Gerris (Gerris) argentatus Schummel, 1832

Fent, Meral, Kment, Petr, Çamur-Elipek, Belgin & Kirgiz, Timur, 2011, Annotated catalogue of Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, and Leptopodomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Turkey, with new records 2856, Zootaxa 2856 (1), pp. 1-84 : 42-43

Gerris (Gerris) argentatus Schummel, 1832

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Material examined. EUROPEAN TURKEY: Tekirdağ Province: Malkara-Izgar village (loc. 36), stream, 24.iii.2010, 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀, M. Fent lgt. & det. ( TUET) . ASIAN TURKEY: Antalya province: 25 km E Antalya, Perge near Aksu , 2.v.1991, 1 ♀ (ma) 1 ♀ (ap) ( Fig. 32 ), Z. Jindra lgt., P. Kment det. ( ZJPC) . Mersin province: Erdemli ( Loc. No. 109), 24.–26.viii.1970, 1 ♂ (ma), Exp. N. Mus. ČSR lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC) . Niğde province: Kayırlı env. (N 38°19' E 34°31'), Gösterli village, Nargölü [crater lake], 29.iv.2004, 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (ma), P. Kment lgt. & det. ( NMPC) .

European Turkey. First record from Turkish Thrace.

Asian Turkey. Hoberlandt (1952a, revised!), Linnavuori (1965), Özesmi & Önder (1988), Andersen (1995), Önder et al. (2006), Kıyak et al. (2008), Salur & Mesci (2009).

Turkey (not distinguished). Stichel (1955), Nieser & Moubayed (1985), Kıyak & Özsaraç (2001), Kanyukova (2006).

General distribution. Widely distributed Palaearctic species, occurring in most European countries, north-western Africa, Anatolia, Transcaucasia, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Central Asia, and Siberia ( Nieser & Moubayed 1985, Andersen 1995, Lukashuk 1997, Protić 1998, Kment 2006a).

Identification. Kanyukova (1982, 2006), Andersen (1994), Linnavuori (1998), Linnavuori & Hosseini (2000). See also comment under G. caucasicus (below).

Figures

FIGURES 32–34. 32—Gerris (Gerris) argentatus Schummel, 1832, female (Antalya province: Perge near Aksu, body length 6.7 mm); 33–34—Gerris (Gerris) caucasicus Kanyukova, 1982, female (Sivas province: Tödürge Gölü, body length 8.9 mm).