Pachygrontha similis Uhler, 1896

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 : 85

Pachygrontha similis Uhler, 1896

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Photographic record. South Korea. Jeollanam-do: 1 ♂, 24.v.2016, Hampyeong-gun, photo by Soojeong Ahn ; 1 ♀, Yeongam-gun, 23.v.2023, photo by Soojeong Ahn. Gyeongsangnam-do: 1 ♀, 11.vi.2016, Hamyang-gun, photo by Jihwan Park .

Distribution. Korea (Gyeongsangnam-do, Jeollanam-do), China (Hubei, Sichuan, Fujian, Guangxi) ( Zheng & Zou 1981), Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Izu Islands, Tsushima Island, Okinawa main Island) ( Ishikawa & Tomokuni 2012b).

Comments. This species can be distinguished from Pachygrontha antennata ( Uhler, 1860) , a common species widespread in South Korea ( Kwon et al. 2001), by having a characteristic black longitudinal stripe on the corium ( Yasunaga et al. 1993).

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FIGURE 2. Live habitus of Korean Heteroptera. A. Arocatus rufipes Stål, 1872 (Lygaeidae); B. Pachygrontha similis Uhler, 1896 (Pachygronthidae); C. Appolonius oblongus Tomokuni, 1995 (Rhyparochromidae); D. Caridops pseudadmistus Zheng, 1981 (Rhyparochromidae); E. Neolethaeus lewisi (Distant, 1883) (Rhyparochromidae); F. Geocoris (Geocoris) proteus Distant, 1883 (Geocoridae); G. Parachilocoris japonicus Lis, 1994 (Cydnidae); H. Dysdercus (Paradysdercus) evanescens Distant, 1902 (Pyrrhocoridae); [Photo credit. A, E, H: WonGun Kim; B: Soojeong Ahn; C, D, F, G: Wonwoong Kim].