Psallus (Psallus) mollis (Mulsant & Rey, 1852)

Çerçi, Barış, Koçak, Özgür & Tezcan, Serdar, 2024, Review of the Heteroptera (Hemiptera) fauna of Turkey: perspectives for future research, European Journal of Taxonomy 937, pp. 1-127 : 17-18

Psallus (Psallus) mollis (Mulsant & Rey, 1852)

Material examined

Psallus (Psallus) varians

TURKEY – Çanakkale Province • 2 ♀♀; Gökçeada ; 29 May 1975; F. Önder leg.; LEMT . – Isparta Province • 1 ♀; Eğirdir ; 11 Jun. 1973; F. Önder leg.; LEMT . – İzmIr ProvInce • 1 ♀; Bergama, Kozak ; 23 May 1973; F. Önder leg.; LEMT • 2 ♀; Kemalpaşa ; 23 May 1970; F. Önder leg.; LEMT . – Manisa Province • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Salihli, Sart ; 7 May 1973; F. Önder leg.; LEMT . – Muğla ProvInce • 1 ♂; Fethiye, Seki ; 9 Jun. 1973; F. Önder leg.; LEMT . – TekIrdağ ProvInce • 1 ♀; Şarköy ; 31 May 1975; F. Önder leg.; LEMT . – Uşak ProvInce • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Merkez ; 17 Jun. 1975; F. Önder leg.; LEMT • 1 ♀; Eşme ; 16 Jun. 1975; F. Önder leg.; LEMT .

Psallus (Psallus) asthenicus

TURKEY – Kütahya Province • 4 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; Merkez; 21 Jun. 1975; F. Önder leg.; LEMT .

Psallus (Psallus) anaemicus

TURKEY – Samsun Province • 2 ♂♂; Bafra; 4 Jun. 1973; F. Önder leg.; LEMT .

Psallus (Psallus) turcicus

TURKEY – Kayseri Province • 1 ♂; Talas; 31 May 1973; F. Önder leg.; LEMT .

Psallus (Hyalopsallus) perrisi

TURKEY – Kayseri Province • 1 ♂; Merkez; 1 Jun. 1973; F. Önder leg.; LEMT .

Comments

This species was recorded from numerous localities in Turkey by Önder (1976). After re-examination of the voucher specimens from all localities, except from Ödemiş, İzmir, we concluded that none of these specimens belong to P. mollis , but to other taxa. Records from Çanakkale, Isparta, İzmir, Manisa, Muğla and Tekirdağ refer to Psallus (Psallus) varians (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1841) , those from Kütahya to Psallus (Psallus) asthenicus Seidenstücker, 1966 , those from Samsun to Psallus (Psallus) anaemicus Seidenstücker, 1966 , that from Merkez, Kayseri to Psallus (Hylopsallus) perrisi (Mulsant & Rey, 1852) and that from Talas, Kayseri to Psallus (Psallus) turcicus Wagner, 1971 . The specimens from Uşak were all females and could not be reliably identified to species level.