Coptosoma scutellatum (Geoffroy, 1785)

Lukashuk, A. O. & Saluk, S. V., 2021, New and rare for the Belarusian fauna True Bug species (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the parks of Brest Region, Russian Entomological Journal 30 (1), pp. 16-19 : 18-19

Coptosoma scutellatum (Geoffroy, 1785)

MATERIAL. 2 ex., Brest Region, Kobrin, A. V. Suvorov Park, sweeping 25.07.2011, A.O. Lukashuk leg.

NOTES. One of 57 Palearctic species of the genus [ Aukema, Rieger, 2006], the only species recorded in Belarus.

Imago live and feed on Fabaceae plants. Nymphs leave plants after feeding for soil surface till the next feeding bout. Overwintering stage nymphs of III–IV stage, this needs confirmation for Belarus [ Puchkov, 1961].

DISTRIBUTION. Europe: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Italy, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Litva, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, The Netherlands, Turkey, Ukraine, Sweden, Switzerland. North Africa: Algeria. Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, China (North-West, North, North-East), Georgia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Turkey [ Aukema, Rieger, 2006].

Thus, one genus, Taphropeltus Stål, 1872 , and four species, Acalypta parvula , Agnocoris reclairei , Orius laticollis laticollis and Taphropeltus contractus , are reported from the Belarusian territory for the first time.

Acknowlegments. Our cordial gratitude goes to P.S. Prokhorchik (Minsk, Belarus) for the field work assistance, E.M. Setrakova (Minsk, Belarus) for the help in locating some hardly accessible papers, K. V. Makovetskaya (Minsk, Belarus) for some editorial help in the manuscript preparation and our old friend and colleague A.K. Tishechkin ( Sacramento , USA) for improving the English. Study is a contribution from the Belarusian Republican Foundation for Fundamental Research Project No. Б 16-097 (20.06.2016, “Ecological potential of old parks and alleys of Belarus as habitats for rare species listed in national and IUCN Red Data Book of insects”).

Competing interests. The authors declare no competing interests.