Psallusthomashenryi sp. n. and Psalluslucanicus from Turkey (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae) Author Carapezza, Attilio Author Kment, Petr text ZooKeys 2018 796 253 265 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.796.21536 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.796.21536 1313-2970-796-253 BFDD0CCA01954256BC60B4324F00FF06 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.