Mesopsallus rhodani (Fieber, 1861)

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 : 16

Mesopsallus rhodani (Fieber, 1861)

Material examined

Psallus (Apocremnus) skylla

TURKEY – Hatay Province • 2 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀; Antakya ; 28 Apr. 1986; EUAPP exped.; LEMT . – Kahramanmaraş Province • 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Nurhak dağı; 13 Jun. 1985; EUAPP exped.; LEMT • 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀; Göksun ; 14 Jun. 1986; EUAPP exped.; LEMT .

Mesopsallus sp.

TURKEY – Antalya Province • 1 ♂; Korkuteli ; 23 May 1986; EUAPP exped.; LEMT .

Mesopsallus amygdali

TURKEY – Antalya Province • 1 ♂ Kumluca ; 20 Jun. 1986; EUAPP exped.; LEMT .

Comments

A central European species that extends to Ukraine and Romania in the east ( Aukema 2023). It was recorded in Turkey from Antalya, Hatay and Kahramanmaraş, by Lodos et al. (2003) as Atractotomus rhodani . A re-examination of these specimens revealed that records from Hatay and Kahramanmaraş referred to Psallus (Apocremnus) skylla Linnavuori, 1994 , the record from Kumluca, Antalya to Mesopsallus amygdali ( Wagner, 1960) , and the record from Korkuteli, Antalya to a new Mesopsallus species closely related to M. rhodani .