Omoplax Horvath 1912
Year: 2025
Type: other
Abstract: GenusOmoplaxHorváth, 1912 Omoplax Horváth, 1912: 336 (as subgenus of Stephanitis Stål, 1873; upgraded by Takeya 1962: 74). Type species by monotypy: Stephanitis (Omoplax) desecta Horváth, 1912. Note. For detailed diagnostic characters of the genus, see Souma and Kamitani (2021) and Souma (2022 a). Remarks. The genus Omoplax, which is endemic to the Ogasawara Islands, Japan, previously comprised four species (Souma 2022 a); however, in the present study, the author describes three new species. The following seven Omoplax species are currently recognized: O. desecta, O. hisasuei sp. nov., O. inugusu sp. nov., O. karubei, O. kobugashi sp. nov., O. majorcarinae, and O. mukojimensis.
Author: Souma, Jun
Institution: Hirosaki University
Language: English
Topic: Hemiptera Insect Studies
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7078717803
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