Microvelia (Picaultia) macani Brown, 1953

Kment, Petr & Carapezza, Attilio, 2022, Heteroptera (Hemiptera) of the Socotra Archipelago I: Introduction, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 62 (2), pp. 475-519 : 494-495

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.37520/aemnp.2022.026

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10553054

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scientific name

Microvelia (Picaultia) macani Brown, 1953
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Microvelia (Picaultia) macani Brown, 1953 View in CoL

( Figs 36–37 View Figs 32–39. 32–35 )

Microvelia hozari macani Brown, 1953a: 584–586 View in CoL , figs C, D, G, I (original description). Syntypes: 6 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀, Iraq: Baghdad (BMNH).

Microvelia macani: LINNAVUORI (1986a) View in CoL : 38 (upgraded to species).

Microvelia (Picaultia) macani View in CoL : ANDERSEN & WEIR (2003): 339 (subgeneric placement).

Microvelia perexigua Linnavuori, 1960: 54–56 , figs 15a–e (original description). Holotype: ♂ (apterous), Israel: Gvuloth (RLRF → AMNH – see KMENT & CARAPEZZA 2017). Synonymized by LINNAVUORI (1986a: 38).

Material examined. SOCOTRA: Hadibo [= Hadiboh, 10–20 m a.s.l.], 15.ii.2000, 3 spec., W. Wranik lgt. ( WWRG → NMPC); Hagher Mts., wadi Madar (12°33′12ʺN 54°00′24ʺE), brook in montane shrubland, 1170 m a.s.l., 18.vi.2012, 1 ♂ (ap), Socotra expedition 2012: J. Bezděk, J. Hájek, V. Hula, P. Kment, I. Malenovský, J. Niedobová & L. Purchart lgt. ( NMPC); Hallah Arhar [= Halla area, Arher] (12°33′00ʺN 54°27′36ʺE), spring, 15 m a.s.l., 11.xi.2010, 3 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀ (ap) 1 ♀ (ma), J. Bezděk lgt. ( MMBC); Homhil protected area, Ain Tsahrin spring (12°34′12″N 54°18′30″E), 435 m a.s.l., 11.vi.2012, 13 ♂♂ 14 ♀♀ (ap), Socotra expedition 2012: J. Bezděk, J. Hájek, V. Hula, P. Kment, I. Malenovský, J. Niedobová & L. Purchart lgt.( ACPI, NHMW, NMPC, MMBC); Zemhon [= Zemhom] area (12°30′58″N 54°06′39″E), 270–350 m a.s.l., at light, 3.–4.ii.2010, 2 ♀♀ (ma), L. Purchart & J. Vybíral lgt. ( MMBC, NMPC).

Identification. BROWN (1953a, as M. hozari macani ) (description, figures); LINNAVUORI (1960, as M. perexigua ) (description, figures); LINNAVUORI (1986a): 38–40 (upgraded to species, new synonymy, redescription, figures); LINNAVUORI & HOSSEINI (2000): 41–43 (key, diagnosis, figures); SALEH AHMED & GADALLA (2005a): 221–222, 225 (key, diagnosis, figures); LINNAVUORI et al. (2011): 92, 96 (diagnosis, habitus figure).

Habitat. In Socotra collected in coastal to montane zone: in a shaded pool covered with tamarind leaves next to a small brook at Homhil (435 m a.s.l.) and on two brooks, at the sea coast (5 m a.s.l. at Arher; Fig. 49 View Figs 49–53.49 ) as well as in Hagher Mts (1170 m a.s.l. in wadi Madar; Fig. 50 View Figs 49–53.49 ), at the latter locality in tufts of Juncus socotranus at the bank. Two macropterous specimens were also collected at light.

Outside Socotra, the species was collected in marshes, ponds, pools and brooks among rich vegetation (e.g. of Phragmites , Typha , Juncus and sedges) and also in irrigation systems ( LINNAVUORI 1986a, 1994b, 2009; LINNAVUORI & VAN HARTEN 1997 ; SALEH AHMED & GADALLA 2005a; LINNAVUORI et al. 2011). Macropterous specimens were also intercepted by light traps and Malaise trap (LINNAVUORI 2004, LINNAVUORI et al. 2011).

Distribution. Palaearctic Region: Near East: Azerbaijan (BERCHI et al. in press), Egypt: Sinai ( SALEH AHMED & GADALLA 2005a,b), Iran ( LINNAVUORI & HOSSEINI 2000; LINNAVUORI 2004, 2009; GHAHARI et al. 2013), Iraq ( BROWN 1953a, LINNAVUORI 1994b), Israel ( LINNAVUORI 1960, as M. perexigua ), Saudia Arabia ( BROWN 1953a, as M. hozari macani, 1953b , as M. hozari ; LINNAVUORI 1986a), Socotra (this paper), UnitedArab Emirates (LINNAVUORI et al. 2011), Yemen ( LINNAVUORI & VAN HARTEN 1997 , 2002a). New species for the Socotra Archipelago.

NMPC

National Museum Prague

MMBC

Moravske Muzeum [Moravian Museum]

NHMW

Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Veliidae

Genus

Microvelia

Loc

Microvelia (Picaultia) macani Brown, 1953

Kment, Petr & Carapezza, Attilio 2022
2022
Loc

Microvelia (Picaultia) macani

ANDERSEN N. M. & WEIR T. A. 2003: 339
2003
Loc

Microvelia macani: LINNAVUORI (1986a)

LINNAVUORI R. E. 1986: 38
1986
Loc

Microvelia perexigua

LINNAVUORI R. 1960: 56
1960
Loc

Microvelia hozari macani

BROWN E. S. 1953: 586
1953
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