Lethocerus patruelis (Stål, 1854), ET AT

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 : 12

Lethocerus patruelis (Stål, 1854)

= Belostoma cordofanum (non Mayr, 1853)

= Lethocerus niloticus (non Stål, 1854)

Material examined. EUROPEAN TURKEY: Edirne province: Enez—Gala Gölü [lake] (loc. 10), 4 ♂♂ 1 ♀ ; Center –Yıldırım street (loc. 34), 1 ♂, M. Fent det. ( TUET) . Kırklareli province: Asker Deresi [stream] (loc. 31), 1 ♀, M. Fent det. ( TUET) . Tekirdağ province: Malkara—Kadıköy Göleti [pond] (loc. 32), 1 ♂, M. Fent det. ( TUET) .

European Turkey. Polhemus (1995b), Aukema (2009); this paper. First exact records from Turkish Thrace.

Asian Turkey. Hoberlandt (1952a, as L. niloticus ), Kanyukova & Kerzhner (1980), Polhemus (1995b), Önder et al. (2006), Perez Goodwyn (2006).

Turkey (not distinguished). Stichel (1955, as Belostoma cordofanum ), Nieser & Moubayed (1985), Önder & Lodos (1988, as Belostoma cordofanum ), Kıyak & Özsaraç (2001).

General distribution. Balkan Peninsula, Anatolia, Israel, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Oriental Region ( Pakistan, India, Nepal, Burma) ( Polhemus 1995b, Protić 1998, Perez Goodwyn 2006). Recently the species was recorded from Italy ( Olivieri 2009).

Identification. Stichel (1955), Linnavuori & Hosseini (2000), Perez Goodwyn (2006).