Hebrus (Hebrus) pilipes Kanyukova, 1997

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 : 35-36

Hebrus (Hebrus) pilipes Kanyukova, 1997

Hebrus montanus (misidentification): Kiritshenko (1964, partim).

Hebrus pusillus (misidentification): Kiritshenko (1918), Hoberlandt (1952a, partim), Kiritshenko (1964, partim).

Hebrus (Hebrus) pilipes Kanyukova, 1997: 224–226 , 230–232, 234.

Material examined. ASIAN TURKEY: Antalya province: Beldibi near Kemer, Bey Dağları [Mts.], 1.– 15.vii.1998, 2 ♂♂, P. Bulirsch lgt., P. Kment det. ( ZJPC) . Konya province: Fele near Kıreli , 50 km N of BeyŞehir, 9.ix.1992, 1 ♀, Z. Jindra lgt., P. Kment det. ( ZJPC) .

Asian Turkey. Hoberlandt (1952a, as H. pusillus and H. pusillus f. rufescens (partim), misidentification), Kment & Jindra (2005), Önder et al. (2006).

General distribution. Ukraine (Crimea), South European Territory of Russia (Adygea, Astrakhan and Krasnodar regions), Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Iran (Gorgan) ( Kanyukova 1997, 2006; Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000; Prokin et al. 2009), Anatolia ( Kment & Jindra 2005), and Afghanistan ( Kment & Kanyukova 2010).

Comment. The Hoberlandt’s (1952a) records of H. pusillus from the localities ‘Alahan’ (Mersin province) and ‘Kızılviran’ (Konya province) belong in fact to this species ( Kment & Jindra 2005). It was further recorded from the provinces Antalya, Sivas, and Tunceli ( Kment & Jindra 2005). The correct identification of the Turkish material was later confirmed by E.V. Kanyukova (pers. comm.).

Identification. Kanyukova (1997, 2006), Linnavuori & Hosseini (2000).

Subgenus Hebrusella Poisson, 1944