Stethoconus takaii Nakatani & Yasunaga, 2018

Kim, Wonwoong, Oh, Minsuk, Kim, Wongun, Ahn, Soojeong & Cho, Geonho, 2025, Additions, corrections, and bibliographic issues on the Heteropteran fauna of Korea (Insecta: Hemiptera), Zootaxa 5636 (1), pp. 69-101 : 83

Stethoconus takaii Nakatani & Yasunaga, 2018

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Photographic record. South Korea. Jeju-do: 1 ♀, Seogwipo-si, 25.vi.2017, photo by WonGun Kim .

Distribution. Korea (Jeju Island), Japan (Honshu, Shikoku) ( Nakatani & Yasunaga 2018).

Comments. The Korean specimen keys out to S. takaii by following the key of Nakatani & Yasunaga (2018) as of having antennal segment II dark in basal and apical 1/3, dark scutellum without any markings, mesepimeron without pale portion, and unique shape of the scutellum (see Table 5).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Live habitus of Korean Heteroptera. A. Halovelia septentrionalis Esaki, 1926 (Veliidae); B. Physatocheila nigrintegerrima Souma, 2019 (Tingidae); C. Elatophilus (Elatophilus) nipponensis Hiura, 1966 (Anthocoridae); D. Temnostethus (Temnostethus) gracilis Horváth, 1907 (Anthocoridae); E. Yamatofulvius miyamotoi Yasunaga, 2000 (Miridae); F. Stethoconus takaii Nakatani & Yasunaga, 2018 (Miridae); G. Polytoxus fuscovittatus (Stål, 1860) (Reduviidae); H. Oncocephalus heissi Ishikawa, Cai & Tomokuni, 2006 (Reduviidae). [Photo credit. A, B, D: Wonwoong Kim; C, F, G: WonGun Kim; E: Hyunkyu Park; H: Sechae Kim].