Phytocoris pallidicollis Kerzhner, 1977

Oh, Minsuk, Yasunaga, Tomohide & Lee, Seunghwan, 2017, Taxonomic review of Phytocoris Fallén (Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae: Mirini) in Korea, with one new species, Zootaxa 4232 (2), pp. 197-215 : 211-212

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.2.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6029343
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scientific name	Phytocoris pallidicollis Kerzhner, 1977
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Phytocoris pallidicollis Kerzhner, 1977 View in CoL

( Figs 4 View FIGURE 4 F, 5, 6F, 8, 10, 11)

Phytocoris pallidicollis Kerzhner, 1977: 10 View in CoL (sp. nov.); Schuh, 1995: 897 (cat.); Kerzhner & Josifov, 1999: 158 (cat.); Yasunaga, 2001: 256 (diag.); Schuh, 2002–2014: (cat.); Yasunaga & Schwartz, 2015: 22 (diag., disc.).

Diagnosis. Recognized by its moderate size; entirely pale dorsum, with a small area of dark spots; propleuron pale, with a thin, brownish, horizontal stripe ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 F); left paramere with an obliquely protruding structure, right paramere widened horizontally; lobal sclerite elongate ( Fig. 11 View FIGURE 11 ). In Korea, this species can be confused with P. shabliovskii and P. longipennis , but is easily distinguished by the key (couplet 2) below; Male genitalia as in Figs. 8 View FIGURE 8 and 10 View FIGURE 10 ; female genitalia not examined. For more description and diagnostic characters, see Kerzhner (1977) and Yasunaga & Schwartz (2015).

Distribution. Europe, Japan, Korea, Far-East Russia.

Host plants. Alnus spp. ( Betulaceae ), Juglans spp. ( Juglandaceae ), Salix spp. ( Salicaceae ), Tilia spp. and Tilia japonica (Miq.) Simonk (Tiliaceae) ( Yasunaga & Schwartz, 2015).

Remarks. Yasunaga & Schwartz (2015) recorded this species from Korea based on their field notes. In this paper, we add detailed collection data below.

Material examined. South Korea, Gangwon –do: 1♂, Mt. Hambaeksan, Gohan –eup, Jeongseon –gun, 27.viii.2013, Y. Lee.

( P. goryeonus , P. intricatus , P. longipennis ). A, Bursa copulatrix (Before dissect posterior wall). B, Bursa copulatrix. B’, Sclerotized ring (from another specimen). C, Posterior wall.