Elasmostethus Fieber, 1860

Jung, Sunghoon, 2017, Review of the genus Elasmostethus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae) from the Korean Peninsula, Zootaxa 4320 (2), pp. 351-365 : 352

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4320.2.9

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:03F80D25-6622-40C5-9856-235E8A7Cd9Dc

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6042530

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4B2987F8-FFB7-A06F-FF6A-FD6BFD19F92F

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scientific name

Elasmostethus Fieber, 1860
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Genus Elasmostethus Fieber, 1860 View in CoL

Elasmostethus Fieber, 1860: 78, 1861: 328 View in CoL . Type species by subsequent designation ( Stål 1864: 54): Cimex dentatus De Geer, 1773 (= Cimex interstinctus Linnaeus, 1758 ).

Oxydalus Mulsant and Rey, 1866: 324 View in CoL . Type species by monotypy: Cimex dentatus De Geer, 1773 (= Cimex interstinctus Linnaeus, 1758 ). Synonymized by Stål (1868: 39).

Elasmatostethus Marshall, 1868: 281 . Unjustified emendation of Elasmostethus View in CoL .

Stictocarenus Stål, 1871: 638 View in CoL . Type species by monotypy: Cuspicona View in CoL ? taeniola Dallas, 1851 (= Rhynchocoris ligatus Erichson, 1841 ). Synonymized by Kumar (1974: 51).

Dichobothrium Breddin, 1903: 207 View in CoL . Type species by subsequent designation ( Kirkaldy 1909: XXXII): Dichobothrium sastragaloides Breddin, 1903 View in CoL . Synonymized by Kumar (1974: 51).

Ditaenius Bergroth, 1912: 361 View in CoL . Type species by original designation: Cimex emeritus Fabricius, 1775 . Synonymized by Kumar (1974: 51).

Elasmostethus: Kirkaldy (1909: XXXII, 177) View in CoL (type species, catalogue), Lee (1971: 222) (fauna of Korea), Kumar (1974: 42, 49) (in key, redescription, distribution), Hsiao & Liu (1977: 161) (fauna of China), Kwon et al. (2001: 374) (catalogue, Korea), Yamamoto (2003: 49) (redescription, fauna of Japan), Göllner-Scheiding (2006: 171) (catalogue, Palaearctic), Aukema et al. (2013: 431) (catalogue, distribution), Tsai et al. (2015: 4) (phylogenetic position).

Dichobothrium: Kirkaldy (1909: 174) View in CoL (catalogue), Lee (1971: 222) (fauna of Korea), Kwon et al. (2001: 373) (catalogue, Korea).

The genus Elasmostethus View in CoL is recognized by the combination of the following characters: body ovoid; ground colour of dorsum green (frequently faded to yellow in preserved specimens), usually with red markings, with dense and dark punctation; mandibular plates not exceeding apex of clypeus; antennae 5-segmented, with distipedicellite 1– 1.5 times as long as basipedicellite; labium not exceeding hind coxae; lateral margin of pronotum narrowly explanate; humerus rounded or angulate, slightly surpassing costal margin of fore wing in rest, never produced into a long process; mesosternal carina surpassing fore coxae (sometimes even base of head) anteriorly and mid coxae (sometimes even hind coxae) posteriorly; metasternal scent gland peritreme occupying two-thirds to three-fourths the width of metapleuron; Pendergrast’s organs present on abdominal ventrites VI–VII of females; pygophore of male simple, without notable projections or processes laterally, but frequently with paired hair tufts; paramere simple, usually somewhat broadened distally.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Acanthosomatidae

Loc

Elasmostethus Fieber, 1860

Jung, Sunghoon 2017
2017
Loc

Elasmostethus: Kirkaldy (1909: XXXII, 177)

Aukema 2013: 431
Gollner-Scheiding 2006: 171
Yamamoto 2003: 49
Kwon 2001: 374
Hsiao 1977: 161
Lee 1971: 222
1971
Loc

Ditaenius

Kumar 1974: 51
Bergroth 1912: 361
1912
Loc

Dichobothrium:

Kwon 2001: 373
Lee 1971: 222
Kirkaldy 1909: 174
1909
Loc

Dichobothrium

Kumar 1974: 51
Breddin 1903: 207
1903
Loc

Stictocarenus Stål, 1871 : 638

Kumar 1974: 51
Stal 1871: 638
1871
Loc

Elasmatostethus

Marshall 1868: 281
1868
Loc

Oxydalus

Stal 1868: 39
Mulsant 1866: 324
1866
Loc

Elasmostethus

Stal 1864: 54
Fieber 1860: 78
1860
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