagreened, with scattered, scalelike setae which are aggregated anterolaterally and posteriorly; pleura with uniformly distributed, appressed scalelike setae (Fig. 4 A). Hemelytron almost totally matte, with scattered, scalelike setae and sparsely distributed, simple, semierect setae; cuneus narrow; membrane smoky brown, with narrow, pale, semitransparent part along inner margin of cuneus. Leg pale brown, partly tinged with red; apical part of each femur with dark rings; basal half of metatibia sometimes weakly darkened. Abdomen shiny fuscous, with uniformly distributed, appressed scalelike setae. Male genitalia (Figs. 2–3): Genital segment (pygophore) trapezoidal; apex of phallotheca slightly broadened. Left paramere splayed-out. Endosoma nearly C-shaped, with a triangularly elongated, medial process.</p><p>Measurements. ♂/♀: Total body length 2.2−2.4/ 2.6−2.7; length from apex of clypeus to cuneal fracture 1.86−2.02/ 2.05−2.09; width of head across eyes 0.83−0.86/ 0.79−0.84; head height 0.56−0.58/ 0.57−0.58; width of vertex 0.39−0.44/ 0.43−0.46; lengths of antennal segments I −IV 0.19−0.23, 0.67−0.75, 0.28−0.30, 0.30−0.38/ 0.20−0.21, 0.71−0.73, 0.29−0.30, 0.32−0.38; basal width of pronotum 1.04−1.08/ 1.01−1.07; minimum width across hemelytron 1.03−1.04/ 1.00−1.05; maximum width across hemelytron 1.16−1.24/ 1.23−1.26;; and length of metafemur, tibia and tarsus 0.93−0.99, 1.33−1.35, 0.33−0.36/ 0.97−1.05, 1.32−1.33, 0.36−0.38.</p><p>Etymology. Named for Mr. Toshihiro Tago who collected most known specimens of this new species.</p><p>Biology. This new species is now known to be associated only with a Japanese cedar, Cryptomeria japonica (Thunb. ex L.f.) D. Don. ( Cupressaceae: Taxodioideae), which is endemic to Japan. The immature forms often cooccur with those of Atractotomoidea castanea Yasunaga ( Phylinae: Nasocorini), but population density of the latter is usually higher (Tago, personal communication). Although the Japanese cedar is broadly used for forestry and landscaping in Japan, Pilophorus tagoi is currently restricted to Satoyama landscape (or traditional Japanese rural environments) in Kanto region of central Honshu. The adult is occasionally attracted to light.</p><p>Holotype: ♂, JAPAN: Honshu: Chiba Pref., Nagareyama City, Ichinotani, Cryptomeria japonica, 1 Aug 2006, T. Tago (AMNH _PBI 00380412) (AMNH).</p><p>Paratypes. Honshu: same data as holotype, 2♂ 5♀ (TYCN); Saitama Pref., Ogawa, Kasayama, light trap, 2 Aug 1997, M. Nozawa, 1♂ (TYCN); Tochigi Pref., Sano, Toyoshiro, 15 Jul 2006, S. Maehara, 1♀ (AMNH).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03990706B34CFF9D9FEA36A9BE091C1F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Yasunaga, Tomohide;Duwal, Ram Keshari	Yasunaga, Tomohide, Duwal, Ram Keshari (2016): Three new species of the ant-mimetic plant bug genus Pilophorus from Japan (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae: Pilophorini). Zootaxa 4117 (2): 172-182, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.2.2
