Parachilocoris japonicus Lis, 1994

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 : 79-80

Parachilocoris japonicus Lis, 1994

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Material examined. South Korea. Gyeonggi-do: 8 ♂, 9 ♀, Dongducheon, Pyeonghwa-ro, Mt. Soyosan , on excrement of Water Deer ( Hydropotes inermis ), 5.vi.2022, leg. Jinbae Seung ( SNU) . Gyeongsangnam-do: 1 ♂, Geoje-si, Jisimdo Island (34.817816, 128.748412), 12.iv.2024, leg. Wonwoong Kim ( SCNU) .

Photographic record. South Korea. Jeollanam-do: 1 imago, Wando-gun, Yeoseodo Island , 09.vi.2022, photo by Wonwoong Kim.

Distribution. Korea (Gyeonggi-do, Jeollanam-do, Gyeongsangnam-do), Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Nansei Islands) ( Imura & Ishikawa 2012).

Comments. In East Asia, there are two species in this genus: P. japonicus Lis, 1994 from various localities in Japan and P. semialbidus ( Walker, 1867) from mainland China, Taiwan, and Japan (Ishigaki, Iriomote Islands) ( Lis 1999; Imura & Ishikawa 2012). The Korean specimen is a good match with the original description of P. japonicus by Lis (1994).

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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].