Oncocephalus squalidus (ROSSI 1790)

Yildirim, E., Moulet, P., Külekçi, G. & Bulak, Y., 2010, Contribution to the Knowledge of Reduviidae (Hemiptera) Fauna of Turkey, Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (1), pp. 825-831 : 830

Oncocephalus squalidus (ROSSI 1790)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Antalya: Serik, Karaday , 2.VIII.1993 ,; Malatya: Akçada , 28.VI.1996 ,.

D i s t r i b u t i o n i n T u r k e y Akbès ( HORVATH 1901); Mollafeneri ( HOBERLANDT 1955); Adana, Antalya, Bursa, Izmir, Konya, Manisa, Sakarya ( ÖNDER 1980).

The more often, Oncocephalus species live on the ground, hidden under stones or in the soil; attracted by lights. Both macro- and brachypter forms (mainly), sometimes apter. Probably the commonest species of the genus in Europe. O. squalidus lives often in wet zones (more or less salted) or under stones. A holomediterranean species known as far as Central Asia and Arabic peninsula; present in Oriental Africa.