Published September 5, 2025 | Version v1

Isometopus citri Ren 1987

  • 1. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
  • 2. Insect Biosystematics Laboratory, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul 151 - 921, Republic of Korea
  • 3. Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151 - 921, Republic of Korea

Description

Isometopus citri Ren, 1987

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Isometopus citri Ren, 1987: 398. Holotype: (♀), China: Xixiang, Shaanxi; NKUM.

Isometopus citri: Zheng 1995: 460 (list), Kerzhner and Josifov 1999: 3 (catalogue, distribution), Schuh, 2002 –2013 (web catalogue), Qi 2005: 511 (listed, distribution, host plant), Liu et al. 2022: 429 (redescription, distribution, host plant), Taszakowski et al. 2023: 185 (catalogue).

Material examined.

South Korea – Gyeonggi-do. • 2 ♀♀; Ilsan lake park, Goyang-si; 37°39.17'N, 126°45.85'E; 20. vi. 2024; W. Kim leg. (SNU, UMMZ) – Jeollanam-do. • 1 ♀; 124, Byekgye-ro, Okryong-myeon, Gwangyang-si; 10. vi. 2025; M. Oh leg. (SNU).

Distribution.

China (Fujian, Shaanxi, Yunnan) (Liu et al. 2022), South Korea (Gyeonggi-do, Jeollanam-do).

Note.

This is a new record for Korea. Two females were collected from the bark of Prunus × yedoensis planted for ornamental purposes, where they were found with I. amurensis and I. japonicus. Another female from Gwangyang was collected from the bark of Z. serrata.

Notes

Published as part of Kim, Wonwoong, Oh, Minsuk & Cho, Geonho, 2025, Taxonomic corrections, new records, and life history information on the jumping tree bugs (Hemiptera, Miridae, Isometopinae) of Korea, pp. 149-171 in ZooKeys 1251 on pages 149-171, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1251.156931

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
SNU , SNU, UMMZ
Event date
2024-06-20 , 2025-06-10
Verbatim event date
2024-06-20 , 2025-06-10
Scientific name authorship
Ren
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Miridae
Genus
Isometopus
Species
citri
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Isometopus citri Ren, 1987 sec. Kim, Oh & Cho, 2025

References

  • Ren SZ (1987) New species and a newly recorded genus of Isometopidae from China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 12: 398-403.
  • Kerzhner IM, Josifov M (1999) Miridae Hahn, 1833. In: Aukema B, Rieger C (Eds) Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 3. The Netherlands Entomological Society, Amsterdam, 576 pp.
  • Schuh RT (2002 - 2013) On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae). http://research.amnh.org/pbi/catalog/ [accessed 9 September 2024]
  • Qi B (2005) A taxonomic study of Isometopinae from China, including Myiomma qinlingensis sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae). Canadian Entomologist 137 (5): 509–515. https://doi.org/10.4039/n04-114
  • Liu G, Mu Y, Xu J, Liu L (2022) Fauna Sinica. Insecta Vol. 73. Hemiptera Miridae (III) Bryocorinae, Cylapinae, Deraeocorinae, Isometopinae and Psallopinae. Science Press, Beijing. 8 + 606 pp. [xvii plates] [in Chinese with English abstract]
  • Taszakowski A, Kim J, Bugaj-Nawrocka A, Jung S (2023) Thirty years of progress in research on jumping tree bugs and the World checklist of Isometopinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae). Zootaxa 5382 (1): 179–196. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5382.1.19
  • Hasegawa H (1946) Descriptions of two new species of Isometopidae from Japan (Hemiptera, Heteroptera). Mushi 17: 1-4.