Pachygrontha similis Uhler, 1896

Kim, Wonwoong, Oh, Minsuk, Kim, Wongun, Ahn, Soojeong & Cho, Geonho, 2025, Additions, corrections, and bibliographic issues on the Heteropteran fauna of Korea (Insecta: Hemiptera), Zootaxa 5636 (1), pp. 69-101 : 85

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5636.1.3

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15437259

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BD980E-FFD9-1F40-65C9-FC10C4E0DA24

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scientific name

Pachygrontha similis Uhler, 1896
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Pachygrontha similis Uhler, 1896 View in CoL

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Photographic record. South Korea. Jeollanam-do: 1 ♂, 24.v.2016, Hampyeong-gun, photo by Soojeong Ahn ; 1 ♀, Yeongam-gun, 23.v.2023, photo by Soojeong Ahn. Gyeongsangnam-do: 1 ♀, 11.vi.2016, Hamyang-gun, photo by Jihwan Park .

Distribution. Korea (Gyeongsangnam-do, Jeollanam-do), China (Hubei, Sichuan, Fujian, Guangxi) ( Zheng & Zou 1981), Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Izu Islands, Tsushima Island, Okinawa main Island) ( Ishikawa & Tomokuni 2012b).

Comments. This species can be distinguished from Pachygrontha antennata ( Uhler, 1860) , a common species widespread in South Korea ( Kwon et al. 2001), by having a characteristic black longitudinal stripe on the corium ( Yasunaga et al. 1993).

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