Current Research on Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Volume 32 Issue 1
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- Pages.24-29
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- 2014
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- 2287-271X(pISSN)
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- 2288-0356(eISSN)
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Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Paromius Fieber from Korea
- Hwang, Jong Seok (School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University) ;
- Kwon, Jin Hyung (School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University) ;
- Suh, Sang Jae (School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University) ;
- Kwon, Yong Jung (School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University)
- Received : 2014.03.05
- Accepted : 2014.03.28
- Published : 2014.03.31
Abstract
The true bug genus Paromius from Korea is revised taxonomically. It comprises the following three species: P. exiguus (Distant, 1883), P. jejunus (Distant, 1883) and P. gracilis (Rambur, 1839). Among them, P. jejunus (Distant, 1883) is recorded for the first time in Korea. The pest bug injurious to rice culture, known as P. exiguus (Distant,1883), has been recorded erroneously by the previous authors from Korea due to the misidentification, which is rectified here with the support of morphological evidence. All the species of this genus are classified with proper redescriptions, and an identification key to species is provided with illustrations.