Tingidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), commonly called “Lace Bugs”, is reported with more than 300 genera and 2,500 species and widely distributed in the world. All of the members of Tingidae are phytophagous, and have associations with their host plants. Some species are known as serious insect pests in agriculture and in forestry (including landscaping trees) in many countries. In this talk, Physatocheila sp. nov. is described from the Korean Peninsula. The morphological information of the Korean congeners and a key to the Korean Physatocheila species are presented with photographs and illustrations.

• Hankyul Ji(Laboratory of Systematic Entomology, Department of Applied Biology, College of Agriculture and life Sciences, Chungnam National University)
• Sunghoon Jung(Laboratory of Systematic Entomology, Department of Applied Biology, College of Agriculture and life Sciences, Chungnam National University) Corresponding author