Caridops pseudadmistus Zheng, 1981

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 : 87

Caridops pseudadmistus Zheng, 1981

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Material examined. South Korea. Jeollanam-do: 2 ♀, Wando-gun, Yaksan-myeon, 19.vi.2021, leg. WonGun Kim ( SNU) .

Photographic record. South Korea. Gyeongsangnam-do: 1 imago, Hadong-gun, Mt. Jirisan , 24.v.2009, photo by Sangsu Kim. Jeollanam-do: 1 ♂, Wando Island , 31.vii.2024, photo by Jihwan Park.

Distribution. China (Hubei, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Yunnan) ( Zheng & Zou 1981), Korea (Gyeongsangnam-do, Jeollanam-do) ( Cho & Kwon 2017).

Comments. Cho & Kwon (2017) recorded this species from Korea based on 2 ♀ from Mt. Cheonhwangsan , Namwon-si, Jeollanam-do, and 1 ♀ from Mt. Hwaaksan , Miryang-si, Gyeongsangnam-do. We support the identification of Cho & Kwon (2017) and confirm this species from Korea.

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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].