Inventory of the Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera) in Komaba Campus of the University of Tokyo, a highly urbanized area in Japan.
BACKGROUND
The Heteroptera, or true bugs, forms one of the major insect groups with respect to the very diverse habitat preferences, including both aquatic and terrestrial species, as well as a variety of feeding types. The first comprehensive inventory of the Heteroptera at Komaba Campus of the University of Tokyo, or an urban green space in the center of the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan, was conducted.


CONCLUSIONS
A total of 115 species in 29 families of the suborder Heteroptera were identified. The area had a high species richness compared with other urbanized and suburbanized localities in Tokyo. The campus is found to show a substantial difference in heteropteran species compositions, despite being close to the other localities surrounded by highly urbanized zones in central Tokyo.
Laboratory of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan.
Tadashi
T
Ishikawa
Department of General Systems Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Science, the University of Tokyo, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan.
Masayuki U
MU
Saito
Department of General Systems Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Science, the University of Tokyo, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan.
Keiko
K
Kishimoto-Yamada
Komaba Organization for Educational Excellence, the University of Tokyo, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan.
Toshihide
T
Kato
Department of General Systems Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Science, the University of Tokyo, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan.
Osamu
O
Kurashima
Department of General Systems Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Science, the University of Tokyo, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan.
Motomi
M
Ito
Arthropoda; assemblage; biodiversity information; true bugs; urban green space