First report Xenocorixa vittipennis (Horváth) (Hemiptera, Corixoidea, Corixidae) from South Korea and checklist of the Korean Corixoidea

2025/11/26 by Ji Yun Kim, Sora Kim · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Hemiptera Insect Studies #Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens #Research on scale insects

paper · pdf · doi:10.3897/bdj.13.e165218

openalex publication_date 2025/11/26 · openalex created_date 2025/11/27 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02

Abstract

Xenocorixa Hungerford, 1947 is a monotypic genus containing a single species, Xenocorixa vittipennis (Horváth, 1879), known only from China (Beijing, Hubei, Shandong, Shanghai, Tianjin, Zhejiang), Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu) and Taiwan. Xenocorixa vittipennis (Horváth, 1879) is reported from South Korea for the first time. A diagnosis and supplementary description of this species are provided, together with illustrations of the adult and genitalia. A revised checklist of Korean Corixoidea is also provided.

Citations

• Phylogeny and diversification of the true water bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha)

Discussions

• The water boatman Xenocorixa vittipennis is reported from South Korea for the first time. Learn more about this new record here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.... #aquaticbugs #taxonomy #Heteroptera [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]

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