Hebrus pusillus arabicus Linnavuori, 1971

Kment, Petr, Jindra, Zdeněk & Berchi, Gavril Marius, 2016, Review of West-Palaearctic Hebridae with description of a new species and redescription of Hebrus fulvinervis (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), Zootaxa 4147 (3), pp. 201-239 : 216

Hebrus pusillus arabicus Linnavuori, 1971

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Hebrus pusillus arabicus Linnavuori, 1971: 364 . Holotype: ♂, Yemen, Wadi Kebir near Lahej ( NMWC).

Material examined. IRAN: Hormozgan: Isin (Loc. No. 198), 11.–15. iv.1973, 1 ♀, Exp. Nat . Mus . Praha, E. Kanyukova 2006 det. as H. montanus, P. Kment det. ( NMPC) . OMAN: Nakhl, Wadi Mistal , 24. iii.1997, 3 Ƌ 1 ♀, E. Heiss lgt., P. Kment det. ( EHIA, NMPC) .

Distribution ( Fig. 71 ). Asia: Iran: Hormozgan ( Kment & Kanyukova 2010, as H. montanus ), Iraq ( Linnavuori 1986, 1994), Oman (new record), Saudi Arabia ( Linnavuori 1986), United Arab Emirates (Linnavuori et al. 2011), Yemen ( Brown 1951, as H. pusillus var. rufescens ; Linnavuori 1971; Linnavuori & van Harten 1997, 2002). Afrotropical Region: Sudan (Port Sudan on Red Sea Coast) ( Linnavuori 1986). New species for Iran and Oman.

Comments. Linnavuori (1971) illustrated only parameres of the new subspecies based on Yemeni specimens. Linnavuori (1986) provided illustrations of metanotal elevations, hemelytron and paramere of specimens from Iraq and Saudi Arabia, and compared the subspecies to Near East populations ascribed by him as H. pusillus pusillus . However, using the key by Kanyukova (1997, 2006), H. pusillus arabicus with pale yellowish legs, would run to H. montanus , although the pilosity of the male metatibia is more similar to that of H. pusillus pusillus . The relationship and subspecific status of H. pusillus arabicus and the nominotypical H. pusillus pusillus is worthy of re-examination; H. pusillus arabicus possibly deserves specific rank.

Figures

FIGURE 71. Distribution of Hebrus pusillus pusillus (Fallén, 1807) (confirmed occurrence in green, unconfirmed records in yellow), H. pusillus arabicus Linnavuori, 1971 (red), H. dupuisi Wagner, 1954 (blue circle), H. pusillus canariensis Poisson, 1954 (blue triangle), and H. pusillus pombasi Poisson, 1959 (blue square).