Bryocorinae Baerensprung, 1860 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) of European Russia and the Caucasus: synopsis and key to species
Author
Konstantinov, Fedor V.
0000-0002-7013-5686
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya nab. 7 / 9, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia. f. konstantinov @ spbu. ru; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7013 - 5686 & Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1 Universitetskaya Emb., St Petersburg 199034, Russia.
f.konstantinov@spbu.ru
Author
Neimorovets, Vladimir V.
0000-0001-7096-5447
All-Russian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Shosse Podbelskogo 3, St. Petersburg-Pushkin, 196608, RUSSIA. neimorovets @ mail. ru; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7096 - 5447
neimorovets@mail.ru
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-01-29
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journal article
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Macrolophus epilobii
V.G.
Putshkov, 1978
Figures 6
,
9
Macrolophus epilobii
Putshkov
, l978: 854
Material examined
.
AZERBAIJAN
:
Talysh Mts
,
Lerik distr.
,
Qosmolyan
,
2♀
1♂
5 VII 1977
, Putshkov,
1♀
2♂
6 VII 1985
, Drapolyuk
.
Diagnosis
. Total body length 3.4–3.8; eyes small, vertex of male 3.0–3.6 X as wide as eye, female 3.4–4.2 X; antennal segment I uniformly pale yellow or with narrowly darkened base; head greenish yellow, postocular area of head without dark stripes at sides; scutellum uniformly greenish yellow.
Distribution
. This distinctive species is known from Talysh Mountains in southeastern Azerbaijan (near Qosmaliyon, see
Putshkov 1978
) and southern
Armenia
(near Garni,
Putshkov & Putshkov 1983
). It had been also reported from northeastern
Iran
(near Mashhad,
Khorasan Province
,
Linnavuori & Modarres 1999
).
Host.
In Caucasus, this species was sampled from
Epilobium hirsutum
L. (
Onagraceae
) near streams and marshes (
Putshkov 1978
;
Putshkov & Putshkov 1983
).
Linnavuori & Modarres (1999)
also collected
M. epilobii
from
Epilobium hirsutum
.