Hebrus (Hebrus) pusillus pusillus (Fallén, 1807) (Hebridae), 1807

Fent, Meral, Kment, Petr, Çamur-Elipek, Belgin & Kirgiz, Timur, 2011, Annotated catalogue of Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, and Leptopodomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Turkey, with new records 2856, Zootaxa 2856 (1), pp. 1-84 : 58

Hebrus (Hebrus) pusillus pusillus (Fallén, 1807) (Hebridae)

= H. pusillus f. rufescens Rey, 1893

European Turkey. Oshanin (1908), Josifov (1986a), Andersen (1995), Aukema (2009).

Asian Turkey. Lindberg (1922b), Linnavuori (1986: 41, drawing of scutellum of specimen from Turkey: İskenderun), Andersen (1995), Önder et al. (2006), Kıyak et al. (2008).

Turkey (not distinguished). Stichel (1955), Nieser & Moubayed (1985), Kıyak & Özsaraç (2001).

General distribution. The nominotypical H. p. pusillus is widely distributed throughout Europe and across Russia up to the Far East, and also in North Africa ( Andersen 1995; Kanyukova 1997, 2006; Protić 1998; Chavanon et al. 2004, Gadalla & Saleh Ahmed 2005). Linnavuori & Hosseini (2000) recorded H. pusillus from Iran (Gilan). According to Kanyukova (1997, 2006), the records from south-western Asia ( Anatolia, Israel, Syria – Andersen 1995; Sinai – Gadalla & Saleh Ahmed 2005) need confirmation. Records from Caucasus, Central Asia, and most records from Crimea belong to other species ( Kanyukova 1997, 2006). Hebrus pusillus arabicus Linnavuori, 1971 occurs in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, the United Arab Emirates and Sudan ( Andersen 1995, Linnavuori et al. 2011).

Comment. All the Hoberlandt’s (1952a) records of H. pusillus and H. pusillus f. rufescens belong in fact to either H. montanus or H. pilipes (see above). Populations of both H. pusillus and H. montanus from Mediterranean and Near East require taxonomic revision.

Identification. Kanyukova (1997, 2006).