Hebrus acutiscutatus Brown, 1951

Kment, Petr, Jindra, Zdeněk & Berchi, Gavril Marius, 2016, Review of West-Palaearctic Hebridae with description of a new species and redescription of Hebrus fulvinervis (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), Zootaxa 4147 (3), pp. 201-239 : 231

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Hebrus acutiscutatus Brown, 1951 View in CoL

( Figs. 28 View FIGURES 23 – 28. 23 – 24 , 72 View FIGURE 72 )

Hebrus acutiscutata [sic] Brown, 1951: 239. Holotype: ♀, Saudi Arabia: Al Birza near Jeddah ( BMNH).

Hebrus soudani Poisson, 1964: 216 View in CoL . Holotype: ♂, Sudan: Erkovit ( AMNH). Synonymized by Linnavuori (1980: 3).

Material examined. ISRAEL: E. Gedi [= Ein Gedi], 13/3. A, 25.x.1980, 1 Ƌ, D. Furth lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC) . YEMEN: Al Hudaydah Province, Jabal Bura valley forest NP (stream valley), 14°52.4–5′N 43°24.6–25.2′E, 240– 350 m a.s.l., at light, 4.xi.2010, 2 Ƌ 1 ♀, J. Hájek lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC) .

Distribution ( Fig. 72 View FIGURE 72 ). Asia: Israel (this paper), Saudia Arabia: Hijaz ( Brown 1951, Linnavuori 1980), Yemen (Linnavuori & van Harten 1997, 2002). Afrotropical Region: Sudan ( Poisson 1964, as H. soudani ; Linnavuori 1971, 1981). New species for Israel.

Comment. Linnavuori (1981) listed this species in the subgenus Hebrus s. str. and illustrated the scutellum.

References

Brown, E. S. (1951) Aquatic and semi-aquatic Hemiptera. In: Anonymus (Ed.), Expedition to S. W. Arabia, 1937 - 1938. Vol. 1. British Museum (Natural History), London, pp. 221 - 273.

Linnavuori, R. E. & Harten, A. van (1997) Notes on Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera) of Yemen. In: Krupp, F. & Mahnert, V. (Eds.), Fauna of Saudi Arabia. Vol. 16. National Comission for Wildlife Conservation and Development (NCWCD), Riyadh & Pro Entomologia c / o Natural History Museum, Basel, pp. 169 - 236.

Linnavuori, R. E. & Harten, A. van (2002) Additional notes on the Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera) of Yemen II, pp. 157 - 188. In: Hacker, H. H. & Peks, H. (Eds.), Esperiana, Buchreihe zur Entomologie. Vol. 9. Druck und Verlag, Schwanfeld, 606 pp.

Linnavuori, R. (1971) Hemiptera of the Sudan, with remarks on some species of the adjacent countries. 1. The aquatic and subaquatic families. Annales Zoologici Fennici, 8, 340 - 366.

Linnavuori, R. (1980) Hemiptera of the Sudan, with remarks on the species of adjacent countries. 8. Additions and corrections. Bibliography. Acta Entomologica Fennica, 36, 1 - 53.

Linnavuori, R. (1981) Hemiptera of Nigeria, with remarks on some species of the adjacent countries. 1. The aquatic and subaquatic families, Saldidae and Leptopodidae. Acta Entomologica Fennica, 37, 1 - 39.

Poisson, R. A. (1964) Deux especes nouvelles d'Hemipteres aquatiques de l'Afrique ethiopienne. Annales Entomologici Fennici, 30, 214 - 218.

Figures

FIGURE 72. Distribution of Hebrus vaillanti Poisson, 1953 (green) and H. acutiscutatus Brown, 1951 (red).

FIGURES 23 – 28. 23 – 24 — Hebrus jeanneli djaneti Poisson, 1953: 23 — female, Algeria: near Tamanrasset (body length 2.04 mm); 24 — female, Morocco: Qued Reraïa (1.98 mm). 25 — H. montanus Kolenati, 1847, male, Morocco: Asni (1.92 mm). 26 — H. syriacus Horváth, 1896, female, Cyprus: Kyrenis (1.62 mm). 27 — H. vaillanti Poisson, 1953, male, Morocco: Massa River (1.88 mm). 28 — H. acutiscutatus Brown, 1951, Israel: Ein Gedi (1.90 mm).