ACTA ENTOMOLOGICA SLOVENICA
LJUBLJANA, NOVEMBER 2011 Vol. 19, št. 2: 187-192
NEW RECORDS FOR SOME WESTERN PALAEARCTIC ISSIDAE (HEMIPTERA: FULGOROIDEA)
Vladimir M. Gnezdilov
Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab.1, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia. E-mail: vmgnezdilov@mail.ru, vgnezdilov@zin.ru
Abstract - New data on distribution are given for 16 issid species. For the first time the family Issidae is recorded from Afghanistan, the genus Kovacsiana Synave, 1956 - from the Palaearctic Region, the genus Conosimus Mulsant et Rey, 1855 - from Morocco, the genus Issus Fabricius, 1803 - from Turkey, the genus Mycterodus Spinola, 1839 - from Iraq, and the genus Kervillea Berge vin, 1918 - from the Caucasus.
Key words: Hemiptera, Issidae, Issini, Western Palaearctic, distribution
Izvleček - NOVE NAJDBE NEKAJ ZAHODNOPALEARKTIČNIH ŠKRŽATKOV DRUŽINE ISSIDAE (HEMIPTERA: FULGOROIDEA) Navedeni so novi podatki o razširjenosti 16 vrst družine Issidae. Družina je prvič najdena v Afganistanu, rod Kovacsiana Synave, 1956, v palearktični regiji, rod Conosimus Mulsant et Rey, 1855 v Maroku, rod Issus Fabricius, 1803, v Turčiji, rod Mycterodus Spinola, 1839, v Iraku in rod Kervillea Bergevin, 1918, na Kavkazu.
Ključne besede: Hemiptera, Issidae, Issini, Zahodna Palearktika, razširjenost
Introduction
During my study of Western Palaearctic issid fauna several new records of generic and species level were discovered. Thus, for the first time the family Issidae is recorded from Afghanistan, the genus Kovacsiana Synave, 1956 - from the Palaearctic Region, the genus Conosimus Mulsant et Rey, 1855 - from Morocco, the genus Issus Fabricius, 1803 - from Turkey, the genus Mycterodus Spinola, 1839 -from Iraq, and the genus Kervillea Bergevin, 1918 - from the Caucasus. All previous records of Kovacsiana from the Mediterranean (Dlabola, 1985, 1986, 1989) belong to the genus Latilica Emeljanov, 1971 (Gnezdilov, 2003, 2004; Gnezdilov & Mazzoni, 2004). Several species are recorded from Montenegro and the Republic of Macedonia in course of formal documenting of species distribution in the countries of the former Yugoslavia. One of the rarest Mediterranean species -Pseudohemisphaerius piceus (Puton, 1884) is recorded from its type locality in Greece (Parnassus Mt.) for the first time during last 100 years.
Material and methods
The materials examined are deposited in the following collections: CAH - M. Asche & H. Hoch collection, Berlin, Germany; ZMHB - Zoologisches Museum, Humboldt Universität, Berlin, Germany; SNSD - Staatliche Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Museum für Tierkunde, Germany; HNHM - Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary; MMBC - Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic; NMPC - National Museum of Natural History, Praha, Czech Republic; MNHN - Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, France; ZIN -Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Results
Issidae Spinola, 1839 Issini Spinola, 1839 Issina Spinola, 1839 Issus abdulnouri Dlabola, 1987
Turkey: 1$, Iskenderun Province, Amanos Mts., near Teknepinari, 250 m, 7.IX.1978, M. Asche & H. Hoch leg. (CAH); 1$, Hatay Province, Cevlik, 36°07'17"N 35°55'20"E, 24 m a.s.l., brook in Titus Vespasianus Tuneli tunne, 10.V.2007, P. Kment leg. (NMPC). Note. First record from Turkey.
Issus pospisili Dlabola, 1958
Greece: 1$, 4$, Nomos Kozani, Vourinos Mts., 1000-1400 m, 27.VI.1984, M. Asche & H. Hoch leg. (CAH).
Note. First record from Greece. Up to now the species was known only from the Caucasus (Dlabola, 1958; Gnezdilov, 2000, 2010).
Latissus dilatatus (Fourcroy, 1785)
Montenegro: 1$, 3$, Sutorina, 16.VI.1911, S.V. Spaney-Schumacher leg. (ZMHB). Note. First record from Montenegro.
Agalmatiina Gnezdilov, 2002 Clybeccus declivus Dlabola, 1986
Greece: 1$, Crete, Nomos Rethimnon, N supra Agia Galini, ca. 150 m, 18.VII.1976,
M. Asche leg. (CAH).
Note. First record from Crete.
Hysteropterina Melichar, 1906
Conosimus noualhieri Puton, 1898
Morocco: 4 $, 11 $, Berkane (MNHN); 3$, Taforal, SE Berkane, 850 m, pine forest, 15.IX.2007, I. Dworakowska leg. (ZIN).
Note. Up to now the species was known only from Algeria (Puton, 1898)
Falcidius limbatus (A. Costa, 1864) Italia: 1$, 3$, Calabria (MMBC).
Note. First record from the continental Italy. Up to now the species was known only from Algeria and Sicily (Gnezdilov & Wilson, 2008).
Webbisanus ochreicolor Dlabola, 1983
Turkey, Mersin Province: 3$, 2$, W Silifke, 10 km E Balandiz, 5.IX.1978; 2$, E Guelnar W of Goekbelen, 1000 m, 5.IX.1978, all leg. M. Asche & H. Hoch. (CAH). Note. Up to now the species was known only from the holotype (Dlabola, 1983).
Brachyprosopa bicorne (Kusnezov, 1929)
Afghanistan, Baglan: 3$, 1$, 28.VI.1966; 1$, 15.VII.1966, all leg. E. S. Sugonyaev (ZIN).
Note. First record from Afghanistan.
Pseudohemisphaerius piceus (Puton, 1884)
Greece: 1$, Sterea Ellas, Parnassos Mts., Arahova, 900 m, limestone, southern slope, pasture, macchia, 27.V.1995, P. Lauterer leg. (MMBC). Note. Previous records were published by Puton (1884) and Melichar (1906). Apparently the species is endemic to Parnassus Mt.
Kervillea conspurcata (Spinola, 1839)
Republic of Macedonia: 1$, 1$, Prilep Province, Kutlesevo, 31.V.1998, A. Podlussany leg. (HNHM).
Note. First record from the Republic of Macedonia.
Kervillea kirgisorum (Kusnezov, 1930) Russia: 1$, "Caucasus bor., Pjätigorsk" (MMBC). Note. First record from the Caucasus.
Latematium latifrons (Fieber, 1877)
Greece: 7$, 6$, Kavala Province, Pangeo Mts, Akrovouni, 1600 m, 25.V.1995, A. Orosz leg. (HNHM). Republic of Macedonia: 6$, 3$, Skopje Province, Ivanje Mt., Matka, 1.VI. 1998, A. Orosz & A. Podlussany leg. (HNHM); 2$, 5$, Kratovo Province, Žguri-pass, 880 m, Grizilevci, 6-7.VI.1998, A. Podlussany leg. (HNHM). Note. First record from the Republic of Macedonia.
Mycterodus hakkaricus Dlabola, 1980
Iraq, Mosul Province: 5$, 3$, Sarsang, 1200-1800 m, 19-21.VI.1958; 1$, Kadish, 1200 m, 18.VI.1958, all leg. R. Remane (SNSD). Note. First record from Iraq.
Kovacsiana abyssinica Synave, 1956
Greece: 1$, "Rhodus Insel, 1916, 2", coll. A. Jacobi (SNSD). Note. First record from the Palaearctic Region.
Tshurtshurnella lodosi Dlabola, 1979
Iraq: 4$, 4$, Mosul Province, Duhok, 850-1300 m, 16-17.VI.1958, R. Remane leg. (SNSD).
Note. First record from Iraq. Bubastia jatagana Dlabola, 1980
Greece: 5$, Rhodos I., supra Salakos, 300 m, 20.IX.1983, M. Asche & H. Hoch leg. (CAH).
Note. First record from Rhodes.
Acknowledgements
I thank Prof. Dr. Hannelore Hoch, Dr. Manfred Asche, and Dr. Jürgen Deckert (Berlin, Germany), Dr. Christian Schmidt (Dresden, Germany), Mr. Andras Orosz and Dr. David Rédei (Budapest, Hungary), Dr. Petr Kment (Prague, Czech Republic), Dr. Igor Malenovsky and Dr. Pavel Lauterer (Brno, Czech Republic), Prof. Dr. Thierry Bourgoin and Dr. Adeline Soulier-Perkins (Paris, France), and Dr. Irena Dworakowska (Canada) for the opportunity to examine the material and their
hospitality. The study was financially supported by Alexander von Humboldt
Stiftung (Germany), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (Paris, France), and the
Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. My visit to Budapest
was in the frame of an academic exchange programme between Hungary and Russia.
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Received / Prejeto: 23. 10. 2011