A review of the Chinese species of the genus Picromerus Amyot and Serville, with description of a new species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae).

Six species of the genus Picromerus Amyot and Serville from China were reported, in which, Picromerus elevatus sp. nov. from Yunnan province, was described as new to science. Drawings and photographs of genital characters, photographs of imagoes in dorsal and ventral views, and some diagnostic characters were provided, together with a detailed key to the six species occurring in China. The type specimens were deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Nankai University, Tianjin,China, except noted.