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].