Castanopsides kerzhneri Josifov, 1985

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 kerzhneri Josifov, 1985

Lygocoris (Arbolygus) kerzhneri Josifov 1985: 91 (sp. nov.); Schuh 1995: 798 (cat.).

Castanopsides kerzhneri Yasunaga 1998: 112 (diag., disc, comb. n.); Kerzhner and Josifov 1999: 81 (cat.); Yasunaga et al. 2001: 227 (diag.); Kwon et al. 2001: 123; Zheng et al. 2004: 220 (diag.); Yasunaga and Duwal 2008: 405 (list); Schuh 2014: (cat.).

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: M. S. Oh; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Castanopsideskerzhneri; 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: M. S. Oh; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Castanopsideskerzhneri; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Gangwon-do; locality: Inje-gun, Girin-myeon, Jindong-ri, Mt. Jumbong, 38°02'18"N, 128°28'18"E ; Identification: identifiedBy: Minsuk Oh; dateIdentified: 2016; Event: samplingProtocol: light trap; eventDate: 2015-07-15; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: SNU; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: R. K. Duwal; individualCount: 6; sex: 1 male, 5 females; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Castanopsideskerzhneri; 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 and S. H. Lee; individualCount: 4; sex: 1 male, 3 females; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Castanopsideskerzhneri; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Gyeonggi-do; locality: Uiwang-si, Mt. bara, 37°22'18"N, 127°01'22"E ; Identification: identifiedBy: Minsuk Oh; dateIdentified: 2016; Event: samplingProtocol: light trap; eventDate: 2016-06-03; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: SNU; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: R. K. Duwal; individualCount: 11; sex: 4 males, 7 females; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Castanopsideskerzhneri; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: Jeollanam-do; locality: Jangsung-gun, Bugeui-myeon, Mt. Bangjang ; Identification: identifiedBy: Minsuk Oh; dateIdentified: 2016; Event: samplingProtocol: light trap; eventDate: 2010-06-24; 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 red, apex darkened; metafemur unicolorously chestnut brown to dark brown; male genitalia as in Fig. 2 C, D and Fig. 3 C, D, female genitalia as in Fig. 4 D, E, F; spiculum elongated, slightly curved apically; sensory lobe of left paramere highly modified, with several thorn-like processes (Fig. 15); sclerotized ring elongated horizontally, adjacent to each other (Fig. 4 D, E). For detailed diagnostic character, figures and description, see Yasunaga (1998).

Measurements (♂/♀) Total body length 6.38-6.78/ 6.80-7.66; head width across eyes 1.14-1.19/ 1.23-1.26; vertex width 0.45-0.48/ 0.50-0.53; lengths of antennal segment I–IV 0.85-0.89, 2.24-2.40, 0.97-1.07, 0.48-0.58/ 0.84-0.94, 2.38-2.52, 0.96-1.08, 0.50-0.57; labial length 2.30-2.40/ 2.59-2.64; mesal pronotal length including collar 1.30-1.41/ 1.39-1.53; basal pronotal width 2.23-2.39/ 2.43-2.62; width across hemelytron 2.73-2.99/ 3.04-3.36; cuneal length 1.19-1.29/ 1.29-1.36; cuneal width 0.70-0.74/ 0.72-0.81; lengths of metafemur, tibia and tarsus 2.49-2.63, 3.56-3.66, 0.73-0.78/ 2.75-2.92, 3.76-3.98, 0.78-0.85.

Distribution

China (Sichuan) ( Zheng et al. 2004), Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima Is.), Far East Russia (Primirskij Prov.) ( Yasunaga 1998), Korea (South, Central) ( Kwon et al. 2001).

Notes

This species associated with Querqus species. Nymph and adult of this species appear at Quercus mongolica Fisch. ex Ledeb. 1850, Q. dentata Thunb. 1784 not S. Watson 1873 nor W. Bartram 1794, and Q. acutissima Carruth. 1862 ( Fagaceae ) ( Yasunaga 1998).