Temnostethus (Temnostethus) gracilis Horváth, 1907

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 : 76-78

Temnostethus (Temnostethus) gracilis Horváth, 1907

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Material examined. South Korea. Gyeonggi-do: 2 ♂, 5 ♀, Goyang-si, Ilsan Lake Park (37.660541, 126.760339), on the bark of Zelkova serrata (Thunb.) Makino , 13.v.2024, leg. Wonwoong Kim ( SCNU) .

Photographic record. South Korea. Gyeongsangnam-do: 1 ♂, Sancheong-gun, Jirisan National Park (35.337108, 127.730695), 20.vi.2022, photo by Wonwoong Kim.

Distribution. Widely distributed in the Palaearctic region (Péricart 1996). In East Asia: Korea (Gyeonggi-do, Gyeongsangnam-do) and Russia (Far East: South Primorsky) ( Kerzhner 1988b).

Comments. Three species of Temnostethus are known from East Asia: T. gracilis Horváth, 1907 , T. distans Kerzhner, 1973 and T. mirificus Yamada & Yasunaga, 2021 ; the Korean specimens key out to T. gracilis by having all tibiae light yellow ( Kerzhner 1988b; Yamada & Yasunaga 2021).

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].