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| Species: | P. japonensis
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| Parastrachia japonensis (Scott, 1880)
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Parastrachia japonensis is a species of true bugs belonging to the family Parastrachiidae. It is one of the two species in the genus, both from Eastern Asia.[1] Known colloquially as the Japanese Red Bug, it is one of the few species of insect where mothers care for their young, gathering food for them.[2] They exclusively feed on the drupes of the tree Schoepfia jasinodora.[2]
Caenorhabditis japonica is a species of nematodes found in the wild non-parasitically associated with P. japonensis.[3]
- ^ Gengping Zhu; Guoqing Liu; Wenjun Bu & Jerzy A. Lis (2013). "Geographic distribution and niche divergence of two stinkbugs, Parastrachia japonensis and Parastrachia nagaensis". Journal of Insect Science. 13 (102): 1–16. doi:10.1673/031.013.10201. PMC 4012745. PMID 24738857.
- ^ a b Chronicle, Hofstra. "University professer featured on 'Life' documentary". The Hofstra Chronicle. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
- ^ Description of Caenorhabditis japonica n. sp. (Nematoda: Rhabditida) associated with the burrower bug Parastrachia japonensis (Heteroptera: Cydnidae) in Japan. Karin Kiontke, Mantaro Hironaka and Walter Sudhaus, Nematology, Volume 4, Issue 8, pages 933–941, 2002, doi:10.1163/156854102321122557