taxonID	type	description	language	source
C29C9773E4FA50FE84DE44933F08DFE6.taxon	description	Figs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6	en	Oh, Minsuk, Cho, Soojeong, Lee, Seunghwan (2025): First record of the Heterotoma planicornis (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae), an introduced species in the Korean Peninsula, with characterization of its complete mitochondrial genome. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 72 (2): 225-235, DOI: 10.3897/dez.72.152970
C29C9773E4FA50FE84DE44933F08DFE6.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished by the combination of the following characters: dorsum covered with brown, suberect setae and pale, reclining sericeous setae (Figs 1 A – E, 2 A, D); antennal segment blackish brown, segments I and II densely covered with fuscous, suberect setae; segment II thick and elongated, somewhat flattened (Figs 1 A – E, 2 A – F); segments III and IV short, thin, and linear, basally pale; hemelytra entirely dark brown; labium reaching mesocoxae; femora pale green, without dark or reddish tinge; tibiae yellowish green, subbasally tinged with green; tarsus yellowish green, widely darkened at segments I and III; pygophore with one elongated, pointed-end structure and short, bifurcate structure (Fig. 3 A – C); male endosoma with two elongated, apically spinulate sclerites and thick and smooth, pointed-end basal sclerite (Fig. 4 A – D); sensory lobe of left paramere with thick structure covered with stiff setae, hypophysis with minute, hook-like structure (Fig. 4 E – G); sensory lobe of right paramere moderately curved and laterally with two dentation, hypophysis stout, apically blunt (Fig. 4 H – J); female genitalia with thick sclerotized ring (Fig. 5 A – C); interramal lobe spinulate, bifurcate proximally (Fig. 5 D, E). For more diagnostic characters and figures, see Tamanini (1962, 1981) and Kment and Bryja (2006, 2012).	en	Oh, Minsuk, Cho, Soojeong, Lee, Seunghwan (2025): First record of the Heterotoma planicornis (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae), an introduced species in the Korean Peninsula, with characterization of its complete mitochondrial genome. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 72 (2): 225-235, DOI: 10.3897/dez.72.152970
C29C9773E4FA50FE84DE44933F08DFE6.taxon	description	Measurements. Male (n = 5) / Female (n = 2). Total body length 4.45 – 5.00 / 4.75 – 4.85; head width across eyes 0.79 – 0.84 / 0.83 – 0.85; vertex width 0.33 – 0.36 / 0.35 – 0.39; lengths of antennal segments I – IV 0.53 – 0.59, 1.66 – 1.79, 0.49 – 0.53, 0.42 – 0.47 / 0.54 – 0.55, 1.64 – 1.70, 0.49 – 0.50, 0.44; labial length 1.57 – 1.63 / 1.53 – 1.65; mesal pronotal length including collar 0.63 – 0.71 / 0.61 – 0.62; basal pronotal width 1.01 – 1.12 / 1.04 – 1.10; width across hemelytron 1.28 – 1.39 / 1.39 – 1.63; cuneal length 0.69 – 0.88 / 0.76 – 0.78; cuneal width 0.33 – 0.39 / 0.33 – 0.35; lengths of metafemur, tibia, and tarsus 1.49 – 1.66, 2.05 – 2.40, 0.47 – 0.55 / 1.56 – 1.65, 2.13 – 2.22, 0.53 – 0.54.	en	Oh, Minsuk, Cho, Soojeong, Lee, Seunghwan (2025): First record of the Heterotoma planicornis (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae), an introduced species in the Korean Peninsula, with characterization of its complete mitochondrial genome. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 72 (2): 225-235, DOI: 10.3897/dez.72.152970
C29C9773E4FA50FE84DE44933F08DFE6.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Europe: most of the territory. Asia: Türkiye, South Korea (introduced) (new record). North America: Canada, USA (Wheeler and Henry 1992; Kerzhner and Josifov 1999; Kment and Bryja 2006) (introduced).	en	Oh, Minsuk, Cho, Soojeong, Lee, Seunghwan (2025): First record of the Heterotoma planicornis (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae), an introduced species in the Korean Peninsula, with characterization of its complete mitochondrial genome. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 72 (2): 225-235, DOI: 10.3897/dez.72.152970
