Lygaeinae of Turkey (Heteroptera, Lygaeidae)
Cagatay N.
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 44: 167-179, 1995
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Abstract: The subfamily Lygaeinae is represented in Turkey by 8 genera and 17 species
(Hoberlandt; 1955, Tuatay et al.; 1972, Lodos et al., 1978). In the present
study the male genitalia,pygophore, paramere and phallus of Arocatus longiceps
Stal, 1872, A. melanocephalus (Fabricius; 1798), Melanocoryphus albomaculatus
(Goeze, 1778), M. tristrami (Douglas and Scott , 1868), Horvathiolus superbus
(Pollich, 1781) and Paranysius fraterculus Horvath , 1895 were examined and
their systematic importance attempted to be shown. Besides brief morphological
description and distributions of them were given with diagnostic key for the
species recorded from Turkey. Tropidothorax leucopterus (Goeze, 1778),
Spilostethus saxatilis (Scopoli, 1763), Spilostethus panderus (Scopoli, 1763),
Lygaeus equestris (Linnaeus, 1758), Lygaeus creticus Lucas, 1854, Graptostehus
servus (Fabricius, 1787), Caenocoris nerii (German, 1847) were previously
examined by the author (Aysev 1974) so they were given with additional records
only. Besides Paranysius fraterculus Horváth, 1895, found to be new record for
Turkey.
Key words: Heteroptera, Lygaeidae, Turkey, taxonomy, keys, faunistics.