Check List 18(5): 1121-1125, doi: 10.15560/18.5.1121

First record of the stink bug genus Ochrophara Stål, 1871 (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Pentatomidae) from Japan

Jun Souma^‡§, Tadashi Ishikawa^|

‡ Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan§ Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan| Tokyo University of Agriculture, Atsugi, 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 stink bug genus Ochrophara Stål, 1871 (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Pentatomidae) from Japan. Check List 18(5): 1121-1125. https://doi.org/10.15560/18.5.1121

Abstract

The stink bug genus Ochrophara Stål, 1871 (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Pentatomidae, Pentatominae, Sephelini) is dis-tributed in the Oriental Region, including southern China; however, no species has been recorded in Japan. To date, O. chinensis Zheng & Liu, 1987 has only been reported in China. In the present study, Ochrophara and O. chinensis were recorded in Japan for the first time based on materials from Okinawa and Ishigaki islands of the Ryukyu Islands. Oki-nawa Island is the northernmost locality for this genus. The species was attracted to artificial light on Okinawa Island.

Keywords

East Asia, Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Island, Pentatominae, Ryukyu Islands, Sephelini