Ochterus papaceki Kment & Carapezza, 2020

Kment, Petr & Carapezza, Attilio, 2022, Heteroptera (Hemiptera) of the Socotra Archipelago I: Introduction, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 62 (2), pp. 475-519 : 484

Ochterus papaceki Kment & Carapezza, 2020

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Ochterus papaceki Kment & Carapezza, 2020 in KMENT et al. (2020): 25–30, figs 1–6, 9–12 (original description). Holotype: ♂, Yemen, Socotra, Noged plain, lower part of Wadi Matyaf (12°27ʹ13.50ʺN 54°18ʹ13.95ʺE) (NMPC).

Published records. KMENT et al. (2020): Hallah Arhar [= Halla area, Arher], Noged, and lower part of wadi Matyaf.

Identification. KMENT et al. (2020) (description, figures, key).

Habitat. In Socotra, the species was collected at Arher by hand or by suction sampler from wet places with shortly grazed grasses on sand, surrounding a small brook situated among sand dunes and groups of Tamarix nilotica (Ehrenb.) Bunge about 50 m from sea coast ( Fig. 49 ). In wadi Matyaf, the species was collected by hand on wet sandy banks of the estuarine area of the river about 800 m from sea coast. Both localities belong to the coastal zone of Socotra ( KMENT et al. 2020).

Distribution. Afrotropical Region: Tanzania: Tanganyika ( KMENT et al. 2020); Palaearctic Region: Socotra ( KMENT et al. 2020).

Figures

Figs 1–4. 1 – Micronecta eupompe Hutchinson, 1930, ♂, wadi Zerig (2.77 mm); 2 – Sigara hoggarica Poisson, 1929, ♂, wadi Zerig (6.01 mm); 3 – Sigara lateralis (Leach, 1817), ♂, mountain way to Noged (4.80 mm); 4 – Ochterus papaceki Kment & Carapezza, 2020, ♂, wadi Matyaf (body length 4.58 mm). (Orig. A. Carapezza: Fig. 1, P. Kment: Figs 2–3, M. Tkoč: Fig. 4).

Figs 49–53.49 –Arher,a spring near the sea coast (5 m a.s.l.), habitat of Ochterus papaceki Kment & Carapezza,2020,Anisops debilis socotrensis Brown, 1956, Mesovelia vittigera Horváth,1895,Hebrus kanyukovae sp.nov.,Microvelia macani Brown,1953,Rhagovelia infernalis socotrensis Brown,1956 and Micracanthia ornatula (Reuter,1881).50– Wadi Madar (1,170 ma.s.l.), habitat of Anisops d.socotrensis, A.varius Fieber,1851,Mesovelia vittigera, Microvelia macani, and Rhagovelia i. socotrensis. 51 –Skand Mt.,helocreneunder the top (1,450 ma.s.l.), habitatof Microvelia gracillima Reuter,1882 andSaldula niveolimbata (Reuter, 1900). 52 – Tudhen, helocrene (1,135 m a.s.l.), habitat of Mesovelia vittigera, Hebrus sp., and Microvelia gracillima Reuter, 1882. 53 –Wadi Zerig with a large pool (655 m a.s.l.), habitat of Micronecta eupompe Hutchinson, 1930, Sigara hoggarica Poisson,1929,Anisops d.socotrensis, A.varius, Hebrus kanyukovae sp.nov.,Limnogonus cereiventris (Signoret,1862), andMicracanthia ornatula. (Orig.P.Kment:Figs 49–52;J.Hájek:Fig.53).