Coleotichus (Epicoleotichus) borealis Distant 1899
Creators: name: Tsai, Jing-Fu
name: Rédei, Dávid
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Pentatomidae
Coleotichus
Coleotichus borealis

description: Coleotichus (Epicoleotichus) borealis Distant, 1899, distinct species
Figs. 1–8, 28–31
Coleotichus borealis Distant, 1899: 31. Syntypes (2 specimens, erroneously interpreted as holotype and paratype by Cassis & Vanags 2006: 315): “ Formosa ” [= Taiwan], “Lak-ku-li” [= “Rokkiri” (old Japanese transliteration)] [= Liukuei]; BMNH.
Coleotichus excellens (non Walker, 1867): Cassis & Vanags 2006: 315, partim. Misidentification.
References. Schouteden 1904a: 6 (catalogue, distribution); Schouteden 1905: 320 (in key), 334 (redescription, diagnostic characters, figures); Bergroth 1908: 139 (catalogue); Kirkaldy 1909: 313 (catalogue, distribution); Matsumura 1913: 111 (redescription, habitus); Esaki 1926: 143 (records); Matsumura 1930: 105 (redescription, habitus); Taeuber 1930: 225, 233 (distribution); Matsumura 1931: 1181 (redescription, habitus); Esaki 1932: 1561 (redescription, habitus); Shiraki 1934: 34 (host plant, economic importance); Hoffmann 1935a: 38 (catalogue, distribution); Black 1968: 573 (records, distribution); Göllner- Scheiding 2006: 190 (catalogue, distribution); Cassis & Vanags 2006: 314 (synonymy).
Specimens examined. TAIWAN. Taichung County: “Koroton” [= Fengyuan], [1]907, leg. H. Sauter (1 Ψ, HNHM). Nantou County: “ChipChip” [= Chichi], II. 1909, leg. H. Sauter (2 ɗɗ, HNHM); “Polisha” [= Puli], XII. [1]908, leg. H. Sauter (1 ɗ, HNHM). Hualien County: “Karenko” [= Hualien], 20. VII–4. VIII. [19]19, leg. T. Okuni, J. Sonan, K. Miyake & M. Yoshino (1Ψ, NTU). Chiayi County: “Kagi” [= Chiayi], [1]907, leg. H. Sauter (2 ΨΨ, HNHM [Figs. 30, 31]); same locality, 6. V. 1924, leg. M. Kato (1 ɗ, TARI); “Taihorinsho” [= Dalin], VIII. 1909, leg. H. Sauter (1 ɗ, HNHM). Tainan City: Anping, X. 1909, leg. H. Sauter (1 ɗ, HNHM); Tainan, II. [1]909, leg. H. Sauter (1 Ψ, HNHM). Kaohsiung County: “Kosempo” [= Chiasien], XI. [1]908, leg. H. Sauter (2 ΨΨ, HNHM). Pingtung County: “Koshun” [= Hengchun], III. [1]909, leg. H. Sauter (1 Ψ, HNHM); “Heito” [= Pingtung], 7. X. 1937, collector unknown (1 Ψ, NMNS); same locality, 16. IX. 1939, collector unknown (1 Ψ, NMNS); same locality, 26. VII. 1940, collector unknown (1 ɗ, NMNS); Sichongxi, 8. VII. 1978, leg. K.S. Chang (1 ɗ [Figs. 1–8], NCHU); Hengchun Township, Sheding, 10. VIII. 2004, leg. G.S. Xu (1 ɗ, NPUST); Sheding Sika Deer Restoration Area, 27. III. 2010, canopy sweeping, leg. L.C. Shih (1 Ψ, NCHU).
Discussion. See below under C. excellens.
FIGURES 1–8. Coleotichus borealis Distant, 1899, male genitalia. 1, pygophore, dorsal view; 2–4, right paramere, three different aspects; 5, phallus, fully inflated, lateral view; 6, same, incompletely inflated, ventral view (CP-II omitted); 7, same, fully inflated, ventral view (apical halves of CP-II1 omitted); 8, apical halves of CP-II1, ventral view. Scales in mm. Lettering: aed: aedeagus sensu stricto; CP-II1 and CP-II2: branches of lateral conjunctival process; CP-III: ventrolateral conjunctival process; mp: median process of cuplike sclerite.
description: Published as part of Tsai, Jing-Fu & Rédei, Dávid, 2010, Taxonomical notes on Oriental and Pacific jewel bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Scutelleridae), pp. 25-47 in Zootaxa 2572 on pages 26-27, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.197410