Notonecta (Notonecta) obliqua Thunberg, 1787

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 : 32

Notonecta (Notonecta) obliqua Thunberg, 1787

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= Notonecta furcata Fabricius, 1794

= Notonecta fuscata Fabricius (incorrect subsequent spelling)

Material examined. EUROPEAN TURKEY: Kırklareli province: Dereköy—Bizim Göl [pond] (loc. 22), 1 ♂, M. Fent det. ( TUET) .

European Turkey. Polhemus (1995e), Önder et al. (2006), Aukema (2009); this paper. First exact records from Turkish Thrace.

Asian Turkey. Horváth (1919, as N. fuscata [sic!]), Fahringer (1922, as N. glauca var. furcata ), Poisson (1925, as N. furcata ), Polhemus (1995e), Önder et al. (2006), Kıyak et al. (2007a), Dursun (2011).

Turkey (not distinguished). Stichel (1955), Kıyak & Özsaraç (2001, treating N. o. meridionalis as separate taxon), Kanyukova (2006).

General distribution. Distributed throughout Europe, in Morocco, Algeria, Anatolia, and Iran ( Polhemus 1995e, Gheit 1995, Protić 1998, Gogala 2003).

Comment. The specimens identified by Hoberlandt (1952a) as N. obliqua obliqua and N. obliqua meridionalis belong in fact to M. meridionalis , except one ♂ from ‘Çagırgan’, which is N. glauca poissoni . The previous records of N. obliqua from Turkey need verification because of possible misidentifications with N. glauca poissoni and N. meridionalis . See also Identification under N. glauca glauca .

Identification. Kanyukova (1973, 2006), Nieser et al. (1994), Soós et al. (2009).

Figures

FIGURES 25–30. Variation of hemelytral colouration. 25–29—Notonecta meridionalis Poisson, 1926 (25–27—Kocaeli province: Mollafeneri, 28—Kırşehir province: Çağırgan, 29—Tunceli province: Tunceli); 30—Notonecta obliqua Thunberg, 1787 (Czech Republic: Elbogen [= Loket], no date and collector, P. Kment det., NMPC).