Notonecta (Notonecta) meridionalis Poisson, 1926

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 : 31-32

Notonecta (Notonecta) meridionalis Poisson, 1926

( Figs. 23–29 )

= Notonecta glauca hybrida Poisson, 1933

= Notonecta glauca kervillei Poisson, 1933 (supposed synonym)

= Notonecta obliqua meridionalis Poisson, 1926

Material examined. EUROPEAN TURKEY: Kırklareli province: Asker Deresi [stream] (loc. 31), 1 ♂ 1 ♀, M. Fent det. ( TUET) . ASIAN TURKEY: KırŞehir province: Çağırgan , 22.vii.1947, 1 ♂ ( Figs. 23 , 28 ), Exp. N. Mus. ČSR lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC) . Kocaeli province: Mollafeneri [= Akören], 21.vi.1947, 1 ♂ 4 ♀♀ ( Figs. 24–27 ), Exp. N. Mus. ČSR lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC) . Tunceli province: Tunceli (N 39°06' E 39°33'), Munzur Nehri [river] valley, oxbow lake near bridge, 22.vi.2002, 1 ♀ ( Fig. 29 ), P. Kment lgt. & det. ( NMPC) .

European Turkey. Josifov (1986a), Polhemus (1995e), Önder et al. (2006), Aukema (2009); this paper. First exact records from Turkish Thrace.

Asian Turkey. Poisson (1933, as N. glauca kervillei , types), Gadeau de Kerville (1939, as N. glauca kervillei and N. obliqua meridionalis ), Hoberlandt (1952a, as N. glauca hybrida (partim), N. obliqua obliqua (partim), and N. obliqua meridionalis ), Kanyukova (1973, as N. glauca meridionalis ), Balık et al. (2006), Önder et al. (2006), Dursun (2011); this paper.

Turkey (not distinguished). Stichel (1955, as N. glauca hybrida , N. glauca kervillei , N. obliqua merdionalis ), Kıyak & Özsaraç (2001), Kanyukova (2006, revised).

General distribution. Southern parts of western and Central Europe ( Great Britain [ Jersey?]), France, Andorra, Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary), southern Europe ( Portugal, Spain, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, Greece, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania), Ukraine (Crimea), Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Turkey ( Polhemus 1995 e, Carapezza 1997, Rabitsch & Zettel 2000, Gogala 2003, Papáček 2003, Kanyukova 2006, Soós et al. 2009, Kment & Beran 2011).

Comment. The supposed synonym, Notonecta glauca kervillei , was described from Anatolia ( Poisson 1933). The status of Notonecta meridionalis was for a long time in question. Kanyukova (1973) regarded it a subspecies of N. glauca , whereas Zimmermann (1982) argued for its being a species based on sympatric occurrence with N. glauca . Angus (2006) confirmed the species status of N. meridionalis based on a study of the karyotype.

The 1 ♂ and 4 ♀♀ from ‘Mollafeneri’, identified by Hoberlandt (1952a) as N. glauca hybrida , N. obliqua obliqua , and N. obliqua meridionalis , and 1 ♂ from locality ‘Çağırgan’ identified by him as N. obliqua obliqua , belong in fact to this species. On the other hand, the specimens from ‘Suluhan’ identified as N. glauca hybrida by Hoberlandt (1952a) belong in fact to N. maculata . Some of the previous records of N. obliqua from Turkey may belong to M. meridionalis as well. See also the Identification under N. glauca glauca .

Identification. Kanyukova (1973, 2006), Nieser et al. (1994), Soós et al. (2009).

Figures

FIGURES 22–24. Parameres. 22—Notonecta glauca poissoni Hungerford, 1934 (Kırşehir province: Çağırgan, 90×); 23–24— Notonecta meridionalis Poisson, 1926 (23—Kırşehir province: Çağırgan, 90×; 24—Kocaeli province: Mollafeneri, 90×).

FIGURES 25–30. Variation of hemelytral colouration. 25–29—Notonecta meridionalis Poisson, 1926 (25–27—Kocaeli province: Mollafeneri, 28—Kırşehir province: Çağırgan, 29—Tunceli province: Tunceli); 30—Notonecta obliqua Thunberg, 1787 (Czech Republic: Elbogen [= Loket], no date and collector, P. Kment det., NMPC).