First record of the damsel bug genus Rhamphocoris Kirkaldy, 1901 (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Nabidae) from Japan

Jun Souma; Tadashi Ishikawa

doi:10.15560/18.2.331

Check List 18(2): 331-334, doi: 10.15560/18.2.331

First record of the damsel bug genus Rhamphocoris Kirkaldy, 1901 (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Nabidae) from Japan

Jun Souma^‡§, Tadashi Ishikawa^|

‡ Entomological Laboratory, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan§ Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan| Laboratory of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa, Japan

Corresponding author: Jun Souma ( kodokusignal@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Hélcio Gil-Santana

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Citation: Souma J, Ishikawa T (2022) First record of the damsel bug genus Rhamphocoris Kirkaldy, 1901 (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Nabidae) from Japan. Check List 18(2): 331-334. https://doi.org/10.15560/18.2.331

Abstract

The damsel bug genus Rhamphocoris Kirkaldy, 1901 (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Nabidae, Prostemmatinae, Phorticini) is widely distributed in the Australian, Palaearctic, and Oriental regions; however, no species has been recorded from Japan. To date, R. hasegawai (Ishihara, 1943) has been reported in China, Korea, and Taiwan. In the present study, Rhamphocoris and R. hasegawai are recorded from Japan for the first time, representing the easternmost record of the species.

Keywords

Amami-Oshima Island, East Asia, Palaearctic Region, Prostemmatinae, Phorticini, Ryukyu Islands