This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Souma, Jun, Ishikawa, Tadashi (2021): A taxonomic review of the genus Physopelta (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Largidae) from Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, with a new record of Ph. parviceps from China. Zootaxa 4951 (3): 461-491, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4951.3.3

Abstract

In this paper, we revised the physopeltine genus Physopelta Amyot & Serville, 1843 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Largidae) from Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Five species were recognized and diagnosed, including two new species, Ph. (Neophysopelta) lutaspidata sp. nov. from northern and central Taiwan and Ph. (N.) fusciscutellata sp. nov. from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan and Taiwan, and three known species, Ph. (N.) gutta gutta (Burmeister, 1834), Ph. (N.) parviceps Blöte, 1931, and Ph. (N.) quadriguttata Bergroth, 1894. Physopelta (Neophysopelta) fusciscutellata sp. nov., was previously regarded as either of the two species, Ph. (N.) cincticollis Stål, 1863 and Ph. (N.) parviceps, for populations from Taiwan. Previous records of Ph. (N.) cincticollis from Japan proper and Korea, and Ph. (N.) slanbuschii (Fabricius, 1787) from the Ryukyu Islands were considered as misidentifications of Ph. parviceps. A key to facilitate the identification of the five species known in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan is provided. Additionally, Ph. (N.) parviceps is recorded from China (Guangdong Province and Zhejiang Province) for the first time.

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/b4b99917-e609-4b32-aba7-62bbddd1f0cf
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/C923D635025BFFE03202B97CFF80FFB9
Citation: Souma J, Ishikawa T, plazi (2021). A taxonomic review of the genus Physopelta (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Largidae) from Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, with a new record of Ph. parviceps from China. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4951.3.3 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.