Myrmecoris gracilis (R.F. Sahlberg, 1848)

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 : 12

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.937.2571
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7E02539C-95F7-482D-88CF-4D0884583EE5
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12092015
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scientific name	Myrmecoris gracilis (R.F. Sahlberg, 1848)
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Comments

This is a Sibero-European species that was recorded from Turkey, twice, by Yayla (1984) from Antalya and by Kıyak (2019) from Ankara. As discussed below, the record by Yayla (1984) was based on a misidentified specimen. Similarly, it is highly probable that the record by Kıyak (2019) too is based on the misidentification of a similar myrmecomorphic Heteroptera species. Therefore, this record needs confirmation.

References

Kiyak S. 2019. A confirmed species to Turkish Miridae fauna: Myrmecoris gracilis (Sahlberg, 1848) (Heteroptera). Munis Entomology & Zoology 14 (2): 662.

Yayla A. 1984. Antalya ve Cevresi Zeytinagaclarinda Rastlanan Faydali Heteropter'lerin Taninmalari, Konukculari ve Etkinlikleri Uzerinde Arastirmalar. Zirai Mucadele ve Zirai Karantina Genel Mudurlugu, Ankara.