Microvelia (Picaultia) popovi Brown, 1951

Kment, Petr & Carapezza, Attilio, 2022, Heteroptera (Hemiptera) of the Socotra Archipelago I: Introduction, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 62 (2), pp. 475-519 : 495-496

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Microvelia (Picaultia) popovi Brown, 1951 View in CoL

( Figs 38–39 View Figs 32–39. 32–35 )

Microvelia popovi Brown, 1951: 231–233 View in CoL , figs 6a–d, 7a–i (original description). Holotype:♂, SaudiArabia : Hejaz, Wadi Dama (BMNH).

Microvelia (Picaultia) popovi View in CoL : ANDERSEN & WEIR (2003): 339 (subgeneric placement).

Microvelia priesneri Hoberlandt, 1951b: 271–275 View in CoL (original description, key). Holotype:♂ (apterous), Egypt: Alexandria (NMPC – see KMENT & KOLíNOVÁ 2014: 846). Synonymized by LINNAVUORI (1986a: 38).

Published record. WRANIK (2000, 2003): Socotra (no exact locality).

Material examined. SOCOTRA: Al Haghier [= Hagher] Mts., Scant [= Skand] Mt. env. (12°34.6′N 54°01.5′E), open helocrene in montane evergreen forest, 1450 m a.s.l., 12.–13.xi.2010, 6 ♂♂ 6 ♀♀ (ap) 1 L, J. Hájek lgt. ( NMPC, MMBC, NHMW); Dixam plateau, Firmihin, small brook under Firmihin (12°28′36ʺN 54°01′06ʺE), 490 m a.s.l., 14.–15.vi.2012, 11 ♂♂ 14 ♀♀ (ap) 2 L, Socotra expedition 2012: J. Bezděk, J. Hájek, V. Hula, P. Kment, I. Malenovský, J. Niedobová & L. Purchart lgt. ( ACPI, NMPC, MMBC, NHMW); Firmihin, [ca. 390–760 m a.s.l.], iii.1999, 25 ♂♂ 26♀♀ (ap) 2 L, W.Wranik lgt., R.Linnavuori det., P.Kment revid. ( WWRG → NMPC, MMBC, NHMW); Noged, Deiqub [= Deiqab, 115 m a.s.l.], 16.ii.2000, 19 ♂♂ 16 ♀♀ 4 L, W. Wranik lgt. ( WWRG → NMPC, NHMW). – SUDAN: KASSALA PROVINCE: Erkowit, 26.vi.1962, 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (ap), R. Remane lgt., L. Hoberlandt det., P. Kment revid. ( NMPC).

Identification. BROWN (1951) (description, figures); HOBERLANDT (1951b, as M. priesneri ) (key, description, figures); PRIESNER & WAGNER (1961, as M. priesneri ) (description of macropterous form, figure); WRANIK (2003) (habitus photo); SALEH AHMED & GADALLA (2005a) (key, diagnosis, figures).

Habitat. In Socotra collected at three sites in coastal to high-montane zone (115–1450 m a.s.l.). It was found in a shaded pool on a small brook under Firmihin (490 m a.s.l.) and on a small open helocrene surrounded by dense montane evergreen forest at Skand Mt. (1450 m a.s.l.; Fig. 51 View Figs 49–53.49 ). In Egypt, the species was collected among floating green algae in small artificial brackish water pools for watering goats ( LINNAVUORI 1964). One macropterous specimen was collected at light in Jordan ( CARAPEZZA 2002).

Distribution. Afrotropical Region: Sudan ( HEISS et al. 2022; this paper). Palaearctic Region: North Africa: Egypt ( HOBERLANDT 1951b, PRIESNER & ALFIERI 1953, LINNAVUORI 1960, PRIESNER & WAGNER 1961, all as M. priesneri ; SALEH AHMED & GADALLA 2005a,b). Near East: Egypt: Sinai ( SALEH AHMED & GADALLA 2005a), Jordan ( CARAPEZZA 2002), Saudi Arabia ( LINNAVUORI 1986a), and Socotra ( WRANIK 2000, 2003).

References

ANDERSEN N. M. & WEIR T. A. 2003: The genus Microvelia Westwood in Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae). Invertebrate Systematics 17 (2): 261 - 348.

BROWN E. S. 1951: Aquatic and semiaquatic insects. Pp. 221 - 273. In: Expedition to S. W. Arabia, 1937 - 1938. British Museum (Natural History), London.

BROWN E. S. 1956: Aquatic Hemiptera from Socotra. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 12 9: 140 - 144.

CARAPEZZA A. 2002: Heteroptera of Jordan: New taxa and new records (Hemiptera Heteroptera). Naturalista Siciliano, Serie Quarta 26: 35 - 76.

HEISS E., ECKELT A., LEDERWASCH M. & UNTERASINGER R. 2022: Die Heteropterensammlung Ernst Heiss im Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum. Teil IX: Gerromorpha II: Familien Mesoveliidae, Hebridae, Hydrometridae, Hermatobatidae, Veliidae. Linzer Biologische Beitrage 54 (1): 149 - 173.

HOBERLANDT L. 1951 b: New species of Microvelia from Egypt, with a key to the Egyptian species of the genus [Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Veliidae]. Bulletin de la Societe Fouad Ier de Entomologie 35: 271 - 275.

KMENT P. & KOLINOVA Z. 2014: Catalogue of type specimens of true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic. Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, and Leptopodomorpha. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (2): 821 - 890.

LINNAVUORI R. 1960: Hemiptera of Israel I. Annales Zoologici Societatis Zoologicae Botanicae Fennicae ' Vanamo' 22 (1): 1 - 71.

LINNAVUORI R. 1964: Hemiptera of Egypt, with remarks on some species of the adjacent Eremian region. Annales Zoologici Fennici 1 (4): 306 - 356.

LINNAVUORI R. E. 1986 a: Heteroptera of Saudi Arabia. Pp. 31 - 197. In: BUTTIKER W. & KRUPP F. (eds.): Fauna of Saudi Arabia. Vol. 8. Pro Entomologia c / o Natural History Museum, Basel, 461 pp.

PRIESNER H. & ALFIERI A. 1953: A review of the Hemiptera Heteroptera known to us from Egypt. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique d'Egypt 37: 1 - 119.

PRIESNER H. & WAGNER E. 1961: Supplement to A review of the Hemiptera Heteroptera known to us from Egypt . Bulletin de la Societe Fouad Ier Entomologie 45: 323 - 339.

SALEH AHMED R. & GADALLA S. M. 2005 a: Contribution to the study of Heteroptera, Gerromorpha (Semiaquatic Bugs). V. Water Crickets (Family Veliidae) from Egypt. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 8 (3): 219 - 226.

WRANIK W. 2000: The Socotra Archipelago at the turn of the Millennium. A faunistic report on the occasion of the centennial anniversary of the Austrian expedition to South Arabia in 1898 / 99. Quadrifina 3: 71 - 271.

WRANIK W. 2003: Fauna of the Socotra Archipelago. Field Guide. Universitat Rostock, Rostock, 542 pp.

Figures

Figs 32–39. 32–35 – Microvelia gracillima Reuter, 1882: 32–33 – apterous morph from Skand Mt.: 32 – ♂ (body length 1.76 mm), 33 – ♀ (1.86 mm); 34–35 – macropterous morph from Tudhen: 34 – ♂ (1.76 mm), 35 – ♀ (1.96 mm). 36–37 – M. macani Brown, 1953, apterous morph from Homhil, Ain Tsahrin: 36 – ♂ (1.57 mm), 37 – ♀ (1.76 mm). 38–39 – M. popovi Brown, 1951, apterous morph from Firmihin: 37 – ♂ (1.37 mm), 38 – ♀ (1.96). (Orig. P. Kment).

Figs 49–53.49 –Arher,a spring near the sea coast (5 m a.s.l.), habitat of Ochterus papaceki Kment & Carapezza,2020,Anisops debilis socotrensis Brown, 1956, Mesovelia vittigera Horváth,1895,Hebrus kanyukovae sp.nov.,Microvelia macani Brown,1953,Rhagovelia infernalis socotrensis Brown,1956 and Micracanthia ornatula (Reuter,1881).50– Wadi Madar (1,170 ma.s.l.), habitat of Anisops d.socotrensis, A.varius Fieber,1851,Mesovelia vittigera, Microvelia macani, and Rhagovelia i. socotrensis. 51 –Skand Mt.,helocreneunder the top (1,450 ma.s.l.), habitatof Microvelia gracillima Reuter,1882 andSaldula niveolimbata (Reuter, 1900). 52 – Tudhen, helocrene (1,135 m a.s.l.), habitat of Mesovelia vittigera, Hebrus sp., and Microvelia gracillima Reuter, 1882. 53 –Wadi Zerig with a large pool (655 m a.s.l.), habitat of Micronecta eupompe Hutchinson, 1930, Sigara hoggarica Poisson,1929,Anisops d.socotrensis, A.varius, Hebrus kanyukovae sp.nov.,Limnogonus cereiventris (Signoret,1862), andMicracanthia ornatula. (Orig.P.Kment:Figs 49–52;J.Hájek:Fig.53).