Psallusthomashenryi sp. n. and Psalluslucanicus from Turkey (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae)
Author
Carapezza, Attilio
Author
Kment, Petr
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ZooKeys
2018
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.796.21536
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.796.21536
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Psallus (Psallus) lucanicus Wagner, 1968
Psallus lucanicus
Wagner, 1968: 273 (original description).
Psallus balcanicus
Josifov, 1969: 29 (original description). Synonymized by
Carapezza (1988
: 118, suspected) and
Kerzhner and Josifov (1999
: 416, confirmed).
Material examined.
TURKEY: Anatolia: Mersin Province:
Yenikoey
env., slope above road to
Goezne
,
36°59'18.5"N
34°30'19"E
, on
Quercus cf. cerris
, 6.v.2007, 2 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀, P. Kment lgt. (NMPC).
Host plant.
It is generally collected on
Quercus cerris
(
Carapezza 1988
,
Bryja and Kment 2002
, Rabitsch 2003,
Anonymus 2016
,
Denton 2016
), but it also is known from
Q. pubescens
(
Carapezza 1988
) and
Q. macrolepis
(
Rieger 2007
).
Distribution.
The species was described from Lucania, a region in Southern Italy whence its name is derived. It was later found in other Italian regions including Sicily (
Wagner 1968
,
Carapezza 1988
,
Wyniger 2004
), and in Austria (Rabitsch 2003), Bulgaria (
Josifov 1969
, as
P. balcanicus
;
Wyniger 2004
), Czech Republic (
Bryja and Kment 2002
,
Wyniger 2004
), Greece (
Rieger 2007
), Hungary (
Kondorosy 2005
), Slovakia (
Guenther
2000
,
Wyniger 2004
), Slovenia (
Gogala and Gogala 1986
,
Gogala 2006
), and United Kingdom (
Anonymus 2016
,
Denton 2016
). This is the first record for Turkey and its easternmost occurrence.