Velia (Plesiovelia) saulii Tamanini, 1947

Berchi, Gavril Marius & Kment, Petr, 2015, Review of the family Veliidae in Romania (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha), Zootaxa 3963 (1) : -

Velia (Plesiovelia) saulii Tamanini, 1947

( Figs. 1 D, 2D)

Published records. Velia saulii: Kecskés (1997) , Davideanu et al. (2000), Berchi & Chimișliu (2015).

Material examined. ROMANIA: Bihor county: Colești [stream], 46°28ʹ38ʺN 22°25ʹ58ʺE, 400 m a.s.l., 22. vi.2013, 4 ♂♂ (ap) 3 ♀♀ (ap). Caraș-Severin county: Anina [stream], 45°03ʹ39ʺN 21°51ʹ06ʺE, 603 m a.s.l., 1. viii.2013, 8 ♂♂ (ap) 10 ♀♀ (ap); Ciclova Montană [stream], 45°01ʹ41ʺN 21°45ʹ17ʺE, 351 m a.s.l., 2. viii.2013, 1 ♂ (ap) 1 ♀ (ap); Eftimie Murgu [stream], 44°49ʹ57ʺN 22°08ʹ23ʺE, 595 m a.s.l., 7. viii.2013, 4 ♂♂ (ap) 3 ♀♀ (ap); Ilidia [stream], 44°58ʹ32ʺN 21°43ʹ38ʺE, 254 m a.s.l., 2. viii.2013, 2 ♂♂ (ap) 3 ♀♀ (ap); Mehadia [stream], 44°54ʹ42ʺN 22°23ʹ18ʺE, 368 m a.s.l., 15. vii.2012, 5 ♂♂ (ap) 12 ♀♀ (ap); Moldova Nouă [stream], 44°43ʹ31ʺN 21°42ʹ42ʺE, 228 m a.s.l., 12. vii.2014, 2 ♂♂ (ap) 3 ♀♀ (ap); Padina Matei [stream], 44°45ʹ17ʺN 21°43ʹ40ʺE, 397 m a.s.l., 12. vii.2014, 4 ♂♂ (ap) 6 ♀♀ (ap); Potoc [stream], 45°37ʹ56ʺN 24°22ʹ11ʺE, 279 m a.s.l., 7. iii.2014, 1 ♂ (ap) 7 ♀♀ (ap); Sichevița [stream], 44°42ʹ56ʺN 21°47ʹ54ʺE, 281 m a.s.l., 12. vii.2014, 3 ♂♂ (ap). Harghita county: Cașinu Nou [stream], 46°11ʹ27ʺN 26°00ʹ33ʺE, 733 m a.s.l., 3. viii.2014, 4 ♂♂ (ap) 3 ♀♀ (ap); Izvoru Mureșului [stream], 46°37ʹ09ʺN 25°44ʹ28ʺE, 815 m a.s.l., 27. vii.2011, 1 ♂ (ap) 1 ♀ (ap); 3. viii.2014, 2 ♂♂ (ap) 1 ♂ (ma) 3 ♀♀ (ap). Hunedoara county: Leșnic [stream], 45°53ʹ45ʺN 22°44ʹ37ʺE, 235 m a.s.l., 5. vii.2013, 5 ♂♂ (ap) 14 ♀♀ (ap); Ohaba Ponor [stream], 45°33ʹ03ʺN 23°10ʹ38ʺE, 888 m a.s.l., 14. ix.2014, 2 ♂♂ (ap) 2 ♀♀ (ap) 1 ♀ (ma); Vaidei [stream], 45°53ʹ15ʺN 23°17ʹ46ʺE, 231 m a.s.l., 22. iv.2014, 5 ♂♂ (ap) 32 ♀♀ (ap), I.A. Rădac leg. Mehedinți county: Cireșu [intermittent stream], 44°49ʹ11ʺN 22°33ʹ27ʺE, 371 m a.s.l., 16. vii.2013, 6 ♂♂ (ap) 2 ♀♀ (ap), D. Copilaș-Ciocianu leg. Neamț county: Tașca [stream], 46°52ʹ45ʺN 26°01ʹ47ʺE, 565 m a.s.l., 3. viii.2014, 2 ♂♂ (ap) 2 ♀♀ (ap); Vânători Neamț [pond], 47°15ʹ07ʺN 26°14ʹ36ʺE, 469 m a.s.l., 1. viii.2011, 1 ♂ (ap) 2 ♀♀ (ap). Sălaj county: Almașu [stream], 46°57ʹ33ʺN 23°06ʹ41ʺE, 320 m a.s.l., 27. vi.2013, 1 ♂ (ap) 1 ♀ (ap); Ciumărna [stream], 47°07ʹ22ʺN 23°08ʹ49ʺE, 291 m a.s.l., 27. vi.2013, 1 ♂ (ap) 5 ♀♀ (ap). Sibiu county: Păltiniș [stream], 45°41ʹ17ʺN 23°59ʹ15ʺE, 1084 m a.s.l., 30. iii.2014, 2 ♂♂ (ap) 8 ♀♀ (ap); Rod [stream], 45°48ʹ28ʺN 23°46ʹ07ʺE, 828 m a.s.l., 29. iii.2014, 1 ♂ (ap) 2 ♀♀ (ap). Timiș county: Hodoș [intermittent stream], 45°54ʹ06ʺN 21°39ʹ03ʺE, 140 m a.s.l., 4. vii.2013, 5 ♂♂ (ap) 5 ♂♂ (ma) 6 ♀♀ (ap) 1 ♀ (ma).

Remarks. Davideanu et al. (2000) recorded V. saulii from Aiud ( Alba county) and erroneously considered it as the first record in Romania. However, the species had already been mentioned a few years earlier by Kecskés (1997). Among the Veliinae , V. saulii has the widest distributional range in Romania, as well as in Europe. We found it in mountainous and hilly areas, excepting Maramureș (northern Romania) and Dobrogea (south-eastern Romania) where it is missing. Its altitudinal range varied between 100 and 1100 m a.s.l. ( Fig. 5 ).

General distribution. West Euro-Siberian species. Widely distributed in most Europe except its Mediterranean regions ( Tamanini 1951; Andersen 1995; Coulianos et al. 2008).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Males of Velia species in dorsal view. A— Velia affinis filippii, B— V. caprai caprai, C— V. mancinii mancinii, D— V. saulii, E— V. serbica. (Scale bar: 1 mm. A—Tulcea county: Luncavița, B—Bihor county: Budureasa, C, E—Caraș-Severin county: Băile Herculane, D—Hunedoara county: Vaidei). Photographs: Denis Copilaș – Ciocianu.

FIGURE 5. Boxplots representing the altitudinal ranges of Veliidae in Romania.