盾蝽科东洋区种类修订与世界范围内比较形态学与系统发育研究（半翅目：异翅亚目）

This study contains two interweaving parts: a taxonomic revision of Oriental Scutelleridae conducted parallelly of a morphological and phylogenetic study of the group. Revising this well/known and badly neglected group is highly needed. The identities of all Oriental species will be clarified if possible based on reexamination of the type materials; uniform redescription and illustrations of diagnostic characters will be provided for each taxa, supplemented with user-friendly keys allowing identification of the Oriental fauna for both specialists and non-specialists. All literature information on the distribution , bionomics, agricultural importance, control, and conservation status of all species will be collected and reviewed, thus facilitating utilization the results by applied entomologists. The revision will be conducted parallelly with a holomorphological study of the family in global perspective, aiming to examine several morphological characters with particular emphasis on genitalia and to explore the distribution and diversity of the character states within the family. Based on the morphological observations the monophyly of Scutelleridae and its 8 currently recognized subfamilies will be tested with cladistic methods, and the classification of the family will be revised. Because of the great diversity of the genitalia within Scutelleridae, it will be used as a model group for tracing evolutionary lineages of genital morphology in Pentatomoidea.

本研究包含两部分。首先是撰写东洋区盾蝽科的专论。修订这一为人所熟知但却又被严重忽略的分类群。藉由重新检查模式标本，厘清所有东洋区物种的身份。每个类群将统一呈现重新描述和鉴别特征的图像，并提供专家与非专业人士方便使用的检索表，用以鉴定东洋区物种。大量引证分布、生物学及重要农业害虫的文献回顾将有助于应用昆虫学家应用研究成果。 以全球尺度进行盾蝽全形态研究，目的是检查所有特征，特别是在生殖器结构与其特征状态在各科内的多样变化与分布情况。目前所有认知的亚科与族的代表将被取样研究，试图检视世界上全部已知的属。藉由形态观察结果，盾蝽的单系性与其8个亚科将用支序学方法测试，其高级阶元分类构架也将被修正。由于盾蝽科生殖器在科内的高度多样化，因此可将此研究成果视为参考，作为描述蝽总科演化分支的关键线索。

本研究包含两部分：东洋区盾蝽科分类修订及其系统发育学研究，两部分同时进行。通过对模式标本的重新查看，澄清了所有东洋区盾蝽科物种的身份信息；为每个类群提供了统一描述和用于鉴别的特征图片，并提供了便于使用的检索表，以方便专业和非专业人员鉴定东洋区物种；该修订与全球范围内的盾蝽科级水平分子系统发育学研究同时进行，使用分子方法确认了盾蝽科以及目前公认的8个亚科的单系性，并重建了它们的系统发生史。