Lygaeus simulans Deckert, 1985

Heyden, Torsten van der & Dioli, Paride, 2019, First records of Lygaeus simulans Deckert, 1985 for Albania (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeidae: Lygaeinae), Natural History Sciences 6 (1), pp. 33-36 : 33

Lygaeus simulans Deckert, 1985 is morphologically very similar to the closely related Lygaeus equestris (Linnaeus, 1758) . Both species occur sympatric and syntopic in various parts of the Palaearctic Region ( Deckert, 1985; Péricart, 1998; Maschler, 2002).

Lygaeus simulans seems to prefer continental climates with dry and warm conditions ( Deckert, 1985; Péricart, 1998; Rabitsch & Deckert, 2008). The species has been found on Adonis vernalis L., Digitalis purpurea L. and Vincetoxicum hirundinaria Medik. ( Deckert, 1985; Rabitsch & Waitzbauer, 1996; Péricart, 1998; Rabitsch & Deckert, 2008).

In Europe, L. simulans has been reported from the following countries: Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, France (including the island of Cor-

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Received: 16 March 2018

Accepted for publication: 5 September 2018

Online publication: 29 November 2018

sica), Germany, Great Britain (including the Channel Islands), Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan (European part), Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia (European part), Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland and Ukraine ( Deckert 1985; Lis, 1987; Kondorosy, 1989; Costas & Vázquez, 1991; Gusev & Tatarnikov, 1991; Josifov, 1990, 1993; Dioli et al., 1994; Rabitsch & Waitzbauer, 1996; Péricart, 1998, 2001; Aukema, 2013).