Erthesina fullo ( Thunberg, 1783 )

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 : 90

Erthesina fullo ( Thunberg, 1783)

Distribution. Widely known from the Oriental region, and introduced to various localities. In East Asia: China, Japan, Taiwan (for details, see Kment et al. 2023: 213).

Discussion. Kment et al. (2023) noted two historical specimens (1 ♂, 1 ♀) collected in 1886 and labeled ‘ Korea,’ deposited in the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna. There is a possibility that this species may be distributed in Korea, considering its widespread distribution in China and Japan ( Kment et al. 2023). However, no natural specimens have been observed to date ( Kwon et al. 2001, Roca-Cusachs & Jung 2020) except for interception during quarantine measures on foreign vessels (single detection from vessel from China on 30.viii.2019) ( Kang et al. 2021). There are multiple cases in Korean insects in which a historical specimen was mislabeled then deposited in foreign collections, especially before the 20 th century (e.g. Hygia obscura ( Dallas, 1852) , described from two specimens from Java and ‘Corea’: the Korean specimen is regarded mislabeled. see Kerzhner & Brailovsky 2003). Therefore, we regard specimens of E. fullo from Korea as of having doubtful collection label, and E. fullo is preliminarily excluded from the Korean fauna.