Pilophorus

Yasunaga, Tomohide & Duwal, Ram Keshari, 2016, Three new species of the ant-mimetic plant bug genus Pilophorus from Japan (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae: Pilophorini), Zootaxa 4117 (2), pp. 172-182 : 173

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.2.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:24FDEE28-549D-473B-8742-A2E7B9CFBE7E
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6053570
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scientific name	Pilophorus
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Checklist of Pilophorus View in CoL in Japan

Genus Pilophorus Hahn, 1826

P. erraticus Linnavuori, 1962 — Distribution: Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Korea, Russian Primorsky Territory.— Hosts: Alnus spp. ( Betulaceae ), Salix spp. ( Salicaceae ).

P. lucidus Linnavuori, 1962 — Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima Island); Korea, Russian Primorsky Territory.—deciduous Quercus spp. ( Fagaceae ).

P. m a e h ar a i Yasunaga & Duwal, n. sp. — Japan (Honshu: Tochigi Pref.).—Unknown.

P. miyamotoi Linnavuori, 1961 — Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Izu Islands, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima Island); Korea, Russian Primorsky Territory.— Pinus densiflora Sieb. & Zucc. P. koraiensis Sieb & Zucc. (Pinaceae) .

P. nakatanii Yasunaga & Duwal , n. sp. [= P. formosanus Poppius, 1914 in Yasunaga (2001) View in CoL , misidentification]— Japan (Ryukyus: Okinawa, Ishigaki & Iriomote Islands).— Pinus luchuensis Mayr (Pinaceae) View in CoL .

P. niger Poppius, 1914 — Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); China, Korea, Mongolia, Russian Primorsky Territory.—Unknown.

P. okamotoi Miyamoto, 1966 — Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima Island); Korea incl. Jeju Island, Russian Primorsky Territory.— Artemisia View in CoL spp. ( Asteraceae View in CoL ) but sometimes found on various herbs or shrubs.

P. pseudoperplexus Josifov, 1987 — Japan (need verification); Korea, Russian Primorsky Territory.—Found from deciduous trees of the Fagaceae View in CoL , Oleaceae View in CoL and Rutaceae View in CoL (in Korea and Russia).

P. setulosus Horváth, 1905 — Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Izu Islands, Shikoku, Kyushu: a record from Ogasawara Islands need verification); Korean Peninsula, Russia (Sakhalin).—Various deciduous broadleaved trees, herbs and shrubs; immature forms found from Alnus View in CoL spp., Salix spp. and Ulmus View in CoL spp.).

P. tagoi Yasunaga & Duwal , n. sp. — Japan (Honshu: Kanto area). — Cryptomeria japonica (Thunb. ex L.f.) D. Don. ( Cupressaceae View in CoL ).

P. t y p i c u s (Distant, 1909)— Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima Island, Ryukyus); Cambodia, SE China incl. Hong Kong & Macau, India, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Irian Jaya), S Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines (Luzon, Mindanao, Palawan), Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Taiwan.—Associated with various angiosperms, including some vegetables (cucumber, eggplant, pimento, etc., even in greenhouses); immature forms found from Acanthaceae View in CoL , Asteraceae View in CoL , Ericaceae View in CoL , Euphorbiaceae View in CoL , Fabaceae View in CoL , Solanaceae View in CoL , Urticaceae View in CoL , etc.; often observed to prey on thrips, whiteflies and spider mites ( Ito et al., 2011).

P. varidicornis Kerzhner, 1977 — Japan (Hokkaido incl. Kunashiri Island); Russia (Sakhalin).— Picea View in CoL spp. ( Pinaceae View in CoL ); sometimes abundant on introduced European spruces for landscaping and expanding the habitat to urbanized and suburbanized zones.