This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Yasunaga, Tomohide, Yamada, Kazutaka, Tsai, Jing-Fu (2017): Taxonomic review of the plant bug subfamily Isometopinae for Taiwan and Japanese Southwest Islands, with descriptions of new taxa (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Isometopinae). Zootaxa 4365 (4): 421-439, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4365.4.3

Abstract

The fauna of plant bug subfamily Isometopinae in Taiwan and Japanese Southwest (Nansei) Islands is reviewed. Twentyfive species are recognized, including two new species of Myiomma Puton, M. austroccidens sp. nov. and M. kentingense sp. nov., which are herein diagnosed and described. In addition, Isometopus yehi Lin, 2004 is synonymized with I. bipunctatus Lin; Isometopidea yangi Lin is transferred to Kohnometopus; and a substitute name, Alcecoris linyangorum, is proposed for A. formosanus (Lin & Yang) (= a junior secondary homonym of Alcecoris formosanus Lin). An annotated checklist, with updated distributional record and biological information, is provided for all treated taxa. A new tribe Sophianini is proposed for two genera, Alcecoris and Sophianus, characterized principally by the conspicuously modified antennal structures. An additional new species, Alcecoris cochlearatus sp. nov., found during examination of related Oriental specimens, is described from the Malay Peninsula.

Key words. Insecta, Taiwan, Japan, taxonomy, new tribe, synonymy, distribution

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/a160aa62-40a2-4492-8590-1254f66880b6
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/9656FF90FF92871EFF85FFA9FFAAFFFC
Citation: Yasunaga T, Yamada K, Tsai J, plazi (2017). Taxonomic review of the plant bug subfamily Isometopinae for Taiwan and Japanese Southwest Islands, with descriptions of new taxa (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Isometopinae). Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4365.4.3 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.