New record of the lace bug species Acalypta marginata (Wolff) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae) from Japan

Jun Souma

doi:10.3897/BDJ.9.e62868

New record of the lace bug species Acalypta marginata (Wolff) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae) from Japan

Biodivers Data J. 2021 Feb 25:9:e62868. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e62868. eCollection 2021.

Author

Jun Souma^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Entomological Laboratory, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan Entomological Laboratory, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University Fukuoka Japan.
² Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Tokyo Japan.

Abstract

Background: The lace bug species Acalypta marginata (Wolff, 1804) has, to date, been widely known to occur in the Palaearctic Region, but has not been recorded from Japan.

New information: Acalypta marginata is recorded from Japan for the first time. Its habitat in Japan is the grassland of Hokkaido. A key to the species of Acalypta occurring in Japan is provided.

Keywords: Heteroptera; Tingidae; Acalypta marginata; Hokkaido; Japan; key to species; lace bug; new record.

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