Halovelia septentrionalis Esaki, 1926

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 : 86

Halovelia septentrionalis Esaki, 1926

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Photographic record. South Korea. Jeju-do: 3 ♂, 4 ♀, Jeju-si, Guja-eup (33.558871, 126.749428), 11.iv.2021, photo by Wonwoong Kim .

Distribution. Korea (Jeju Island) ( Cho & Kwon 2017), Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima Island, Nansei Islands) ( Nakajima et al. 2020), Taiwan ( Andersen 1989).

Comments. This species was first recorded from Korea by Cho & Kwon (2017) based on 4 ♂ and 21 ♀ from Pyoseon-myeon , Jeju Island. We support their identification and confirm the occurrence of this species from Korea .

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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].