New and interesting records of true bugs (Heteroptera) from Turkey, southeastern Europe, Near and Middle East

Kment Petr, Jindra Zdeněk
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 45: 3-16, 2005
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Abstract: The following new records are given: Hebrus pilipes Kanyukova, 1997, Microvelia reticulata (Burmeister, 1835), Stephanitis oschanini Vasiliev, 1935, Gonocerus imitator Reuter, 1891, Canthophorus wagneri Asanova, 1964, Carenoplistus acutus (Signoret, 1880), and Palomena mursili Linnavuori, 1984 from Turkey (Asian part), S. oschanini from Afghanistan, Hebrus montanus Kolenati, 1857 from Bosnia Hercegovina and Serbia, and Coranus aegyptius (Fabricius, 1775) from Iraq and Syria. The occurrence of H. montanus in Bulgaria and Turkey, Mesovelia furcata Mulsant et Rey, 1852 in the Asian part of Turkey, Stephanitis pyri (Fabricius, 1775) in Bosnia Hercegovina and the European part of Turkey, and Sehirus ovatus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1839) in Armenia are confirmed. In addition, several records from Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Israel (Palestine), Italy, Romania, and Ukraine are added.
Key words: Heteroptera, Coreidae, Cydnidae, Hebridae, Mesoveliidae, Pentatomidae, Reduviidae, Tingidae, Veliidae, Palaearctic region, faunistics, new records