Peribalus strictus vernalis (Wolff, 1804)

Belousova, E. N., 2007, Revision of the shield-bug genera Holcostethus Fieber and Peribalus Mulsant et Rey (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae) of the Palaearctic Region, Entomological Review 87 (6), pp. 701-739 : 708-711

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scientific name	Peribalus strictus vernalis (Wolff, 1804)
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Cimex baccarum: Schrank, 1791 : 272.

Cimex vernalis Wolff, 1804: 135 .

Pentatoma vernalis: Hahn, 1834 : 153; Puton, 1881: 1; Saunders, 1892: 7. Jakovlev, 1902: 1.

Peribalus vernalis: Ribes et Schmitz, 1992 : 109.

Holcostethus strictus vernalis: Josifov, 1981 : 152; 1986: 90.

Holcostethus vernalis: Tamanini, 1981 : 131.

Diagnosis. The subspecies differs from P. s. strictus in the structure of the pronotum with weakly emargi-nate sides and rounded lateral angles slightly projecting beyond the elytral base, and in the pale apex of the scutellum. Therefore, the author suggests to consider P. vernalis a Euro-Siberian subspecies of P. strictus .

Description. Body dark brownish, with black punctures separated by intervals subequal to puncture diameter. Antenna rufescent, with darkened apical segment. Abdominal segments with black spots in corners of segments. Length of body 8.7–10.5 (9.61) mm, b. lw 1.56–1.78 (1.7).

Head gradually narrowed toward anterior margin, wide [h. wl 1.09–1.29 (1.18)], small, l. bh 3.95–5.02 (4.51); juga with straight lateral margins; clypeus covered by jugae in anterior part ( Fig. 91 View Figs ). Eye medium-sized, ds 1.36–1.49 (1.43). Antenna short, l. ba 2.04– 2.38 (2.18).

Pronotum transverse [p. wl 2.22–2.5 (2.36)], with straight or weakly emarginate sides bordered with sharp costa deflexed upwards and with rounded lateral angle slightly projecting beyond elytral base ( Fig. 91 View Figs ). Scutellum about as long as wide, s. lw 0.97–1.07 (1.01).

Structure of male and female genitalia as in Figs. 3 View Figs , 19 View Figs , 55 View Figs , 74.

Distribution. This is a Euro-Siberian subspecies of P. strictus . Records from Southern Europe require specification.

Material examined. France. 1 ♀, France, Devonne-les-Bains, VI–VII.1896 (Neklyudov) . Switzerland. 1 Ô, Suisse, St. Nicolas, Cent du Valais , VII.96 (Neklyudov) . Serbia. 1 ♀, Dubovacz, Banat (Holtz) ; 1 Ô, Topchider, near Belgrade , 28.IV.1928 (Martino) ; 1 Ô, Kumanovo, 25.VII.1928 (Martino) . Italy. 1 ♀, Triest, 21.VIII.1929 (Passauro) . Greece. 1 Ô, Graecia ; 1 Ô, Attica . Turkey. 1 Ô, Mersina, Cilicia , Asia Minor, 1897 (M. Holtz) ; 1 Ô, Ardanuch, E of Artvin , 15.VII.1898 (Deryugin) . Poland [actually, Leningrad Prov. of Russia —Ed.]. 1 ♀, Preobrazhensk Station, Warsaw Railway , 20.VI.1898 (Chechini) . Belarus. 1 Ô, 1 ♀, Bagovitsa, Kamenetskii Uyezd [District], VI–VII.1905 (Grum-Grzhimailo) ; 1 Ô, 1 ♀, Turki, Bobruiskii Uyezd, Minsk Gubernia , 19.VIII.1917 (Afanas’eva) . Ukraine. 1 Ô, Markovichi, Volynsk Gubernia , 19.V.1899 ; 1 ♀, Kamenets-Podolsk, 25.II.1911 (Yakubovskii) ; 1 Ô, Desna River valley, 26–27.V.1898 (Kolachev) ; 1 Ô, Kiev (A. Kushakevich’s coll.) ; 2 ♀, Kiev Gubernia, 4.VI.1924 and 6.VI.1926 (V. Grossheim) ; 1 Ô, Odessa, Khadzhibeisskii Estuary , saline, 28.IX.1922 (Kiritshenko) ; 1 Ô, Elizavetgrad, Kherson Gubernia , 16.V.1904 (E. Yatsentkovskii) ; 1 ♀, Evpatoria (Jakovlev’s collection) ; 2 ♀, Kerch, Crimea , 22.II.1908 and 16.VII.1918 (Kiritshenko) ; 1 Ô, Salachik, near the Sea of Azov, Feodosiiskii Uyezd , 21.VIII.1905 (Bianchi) ; 1 Ô, Simferopol , 22.IV.1899 ; 1 Ô, Bakhchisarai, Crimea , 18.VII.1936 (Dombrovskaya) ; 1 ♀, Sevastopol (Zhitkov) ; 1 Ô, 1 ♀, Kastropol, southern coast of the Crimea , 30.VI.1902 (N. Kuznetsov) . Moldova. 1 ♀, Kishinev , 17.X.1957 (Talitskii) ; 1 Ô, Bessarabia (A. Kushakevich’s collection) ; 1 Ô, Purkary, Akkermanskii Uyezd, Bessarabia , 16.IV.1911 (Chernavin) . Caucasus. Krasnodar Territory. 1 Ô, Ekaterinodar , Kuban Province, 18.IV.1911 (Bogdanov-Kat’kov) ; 1 Ô, Kubanskaya near Armavir, 6.VII.1934 (Zimin) ; 1 Ô, Krasnaya Polyana, 7.V (Kiritshenko) . Stavropol Territory. 1 Ô, Zimnyaya Stavka , lower course of Kuma, River 30.IV.1911 (Uvarov) ; 1 Ô, Teberda Nature Reserve, 10.IX.1952 (Arens) ; 1 ♀, Azgen River, tributary of Teberda River , 1–2.VII.1915 (Bogdanov-Kat’kov) ; 1 ♀, Daut River, 1200 m, Karachai , Northern Caucasus, VIII.1935 (Dyakonov) . North Ossetia. 1 Ô, environs of Vladikavkaz, 17.VII.1886 (Ananov) ; 1 ♀, Sunzhenskii Mt. Range, between Kardzhin and Elkhotovo villages, 680 m, 4.VII.1985 (S. Alekseev) . Ingushetia. 1 Ô, 1 ♀, Salgi, 5462 ’, Terskaya Province , 30.VII and 6.VIII.1927 (Kiritshenko) . Daghestan. 1 Ô, Kizlyar, Terek River valley, 9.V.1925 (Kiritshenko) ; 1 ♀, Kapchugai, Buinaksk , 2.X.1937 (Ryabov) ; 1 Ô, Derbent, 30.VI, 2.VII.1925 (Kiritshenko) ; 1 Ô, Temir-Khan-Shura [= Buinaksk —Ed.], 21.VI. 1925 (Kiritshenko) ; 1 ♀, Petrovsk, 2.XI.1925 (Ryabov) . Transcaucasia. Georgia. 1 ♀, Sukhumi , 30.V. 1954 (Kir’yanova) ; 1 ♀, Sukhumi Nature Reserve, V.1928 (Yu. Zimin) ; 1 ♀, Kelasuri River mouth, 14.V.1954 (Kir’yanova) ; 1 Ô, Bakuriani, 2.VII.1949 (Kiritshenko) ; 1 ♀, Borzhom, Tiflisskii Uyezd , 1867 (Brandt) ; 1 Ô, 1 ♀, Tiflis, 15.VI.1902 (K. Satunin) and 20–25.VI.1911 (Bogdanov) ; 1 ♀, Mtskhet, Tiflis Gubernia , 5.VI.1933 (Kirshenblat) ; 1 Ô, 2 ♀, Benara, 19 km W of Akhaltsikhe , 9.VI.1949 (Kiritshenko) ; 2 Ô, 1 ♀, Lagodekhi, Signakhskii Uyezd, Tiflis Gubernia , 29.IV.1910 and 20–24.VI.1916 (Mlokosevich) . Azerbaijan. 1 ♀, Akstafa, 6.VIII.1915 (Satunin) ; 1 ♀, Elizavetpol Gubernia, Adzhikent , 5.VIII.1912 (Azimovich) ; 1 ♀, Geoktapa, Areshskii Uyezd, Elizavetpolsk Gubernia , 1893–1900 (A. Shelkovnikov) ; 1 Ô, Mingechaur on Kura River , 16.V.1948 (Bogachev) ; 1 ♀, Sarydzha steppe N of Evlakh , 20.V.1948 (Bogachev) ; 1 ♀, Agdam, Karabakhskaya steppe, 18–19.VI.1933 (Lukjanovitsh) ; 1 Ô, Gyaur-arkh Channel, Milskaya steppe, 9, 10.VI.1933 (Lukjanovitsh) ; 1 ♀, Talysh, 9.VII.1971 (Ermolenko) ; 1 Ô, Talysh, Lerik , 13.V.1906 (Kiritshenko) ; 1 ♀, Divagach on Vasharu-Chai River, Talysh, 5.V.1933 (Lukjanovitsh) ; 1 ♀, Kumbashi, Lenkoranskii Uyezd , 25.IV.1909 (Kiritshenko) ; 1 Ô, 1 ♀, Disar, near Ordubad, Nakhichevan Territory , 1934 (Ter-Minassian) . Armenia. 1 ♀, Yerevan, 3.VI.1925 (Ryabov) ; 1 ♀, Tsakhadzor, Tekerlu Mt. Range , 21.V.1997 (Melnik) ; 1 ♀, Byurakan, southern slope of Alagez , 24, 25.VII. 1948 (Richter) ; 1 ♀, Byurakan, Ashtarakskii District , 18– 20.VII.1955 (Ter-Minassian) ; 1 Ô, Migry ( Megri ), 18.VI.1977 (Putshkov) . European part of Russia. 1 ♀, Lebyazh’e , 19.VII.1948 (Nikolskaya) ; 1 Ô, Luzhskii Uyezd, St. Petersburg Gubernia , 28.VIII. 1898 (Beling) ; 1 Ô, Voron’ya Gora, Krestsovskii Uyezd, Novgorod Gubernia , 5.VI.1898 (R. Schmidt) ; 1 Ô, Berditsyno, Yaroslavlskii Uyezd , 27.VIII.1907 (N.M. Jakovleva) ; 1 Ô, Moscow Gubernia, Boblovo, Klinskii Uyezd , 20.V.1905 (D. Smirnov) ; 1 Ô, Porech’e , Mozhaiskii Uyezd, 1.VIII.1903 (Bianchi) ; 1 Ô, 2 ♀, Gremyachka, Dankovskii Uyezd, Ryazan Gubernia , 17.VI.1899, 26.V.1908, 12.VI.1911 (A. Semenov) ; 1 Ô, Petrovskoe Vill., Mtsenskii Uyezd, Orel Gubernia , 6.VII.1897 (Favorskii) ; 3 Ô, 3 ♀, Belgorod Province, Borisovskii Distr., “Les na Vorskle” Nature Reserve , 31.VI.1989 (Davidian) ; 1 Ô, Borisovka, Graivoronskii Uyezd, Kursk Gubernia , 18.VI.1907 (S. Malyshev) ; 1 ♀, Kamennaya Steppe, 11 km S of Talovaya , 15.VI.1935 (Stark) ; 2 Ô, 6 ♀, Rostov Province, Zernogradskii District, Manychskii Sovkhoz , 20.V.1988 (I. Belousov) ; 1 Ô, Novocherkassk, 7.IV.1909 (Kizeritskii) ; 1 Ô, Tambov Gubernia, 2–4.V.1911 (Rydzeevskii) ; 1 Ô, Tsivilsk, Kazan Gubernia , 1.VII.1875 (Ksenzhopolskii) ; 1 ♀, Zhuravlinyi Pitomnik, Pugachevskii District , 10.IX.1949 (Grunin) ; 1 Ô, Astrakhan (A. Golde) ; 1 ♀, Sarepta (Becker) . Urals. 1 Ô, Kharkin, Ural River bank, lower course, 17.V.1951 (Romadina) ; 1 Ô, Troitsk, steppe, Orenburg Gubernia , 28.V.1916 (N. Kuznetsov) ; 1 ♀, Irgizla, Orenburg Gubernia, Belaya River bank, 13.VI.1899 (Jacobson, Schmidt) . Western Siberia. 1 ♀, Omsk Gubernia , 11.VI.1922 (A. Reichardt) ; 1 ♀, Vaganovo, Kemerovo Province , 18.VI.1955 (Falkovitsh) . Altai. 1 ♀, Biisk , 5.VI.1898 (Klements) ; 1 ♀, Turochak on Biya River , 22.VI.1926 (D. Suvorov) ; 1 Ô, 1 ♀, Pavlovsk, Altai Terr ., 20.VI.1944 (Stark) ; 1 ♀, shore of Lake Teletskoe , 21.VI.1912 (Yurganova) ; 1 Ô, Chilish River, Lake Teletskoe, Tomsk Gubernia , 24.VII.1909 (Emeljanov) ; 1 ♀, 20 km SE of Ongudai , 28.VI.1964 (Kerzhner) ; 1 ♀, Lake Kureevskoe, upper course of Biya River , 18.VIII.1926 (Valdaev) . Eastern Siberia. 1 ♀, Konnyi Island, Yenisei River, Krasnoyarsk , 26.V.1899 (M. Kibort) ; 1 Ô, Bazaikha , near Krasnoyarsk, 1895 (Ulrich) ; 1 Ô, same locality, 1910 (Degtyarev) ; 1 ♀, pass to Karasyube River, S of Abakan , 18.VI.1897 (Wagner) ; 1 Ô, Yurty, Kanskii Uyezd , 23.V.1912 (Mishin) ; 1 ♀, Tulun, 15–16.V.1936 (Lukjanovitsh) ; 1 ♀, Ust-Urluk on Selenga River, Transbaikalia , 3.VII.1928 (Lukjanovitsh) ; 1 ♀, Malta railaway station , Irkutsk Gubernia, 27.VI.1909 (Tikhomirov) ; 1 Ô, Irkutsk, Pivovarikha Vill ., VI.1907 (D. Smirnov) .

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Figures

Figs. 90–93. Peribalus Mulsant et Rey, head: (90) P. hoberlandti Lodos et Önder, (91) P. strictus vernalis (Wolff), (92) P. strictus capitatus (Jak.), (93) P. strictus strictus (F.).

Figs. 1–5. Peribalus Mulsant et Rey, spermatheca: (1) P. strictus capitatus (Jak.), (2) P. strictus strictus (F.), (3) P. strictus vernalis (Wolff), (4) P. lodosi Ahmad et al., (5) P. pishinensis Ahmad.

Figs. 18–22. Peribalus Mulsant et Rey, aedeagus: (18) P. strictus strictus (F.), (19) P. strictus vernalis (Wolff), (20) P. strictus capitatus (Jak.), (21) P. lodosi Ahmad, (22) P. sinuatus Ahmad.

Figs. 50–62. Parameres: (50–53) Holcostethus Fieber [(50) H. albipes (F.), (51) H. sphacelatus (F.), (52) H. evae Ribes, (53) H. (E.) fissiceps Horv.], (54–62) Peribalus Mulsant et Rey [(54) P. strictus capitatus (Jak.), (55) P. strictus vernalis (Wolff), (56) P. strictus strictus (F.), (57) P. congenitus Putsh., (58) P. hoberlandti Lodos et Önder, (59) P. nitidus (Kir.), (60) P. inclusus (Dohrn), (61) P. manifestus Kir., (62) P. tianshanicus sp. n.].