Research Associate, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, c/o Nameshi 2-33-2, Nagasaki 852-8061, Japan..
Zootaxa. 2021 Mar 11;4942(1):zootaxa.4942.1.1. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4942.1.1.
The Japanese fauna of the myrmecomorphic plant bug genus Pilophorus Hahn is updated and reclassified. Seventeen species are now recognized, including three herein described as new, P. hyotan, P. satoyamanus and P. setulosellus; and P. pullulus Poppius, 1914 which is reinstated as valid and recorded from Japan for the first time. The identity of P. okamotoi Miyamoto Lee, 1966, originally described from Korean Jeju Island and previously confused with P. satoyamanus n. sp., is reconfirmed and rediagnosed. Frequently misidentified species, P. erraticus Linnavuori, 1962 P. pseudoperplexus Josifov, 1987 and P. setulosus Horváth, 1905 as well as the little known taxon, P. choii, are rediagnosed. The distribution and diagnostic features of P. typicus (Distant, 1909) are presented in light of the recognition of P. hyotan n. sp. An updated checklist and a key to genera and species of the tribe Pilophorini are provided to aid in unequivocal identification of every Japanese pilophorine taxon. A new species of Pherolepis Kulik from Kyushu, P. hizenicus, is also described.
日本蚁形异翅目植物猎蝽属的分类学更新与修订。现共确认有 17 个种，其中 3 个为新种，即 P. hyotan、P. satoyamanus 和 P. setulosellus；P. pullulus Poppius，1914 作为有效种被重新确立，这是它在日本的首次记录。P. okamotoi Miyamoto Lee，1966 的身份得到了确认，它最初是在韩国济州岛描述的，以前与 P. satoyamanus n. sp. 混淆，现重新进行了描述和诊断。对经常被错误鉴定的种，P. erraticus Linnavuori，1962、P. pseudoperplexus Josifov，1987 和 P. setulosus Horváth，1905 以及鲜为人知的 P. choii 进行了重新诊断。根据对 P. hyotan n. sp. 的认识，提出了 P. typicus (Distant，1909) 的分布和鉴别特征。提供了更新的 Pilophorini 属和种清单及关键特征，以帮助明确鉴定每个日本 Pilophorini 分类单元。还描述了来自九州的一个新种 Pherolepis Kulik，即 P. hizenicus。
