Asclepios apicalis (Esaki, 1924)

Le, Thi Phuong Linh, Tran, Anh Duc & Nguyen, Thi Anh Nguyet, 2024, Marine bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) from Vietnam, with description of a new species of Hermatobates (Hermatobatidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 64 (1), pp. 67-78 : 76

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.37520/aemnp.2024.006
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1554A224-51F6-4810-9A2E-4CA4EDCA11EE
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12519703
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Asclepios apicalis (Esaki, 1924)
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Material examined. VIETNAM: QUẢNG NINH: 8 JJ 7 ♀♀, Cô Tô Island, 20°59.516′N 107°46.437′E, 9.vii.2023, Nguyen T.A.N. leg., CT2301 ( ZVNU). HẢI PH ṐNG: 7 JJ 6 ♀♀, Cát Bà Island, Xuân Đám, 20°45.735′N 106°58.537′E, 30.vi.2023, Duong V.C. leg. ( ZVNU); 3JJ 3 ♀♀, Cát Bà Island, Gia Luận, 20°50.665′N 106°58.784′E, 2.vii.2023, Nguyen T.A.N.leg., CB 2305 ( ZVNU). For additional material examined see TRAN et al. (2023).

Distribution in Vietnam. Hải Phòng (first record), Quảng Ninh, Thái Bình, Nam Định, Quảng Nam ( TRAN et al. 2023). Previous records of A. apicalis from Vietnam by ZETTEL & CHEN (1996) and ANDERSEN & CHENG (2004) belong to Asclepios esakii Tran, Le & Nguyen, 2023 .

General distribution. Taiwan, Korea, Japan, China (Hainan, Hong Kong) ( ANDERSEN & CHENG 2004, as A. shiranui ).