Notonecta (Notonecta) glauca poissoni Hungerford, 1934

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 : 28-30

Notonecta (Notonecta) glauca poissoni Hungerford, 1934

( Figs. 19–22 )

Material examined. ASIAN TURKEY: KırŞehir province: Çağırgan , 22.vii.1947, 1 ♂ ( Figs. 21–22 ), Exp. N . Mus. ČSR lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC) . Osmaniye province: Haruniye [= Düziçi], vi.1953, 1 ♀, Dr. H. Kumerloeve

lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC). Sivas province: Zara env., Tödürge Gölü [lake] (N 39°53' E 37°37'), swamp along the road to university station, 27.vi.2002, 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀ ( Figs. 19–20 ), P. Kment lgt. & det. ( NMPC). Trabzon province :

Uzungöl env., Uzungöl [lake] (N 40°36'06.9" E 40°19'02.3"), 1130 m a.s.l., 10.v.2005, 1 ♀, P. Kment lgt. & det. ( NMPC). Van province: ca. 45 km SE Van, Güzelsu—HoŞap (N 38°18' E 43°47'), 2070 m a.s.l., stream, 27.– 28.vi.2003, 1 ♂, J. Hájek & J. Hotový lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC) .

Asian Turkey. Kirkaldy (1897: 421, as N. glauca ), Kiritshenko (1918, as N. glauca ), Kiritshenko (1924, as N. glauca ), Hungerford (1934, types), Hoberlandt (1952, as N. obliqua obliqua (partim )), Kanyukova (1973), Polhemus (1995e), Kanyukova (2006), Önder et al. (2006), Dursun (2011).

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

General distribution. Anatolia, Georgia, Armenia, Iran ( Lindberg 1964, Polhemus 1995 e, Kanyukova 2006).

Comment. One of the 2 ♂♂ from ‘Çağırgan’ identified as N. obliqua obliqua by Hoberlandt (1952a) belong to this subspecies. See also Identification under N. glauca glauca .

The co-occurrence of boths subspecies, N. glauca glauca and N. glauca poissoni , in the Tödürge Gölü is especially interesting. Kanyukova (1973: Fig. 23a ) figured also the hemelytron of the pale form of N. g. poissoni; but in our opinion our pale specimen ( Fig. 18 ) fits well with the typical N. glauca glauca , especially after comparison with specimens from Central Europe (see also Kanyukova 1973: Fig. 21a ). More data on distribution and possibly also cytology and molecular genetic markers from Anatolian populations are necessary to revise the status of both subspecies.

Identification. Kanyukova (1973, 2006), Linnavuori & Hosseini (2000).

Figures

FIGURES 13–21. Variation of hemelytral colouration. 13–18—Notonecta glauca glauca Linnaeus, 1758 (13—Afyon province: İshaklı, 14—Bolu province: Abant Gölü env., 15–17—Çankırı/Kastamonu provinces: Ilgaz Dağları, 18—Sivas province: Tödürge Gölü); 19–21—Notonecta glauca poissoni Hungerford, 1934 (19–20—Sivas province: Tödürge Gölü); 21—Kırşehir province: Çağırgan).

FIGURES 22–24. Parameres. 22—Notonecta glauca poissoni Hungerford, 1934 (Kırşehir province: Çağırgan, 90×); 23–24— Notonecta meridionalis Poisson, 1926 (23—Kırşehir province: Çağırgan, 90×; 24—Kocaeli province: Mollafeneri, 90×).