Castanopsides potanini (Reuter, 1904)

Oh, Min Suk & Lee, Seunghwan, 2017, New record of Castanopsidesfalkovitshi Kerzhner from Korea (Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae: Mirini), Biodiversity Data Journal 5, pp. 12982-12982 : 12982

Castanopsides potanini (Reuter, 1904)

Lygus potanini Reuter 1906: 26 (sp. nov.)

Castanopsides potanini Calocoris amurensis Lindberg 1934: 17 (sp. nov., syn. by Kerzhner 1979: 25)

Castanopsides potanini Lygocoris (Arbolygus) potanini Kerzhner 1978: 39 (syn., list); Lee and Kwon 1991 (list): 29; Josifov 1992: 119 (list); Schuh 1995: 802 (cat.).

Castanopsides potanini Yasunaga 1998: 110 (diag., disc, comb. n.); Kerzhner and Josifov 1999: 81 (cat.); Yasunaga et al. 2001: 227 (diag.); Kwon et al. 2001: 123 (cat.); Zheng et al. 2004: 222 (diag.); Yasunaga and Duwal 2008: 405 (cat.); Schuh 2014: (cat.).

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: M. S. Oh; individualCount: 3; sex: 2 males, 1 female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Castanopsidespotanini; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Gangwon-do; locality: Inje-gun, Buk-myeon, Mt. Maebong, Yongdae NRC, 38°14'17"N, 128°20'35"E ; Identification: identifiedBy: Minsuk Oh; dateIdentified: 2016; Event: samplingProtocol: light trap; eventDate: 2015-06-18; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: SNU; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: R. K. Duwal; individualCount: 2; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Castanopsidespotanini; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Gangwon-do; locality: Inje-gun, Girin-myeon, Bangdong-ri, Mt. Bangtae NRC ; Identification: identifiedBy: Minsuk Oh; dateIdentified: 2016; Event: samplingProtocol: light trap; eventDate: 2013-06-20; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: SNU; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: M. S. Oh; individualCount: 4; sex: 1 male, 3 females; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Castanopsidespotanini; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Gangwon-do; locality: Yeongwol-gun, Sangdong-eup, Hambaeksan-ro, Jangsan condo, 37°08'24"N, 128°52'57"E ; Identification: identifiedBy: Minsuk Oh; dateIdentified: 2016; Event: samplingProtocol: light trap; eventDate: 2015-07-02; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: SNU; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: R. K. Duwal; individualCount: 4; sex: 3 males, 1 female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Castanopsidespotanini; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Gyeonggi-do; locality: Gwangju-si, Docheok-myeon, Sanglim-ri, Mt. Taehwa ; Identification: identifiedBy: Minsuk Oh; dateIdentified: 2016; Event: samplingProtocol: light trap; eventDate: 2013-06-15; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: SNU; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: M. S. Oh; individualCount: 1; sex: 1 female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Castanopsidespotanini; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Jeju-do; locality: Seogwipo-si, Donnaeko-ro, Donnaeko ; Identification: identifiedBy: Minsuk Oh; dateIdentified: 2016; Event: samplingProtocol: light trap; eventDate: 2015-07-10; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: SNU; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Diagnosis

Recognized by its moderate to large size; dorsum entirely pale reddish brown, covered with sericeous setae; pronotum punctate, pair of dark spot near calli; cuneus pale, apex darkened; basal half of metafemur pale, distal half reddish. Male genitalia as in Fig. 2 E, F and Fig. 3 E, F, female genitalia as in Fig. 4 G, H, I; spiculum elongated and largely curved; sensory lobe of left paramere rather tumid; sclerotized ring ovate, elongated horizontally (Fig. 4 G, H). For more diagnostic character, figures and description, see Yasunaga (1998).

Measurements (♂/♀)

Total body length 6.96-7.34/ 7.42-7.92; head width across eyes 1.15-1.20/ 1.19-1.27; vertex width 0.42-0.45/ 0.45-0.50; lengths of antennal segment I–IV 0.85-0.89, 2.80-2.96, 1.19-1.36, 0.56-0.60/ 0.86-0.93, 2.78-2.91, 1.30-1.41, 0.51-0.59; labial length 2.47-2.62/ 2.65-2.74; mesal pronotal length including collar 1.26-1.38/ 1.40-1.55; basal pronotal width 2.17-2.36/ 2.34-2.57; width across hemelytron 2.56-2.89/ 2.93-3.23; cuneal length 1.32-1.46/ 1.38-1.50; cuneal width 0.75-0.79/ 0.72-0.87; lengths of metafemur, tibia and tarsus 2.91-3.04, 3.98-4.22, 0.81-0.88/ 2.93-3.30, 3.99-4.55, 0.81-0.90.

Distribution

China (Hebei, Hubei, Liaoning, Ningxia, Sichuan) ( Zheng et al. 2004), Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Rishiri Is., Rebun Is., Yagishiri Is.), Far East Russia (Khabarovskij, Amur and Primorskij Provs., Sakhalin) ( Yasunaga 1998), Korea (South, Central, North) ( Kwon et al. 2001).

Notes

Host plants are Quercus dentata , Q. mongolica ( Fagaceae ) ( Kerzhner 1988) and Acer spp. ( Aseraceae ), Salix spp. ( Salicaceae ), Sorbus commixta ( Rosaceae ) ( Yasunaga 1998).