Sigara (Retrocorixa) limitata limitata ( Fieber, 1848 )

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 : 21

Sigara (Retrocorixa) limitata limitata ( Fieber, 1848)

( Figs. 9–10 )

Material examined. EUROPEAN TURKEY: Edirne province: Suakacağı village (loc. 35), 1 ♂ 1 ♀, M. Fent det. ( TUET). ASIAN TURKEY: Ardahan province: 12 km E ŞavŞat, Çam Geçidi [pass] (N 41°12.0' E 42°30.6'), 2430–2485 m a.s.l., steppes and pastures on N slope, ruins of stony shelters near the stream, small tanks, 2.– 3.vii.2004, 1 ♂ ( Figs. 9–10 ) 2 ♀♀, J. Hájek & J. Růžička lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC) .

European Turkey. Kment et al. (2005); this paper.

Asian Turkey. Hoberlandt (1952a, revised!), Jansson (1986a, in map as revised; 1995), Önder et al. (2006); this paper.

Turkey (not distinguished). Stichel (1955, as S. (Sigara) limitata ), Kıyak & Özsaraç (2001), Kanyukova (2006).

General distribution. Distributed in most of European countries, Anatolia, Georgia, Asian part of Kazakhstan, and West Siberia ( Jansson 1995, Protić 1998, Gogala 2003, Kanyukova 2008, Prokin et al. 2009).

Comment. The examined male from ‘ Çam Geçidi’ differs remarkably in the arangement of palar pegs from the typical specimens of the species, but as there is also a large difference between the right and left pala of the same specimen ( Figs. 9–10 ) and the remaining characters fits this species, we interpret this specimen as a case of teratology.

Identification. Jansson (1986a), Kanyukova (2006).

Subgenus Sigara s. str.

Figures

FIGURES 9–10. Sigara (Retrocorixa) limitata limitata (Fieber, 1848), male (Ardahan province: Çam Geçidi): right (Fig. 9) and left (Fig. 10) pala in ventral view.