Pamphilius maximus Shinohara, 1995

(Figs 102, 103) (https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.11405256)

Pamphilius maximus Shinohara, 1995: 59; Shinohara, 2002b: 426; Shinohara, 2004: 263; Shinohara & Lelej, 2007: 935; Sundukov, 2009: 213; Taeger et al., 2010: 88; Sundukov & Lelej, 2012: 109; Sundukov, 2017: 105; Lee et al., 2019: 10.

Material examined. Thirteen specimens, including the type series, all from the Russian Far East and Korea (Shinohara 1995; present work). New collection data: SOUTH KOREA: Gangwon-do: 1♂, Mirugam (Bukdaesa), 1300m, Odaesan Mts., 29. V . 1998, A. Shinohara (NSMT); 11♂ (Fig. 103), same locality, 31. V. –4. VI . 2002, A. Shinohara (NSMT).

Distribution. Russia (Primorskij Kraj), South Korea (Shinohara 1995).

Host plant. Unknown.

Remarks. This is a large and light-colored species, so far known only from Primorskij Kraj and Korea. No molecular data are available. Shinohara (2002b) placed it in his P. brevicornis subgroup of P. histrio group.

Lee et al. (2019) gave Populus sp. as a host of this species without showing source of information. This record may have been based on Shinohara’s (1995) statement, “the holotype female was found crawling on a leaf of Populus sp. (probably P. davidiana), which may be the host plant.” Obviously, this statement was not a host record and the host is still unknown.