Hesperocorixa parallela (Fieber, 1860)

Published record. ‘Rozsnyó: Ökörhegy [= Rožňava, Volovské vrchy Mts., Skalisko Mt., Volovec pass] (Bartkó [leg.], VII.1913 1 m*, 1280 m)’ (Sóos 1959).

Comment. Hesperocorixa parallela is a mountain species with scattered occurrence in southern Europe, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Turkey, Near East and Iran (Polhemus et al. 1995, Aukema et al. 2013). In Central Europe the species is cofined only to the Carpathians (Slovakia, Poland, Transcarpathian Ukraine, Romania) (Soós 1959, Polhemus et al. 1995) where it prefers small and shallow tarns usually above 1700 m a.s.l. (Wróblewski 1980). The Slovak record by Soós (1959) was overlooked by Hoberlandt (1977) and Polhemus et al. (1995).