The Flower Bug Genus Cardiastethus (Insecta: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) from the Ogasawara Islands, Japan

Abstract

Three species of the genus Cardiastethus Fieber, 1860 are recorded from the Ogasawara Islands, Japan, where no species of the genus has hitherto been known: C. exiguus Poppius, 1913, C. minutissimus Usinger, 1946, and C. yasunagai sp. nov. The new species is fully described and illustrated. A diagnosis is given for each of the two former species. A key to distinguish the three local species is given.