Advanced search
Publication Cover
Journal of Natural History Volume 51, 2017 - Issue 1-2
Submit an article Journal homepage
84
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Three noteworthy mirine plant bugs inhabiting subalpine zones of the Nepalese Himalayas (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae)

Tomohide YasunagaDivision of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USACorrespondence[email protected]
View further author information
&
Ram Keshari DuwalEntomological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, JapanView further author information
Pages 33-49 | Received 19 Apr 2016, Accepted 03 Oct 2016, Published online: 11 Nov 2016

References

  • Aukema B, Rabitsch W, Rieger CH. 2013. Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. Vol. 6. Amsterdam: The Netherlands Entomological Society; p. xxiv+629.
  • Kerzhner IM. 1988. Infraorder Cimicomorpha. 21. Family Miridae (Capsidae): pp. 778–857. In: Ler PA, Ed. Opredelitel’ nasekomykh Dal’nego Vostoka SSSR [Keys to the identification of insects of the Soviet Far East]. Vol. 2: homoptera and Heteroptera. Leningrad: Nauka; p. 872.
  • Kerzhner IM, Josifov M. 1999. Miridae Hahn, 1833. In: Aukema B, Rieger C (editors), Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palearctic Region, vol. 3, Cimicomorpha II. Amsterdam: The Netherlands Entomological Society; p.576
  • Miyamoto S, Hasegawa H. 1967. A new genus and species of Miridae from Japan (Hemiptera, Heteroptera). Kontyu, Tokyo. 35:68–72.
  • Schuh RT. 1995. Plant bugs of the world (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae): systematic catalog, distributions, host list, and bibliography. New York: Entomological Society; p. p.xii+1329.
  • Schuh RT. 2002–2014. On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae). [ cited 22 Aug 2016]. Available from: http://research.amnh.org/pbi/catalog/
  • Schwartz MD. 1990. Nepalocoris, a new genus of Stenodemini (Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae). Pan-Pac Entomol. 66:241–245.
  • Schwartz MD. 2008. Revision of the Stenodemini with a review of the included genera (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirini). Proc Entomol Soc Washington. 110:1111–1201.
  • Stonedahl GM. 1988. Revision of the mirine genus Phytocoris Fallén (Heteroptera: Miridae) for western North America. Bull Am Mus Nat Hist. 188:1–257.
  • Wheeler Jr. AG. 2001. Biology of the Plant Bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae), Pests, Predators, Opportunists. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
  • Yasunaga T. 1991. A revision of the plant bug genus Lygocoris Reuter from Japan, Part I (Heteroptera, Miridae, Lygus-complex). Jpn J Entomol. 59:435–448.
  • Yasunaga T. 2001. Family Miridae Hahn, plant bugs. In: Yasunaga T, Takai M, Kawasawa T, editors. A field guide to Japanese Bugs II – Terrestrial Heteropterans. Tokyo: Zenkoku Noson Kyoiku Kyokai; p. 1–96, 111–351.
  • Yasunaga T, Duwal RK. 2006. First record of the plant bug subfamily Isometopinae (Heteroptera, Miridae) from Nepal, with description of a new genus and five new species. Biogeography 8:55–61.
  • Yasunaga T, Duwal RK. 2008. New species of the mirine plant bug genus Castanopsides Yasunaga and its assumed sister genus Mahania Poppius from Nepal, with a new synonymy of the genus Liocapsus Poppius (Heteroptera, Miridae, Mirinae). In: Grozeva S, Simov N, editors. Advances in Heteroptera Research. Festschrift in Honor of Michail Josifov. Sofia & Moscow: Pensoft Publishers; p. 403–417.
  • Yasunaga T, Duwal RK, Schwartz MD. 2012. First record and a new species of Neolygus Knight (Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae) from Nepal, with a checklist of Old World species of Neolygus. Zootaxa. 3413:44–54.
  • Yasunaga T, Schwartz MD. 2000. Restored status of the genus Chilocrates Horváth (Heteroptera: Miridae), with a review of the species and nomenclatural changes. J N Y Entomol Soc. 108:152−162.
  • Yasunaga T, Schwartz MD. 2007. Revision of the mirine plant bug genus Philostephanus Distant and allies Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae: Mirini). Tijdschr Entomol. 150:100−180.
  • Yasunaga T, Schwartz MD. 2015. Review of the mirine plant bug genus Phytocoris Fallén in Japan (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae), with descriptions of eight new species. Tijdschr Entomol. 158:21–47.
  • Yasunaga T, Vinokurov NN 1999. Review of the genus Lygocoris Reuter (Insecta, Heteroptera, Miridae) of Siberia (Yakutia), Russia, with problem on systematic position of Plesiocoris. In: Fukuda M, editor. Proceedings of the fourth symposium on the joint Siberian permafrost studies between Japan and Russia in 1995; p. 79−86.
  • Yoshida T. 2005. Himalayan Plants Illustrated. Tokyo: Yama-kei Publishers; p. 799.
  • Zheng LY, Lu N, Liu GQ, Xu B. 2004. Hemiptera. Miridae. Mirinae. Fauna Sinica. Insecta Vol. 33. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Beijing: Science Press; p. 797.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.