Macrotylus (Macrotylus) longulus Poppius, 1912

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 : 15

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.12092146
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D8033C-4D15-1740-FE4A-FB7041F1F97B
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Macrotylus (Macrotylus) longulus Poppius, 1912
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Treatment

Macrotylus (Macrotylus) longulus Poppius, 1912 View in CoL

Material examined

Macrotylus (Macrotylus) anahtaris

TURKEY – Adana Province • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; Tufanbeyli ; 12 Jul. 1986; EUAPP exped.; LEMT . – Kahramanmaraş Province • 1 ♂; Andırın ; 10 Jun. 1985; EUAPP exped.; LEMT • 1 ♂; Kırıkhan ; 7 Jul. 1984; EUAPP exped.; LEMT . – Hatay Province • 2 ♂♂; Yayladağ ; 10 Jul. 1984; EUAPP exped.; LEMT .

Comments

This species was recorded from Adana, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş and Mersin by Lodos et al. (2003). We could find the specimens collected from Adana, Hatay and Kahramanmaraş but could not locate specimens from Mersin in LEMT. A re-examination of these specimens revealed that they belong to M. (M.) anahtaris Seidenstücker, 1959 . We strongly believe that the specimens from Mersin either belong to M. anahtaris or M. antennalis , another endemic species of Anatolia that is remarkably similar to M. longulus and can only be reliably distinguished by examination of the male genitalia.