Miridae

Vinokurov, Nikolay N. & Khruleva, Olga A., 2021, Bugs (Heteroptera) of treeless areas of Chukotka (Russia), Ecologica Montenegrina 41, pp. 15-34 : 23-27

Family Miridae

Bothynotus pilosus (Boheman, 1852) .

Literature. Vinokurov et al. 1988.

Material. ChnD: lower course of Apapelgyn River (20 km NE of Pevek), 5–22.VII.2011 (ОKh), 1 ♂ . AD: lower course of Anadyr River (22 km above the mouth), 26.VII–8.VIII.2013 (ОKh), 3 ♂, 4 ♀ .

Distribution and ecology. Holarctic. Predator, on shrubs. Previously, in Chukotka, the species was recorded without a collection area. In the vicinity of Pevek it was collected in a polydominant herb-shrub tundra, and in the Anadyr River — on a swamp river terrace with sedge-sphagnum-moss cover and shrubs of dwarf pine and alder.

Apolygus lucorum (Meyer-Dür, 1843) .

Material. ChnD: Valkumey vill. (18 km S of Pevek), 29.VII.2011 (ОKh), 1 ♀ . AD: lower course of Anadyr River (22 km upstream the mouth), 8.VIII.2013 (ОKh), 1 ♀ .

Distribution and ecology. Transeurasian, brought in North America. First record for the treeless areas of Chukotka. In the vicinity of Pevek species was collected in the tussock sedge-shrub-moss tundra, in the Anadyr River — on a swamp river terrace with sedge-sphagnum-moss cover and shrubs of dwarf pine and alder.

Closterotomus fulvomaculatus (De Geer, 1777) .

Literature. Marusik 1993.

Material. AD: lower course of Anadyr River (22 km above the mouth), 29.VII–8.VIII.2013 (ОKh), 2 ♂, 1 ♀ .

Distribution and ecology. Holarctic. Zoophytophagous, on shrubs. Species was collected in a shrub-moss tundra with dwarf pine and alder in a river valley.

Lygocoris rugicollis (Fallén, 1807) .

Literature. Kiritshenko 1926; Vinokurov et al. 1988.

Material. AD: lower course of Anadyr River (22 km above the mouth), 20–24.VII.2013 (ОKh), 1 ♂, 1 ♀ .

Distribution and ecology. Holarctic. Phytophagous, on willows. Previously, in Chukotka, the species was recorded from the “Anadyrsky region” without specifying the collection area. It was collected in dry habitats near the water: the sandy-pebble river floodplain with a grassy cover and the rocky valley of the stream with a sporadic grass-shrub-lichen cover.

Lygus rugulipennis Poppius, 1911 .

Literature. Kiritshenko 1926 [as L. pratensis L]; Puchkov 1965; Matis 1986; Vinokurov et al. 1988; Marusik 1993.

Material. ChnD: lower course of Apapelgyn River (20 km NE of Pevek), 14. VI –22.VII.2011 (ОKh), 10 exs. ; Pekiney Hill (1 km S of Pevek), 20.VII.2011 (ОKh), 1 ex. ; Pekiney Hill (7 km S of Pevek), 13.VII.2011 (ОKh), 4 exs. ; Valkumey vill. (18 km S of Pevek), 23. VI –29.VII.2011 (ОKh), 7 exs. ; middle course of Palyavaam River , 11.VII.2011 ( DB), 9 exs. AD: lower course of Anadyr River (22 km above the mouth), 22.VII–9.VIII.2013 (ОKh), 5 exs.

Distribution and ecology. Holarctic. Polyphytophagous, on herbs and shrubs. In the vicinity of Pevek it was collected in different habitats. On the Anadyr River it was basically found in a floodplain forb-grass meadow; a single specimen was collected in a shrub-lichen-moss tundra with dwarf pine.

Polymerus unifasciatus (Fabricius, 1794) .

Literature. Matis 1986; Marusik 1993; Berman 2001.

Material. ChnD: middle course of Palyavaam River , 11.VII.2011 ( DB), 1 ♀ .

Distribution and ecology. Holarctic. Phytophagous, on Galium .

Actinocoris signatus Reuter, 1878 .

Literature. Marusik 1993.

Material. ChnD: Pekiney Hill (7 km S of Pevek), 13.VII.2011 (ОKh), 4 ♂; Valkumey vill. (18 km S of Pevek), 29.VII.2011 (ОKh), 1 ♀. IuD: Bolshaya Osinovaya River, 15.VII.1989 (YuM), 1 ♀ (coll. ZIN) .

Distribution and ecology. Holarctic. Phytophagous, in wetlands on sedges. In the vicinity of Pevek species was collected in swampy habitats with moss-sedge cover.

Leptopterna ferrugata (Linnaeus, 1758) .

Material. ChnD: lower course of Apapelgyn River (20 km NE of Pevek), 22.VII.2011 (ОKh), 1 ♀ . AD: lower course of Anadyr River (22 km above the mouth), 29.VII.2013 (ОKh), 1 ♀ .

Distribution and ecology. Holarctic. First record for the north of Far East. Phytophagous, in wetlands on sedges. In the vicinity of Pevek species was collected in a herb-shrub-moss tundra; on the River Anadyr — in the floodplain mesophytic meadow with forb-grass cover.

Leptopterna kerzhneri Vinokurov, 1982 .

Literature. Marusik 1993.

Material. ChnD: Yanrapaakenay Hill (1 km N of Pevek), 18.VII.2011 (ОKh), 2 ♂, 1 ♀. IuD: upper course of Bolshaya Osinovaya River, 10.VII.1989 (YuM), 1 ♀ (coll. ZIN). AD: lower course of Anadyr River (22 km above the mouth), 22.VII–8.VIII.2013 (ОKh), 2 ♂, 6 ♀, 5 lar .

Distribution and ecology. Siberian-Far Eastern. Phytophagous, on cereals. In the vicinity of Pevek species was collected on a steep south facing slope of hill with sporadic forb-legume-cereal cover. On the Anadyr River it was mainly found in a floodplain forb-grass meadow; a single specimen was collected in a shrub-lichen-moss tundra with dwarf pine.

Stenodema trispinosa Reuter, 1904 .

Literature. Matis 1986.

Material. AD: lower course of Anadyr River (22 km above the mouth), 9.VIII.2013 (ОKh), 1 lar. Distribution and ecology. Holarctic. Phytophagous, on cereals. First record for treeless area of Chukotka. Species was collected in a floodplain forb-grass meadow.

Teratocoris saundersi Douglas et Scott, 1869 .

Literature. Marusik 1993.

Material. ChnD: lower course of Apapelgyn River (20 km NE of Pevek), 22.VII.2011 (ОKh), 3 exs. ; Pekiney Hill (7 km S of Pevek), 13.VII.2011 (ОKh), 3 exs. ; Valkumey vill. (18 km S of Pevek), 29.VII.2011 (ОKh), 10 exs. AD: lower course of Anadyr River (22 km above the mouth), 22.VII–9.VIII.2013 (ОKh), 15 exs.

Distribution and ecology. Holarctic. Phytophagous, in wetlands on sedges. In the vicinity of Pevek species was collected in different wet habitats with herb-shrub-moss cover. On the River Anadyr it was found in a floodplain forb-grass meadow.

Teratocoris viridis Douglas et Scott, 1867 .

Literature. Matis 1986; Kerzhner 1988; Vinokurov et al. 1988.

Material. ChnD: Pekiney Hill (7 km S of Pevek), 13.VII.2011 (ОKh), 4 ♂ ; Valkumey vill. (18 km S of Pevek), 29.VII.2011 (ОKh), 1 ♂ .

Distribution and ecology. Holarctic. Phytophagous, in wetlands on sedges. In the vicinity of Pevek species was manly collected in wet habitats with herb-moss cover and willow bushes.

Trigonotylus viridis (Provancher, 1872) .

Literature. Vinokurov et al. 1988.

Material. AD: lower course of Anadyr River (22 km above the mouth), 9.VIII.2013 (ОKh), 1 ♂. Distribution and ecology. Holarctic. Phytophagous, on cereals. Species was collected in a floodplain forb-grass meadow.

Labops burmeisteri (Stål, 1858) .

Literature. Matis 1986; Vinokurov et al. 1988; Marusik 1993.

Material. IuD: Bolshaya Osinovaya River , 10.VII.1989 (YuM), 2 ♂, 1 ♀ (coll. ZIN) .

Distribution and ecology. Holarctic. Phytophagous, on cereals.

Orthotylus boreellus (Zetterstedt, 1828) .

Literature. Vinokurov et al. 1988; Marusik 1993.

Material. IuD: Bolshaya Osinovaya River , 10.VII.1989 (YuM), 1 ♂ (coll. ZIN) .

Distribution and ecology. European-Siberian. Zoophytophagous, on shrubs.

Orthotylus artemisiae (J. Sahlberg, 1878) .

Literature. Kiritshenko 1960; Matis 1986; Marusik 1993.

Material. Chukotka — ChnD: Yanrapaakenay Hill (1 km N of Pevek), 7–18.VII.2011 (ОKh), 16 ♂, 17 ♀ ; Pekiney Hill (1 km S of Pevek), 20.VII.2011 (ОKh), 10 ♂, 6 ♀ ; Valkumey vill. (18 km S of Pevek), 29.VII.2011 (ОKh), 2 ♂, 2 ♀ . IuD: Egvekinot vill., tidal zone, 29.VII.1988 (YuM), 1 ♂ (coll. ZIN) ; Vulvoveem River , 8.VIII.1988 (YuM), 1 ♂ (coll. ZIN) ; 174 km of the Egvekinot–Iultin higway, 17.VII.1989 (YuМ), 4 ♂, 2 ♀ (coll. ZIN) . AD: Anadyr town , 31.VII.1991 ( SB), 2 ♀ (coll. IBPC) . Yakutia (coll. IBPC) — lower course of Yana River, Kular ridge, vicinity of Kular vill., 27–28.VII.2000 (N.K. Potapova), 19 ♀ ; Yano-Indigirsky interfluve — Selenyakhsky ridge, the vicinity of the Deputatskiy vill., 6.VII–8.VIII.1999 (А.D. Stepanov), 8 ♂, 18 ♀ ; Kolyma Delta — Cherskiy vill., 29. VI –22.VII.1980 (А.К. Bagachanova), 11 ♂, 19 ♀ ; Pokhodsk , 45 km N of Cherskiy vill., 18.VII.1973 (N.N. Vinokurov), 1 ♂ ; Pokhodsk ( Peschanaya area ), 40 km N of Cherskiy vill., 9.VII.1980 (А.К. Bagachanova), 13 ♂, 2 ♀ ; Rogovatka area , 60 km N of Cherskiy vill., 14.VII.1980 (А.К. Bagachanova). 2 ♀ .

Distribution and ecology. Siberian-Nearctic. Phytophagous, on Artemisia . In the vicinity of Pevek, the species was collected mainly in anthropogenically altered habitats dominated by Artemisia tilesii , in Anadyr — on wormwood bushes near the road.

Remarks. According to Kiritshenko (1960), in the north of Eurasia, this species lives in the tundra zone from the Obʼ River to Chukotka. Kerzhner (1987) questioned its presence in Chukotka, pointing out that, according to the verified materials of the ZIN collection, it is found from the Polar Urals to the mouth of the Yana River. Meanwhile, according to the IBPC collection, in the north of Yakutia, O. artemisiae is distributed in the lower reaches of the Yana River, the Yano-Indigirka interfluve and in the Kolyma Delta, and its presence in Chukotka is confirmed by the materials presented in this article.

Orthotylus bermani Kerzhner, 1988 .

Literature. Kerzhner 1988; Vinokurov et al. 1988; Marusik 1993.

Material. ChnD: lower course of Apapelgyn River (20 km NE of Pevek), 22.VII.2011 (ОKh), 1 ♀; middle course of Palyavaam River , 11.VII.2011 ( DB) , 1 ♀. ChkD: middle course of Chegityn River (Kasavaleen brook), pebble spit, 23.VII.1991 ( SB) , 1 ♀ (coll. IBPC) .

Distribution and ecology. East Siberian-Nearctic. In Northeast Asia, it was collected on Oxytropis spp. ( Kerzhner 1988; Khruleva 2007), in the American sector — on Saussurea , Acteraceae ( Scudder 1997). In the vicinity of Pevek species was collected at the edge of a road, on Tanacetum boreale .

Orthotylus discolor (J. Sahlberg, 1878) .

Literature. Kiritshenko 1960; Matis 1986; Kerzhner 1988; Vinokurov et al. 1988.

Distribution and ecology. Holarctic Circumpolar. Phytophagous, in wetlands on sedges. Species was found in different areas of Chaunsky District, in our materials it is absent.

Orthotylus lenensis Lindberg, 1928 .

Literature. Vinokurov et al. 1988; Kerzhner 1988; Berman 2001.

Distribution and ecology. Holarctic. Phytophagous, on Allium . Species was found in the Chaunsky District (Ichun River), in our materials it is absent.

Chlamydatus opacus (Zettersteft, 1838) .

Literature. Matis 1986; Kerzhner 1988; Vinokurov et al. 1988; Marusik 1993.

Material. ChkD: Kolyuchin Bay , Belyaka Spit, 14. VI –21.VII.2015 (NV & AD), 476 exs. (coll. IPEE).

Distribution and ecology. Holarctic. Trophic connections unknown. In Chukotka, the species was very abundant on sandy dunes of Ayopechan Island ( Matis 1986) and in dry habitats with cryoxerophytic vegetation on Amguema River ( Marusik 1993). On Belyaka Spit, adults and larvae were collected only on a dry sandy seashore bank 1.5– 2 m in height with a forb-grass cover ( Leymus villosissimus and Lathryrus sp. predominate). In the Indigirka River Basin, specimens were collected in a grass-sedge steppes, in Central Yakutia — under Ephedra ( Vinokurov, 1979) .

Chlamydatus pullus (Reuter, 1870) .

Literature. Matis 1986; Vinokurov et al. 1988; Marusik 1993.

Material. ChnD: lower course of Apapelgyn River (20 km NE of Pevek), 5.VII.2011 (ОKh), 1 ex. ; Yanrapaakenay Hill (1 km N of Pevek), 27. VI –29.VII.2011 (ОKh), 96 exs. ; Pekiney Hill (1 km S of Pevek), 11.VII–1.VIII.2011 (ОKh), 20 exs. ; Pekiney Hill (7 km S of Pevek), 13.VII.2011 (ОKh), 15 exs. ; Valkumey vill. (18 km S of Pevek), 29.VII.2011 (ОKh), 1 ex. ; middle course of the Palyavaam River , 11.VII.2011 ( DB), 1 ♂, 3 ♀ .

Distribution and ecology. Holarctic. Polyphytophagous. In the vicinity of Pevek, species were collected in different habitats with dry and moderate moisture. They were most numerous on the steep southern slopes with forb-grass and forb-dryad vegetation.

Chlamydatus wilkinsoni (Douglas et Scott, 1866) .

Literature. Kiritshenko 1960; Kerzhner 1988; Vinokurov et al. 1988; Marusik 1993.

Material. ChnD: Pekiney Hill (1 km S of Pevek), 2.VII.2011 (ОKh), 1 ♀; middle course of Palyavaam River , 11.VII.2011 ( DB), 1 ♂, 5 ♀. IuD: upper course of the Bolshaya Osinovaya River, 14.VII.1991 (YuМ), 1 ♀ (coll. ZIN); Bolshaya Osinovaya River, Voroniya Hill, edge of the river terrace, 23. VI –VII.1991 ( DB), 4 ♀ (coll. ZIN) .

Distribution and ecology. Holarctic. Trophic connections are not known. In the vicinity of Pevek species was collected on the north-eastern slope with shrub-moss tundra.

Dacota hesperia Uhler, 1872

Literature. Marusik 1993.

Distribution and ecology. Holarctic. Phytophagous, on Dasiphora fruticosa (Rosacea) and shrub Betula ( Vinokurov et al. 1988) . Species was found in the Iultinsky District (Bolshaya Osinovaya River), in our materials it is absent.

Europiella artemisiae (Becker, 1864) .

Literature. Matis 1986 [as Plagognathus albipennis Fall. ]; Marusik 1993 [as Plagognathus albipennis Fall. ]; Shuh et al. 1995.

Material. ChnD: lower course of Apapelgyn River (20 km NE of Pevek), 5–22.VII.2011 (ОKh), 36 exs. ; Yanrapaakenay Hill (1 km N of Pevek), 7–18.VII.2011 (ОKh), 15 exs. ; Pekiney Hill (1 km S of Pevek), 20– 22.VII.2011 (ОKh), 25 exs. ; Pekiney Hill (7 km S of Pevek), 13.VII.2011 (ОKh), 37 exs. ; Valkumey vill. (18 km S of Pevek), 29.VII.2011 (ОKh), 22 exs. AD: lower course of Anadyr River (22 km above the mouth), 8.VIII.2013 (ОKh), 2 exs.

Distribution and ecology. Holarctic. Phytophagous, on wormwood ( Artemisia ). In the vicinity of Pevek, this is a numerous species collected in dry biotopes with a high participation of Artemisia tilesii — in zoogenic meadows, anthropogenic disturbed areas, along roads. On the Anadyr River it was collected in a floodplain mesophytic herb-grass meadow and in a damp shrub tundra on a river terrace.

Plagiognathus obscuriceps (Stål, 1858) .

Material. AD: lower course of Anadyr River (22 km above the mouth), 8.VIII.2013 (ОKh), 1 ♂. Distribution and ecology. Holarctic. Phytophagous, on different shrubs. First record for Chukotka. Species was collected on a river terrace, in damp shrubby tundra with dwarf pine and alder .

Plagiognathus pini Vinokurov, 1978 .

Material. AD: lower course of Anadyr River (22 km above the mouth), 8.VIII.2013 (ОKh), 1 ♀ .

Distribution and ecology. East Siberian-Far Eastern. Phytophagous, on dwarf pine ( Pinus pimula ), the species distribution correlated with area of host plant. First record for Chukotka. It was collected on a river terrace, in damp shrubby tundra with dwarf pine and alder.

Psallus betuleti (Fallén, 1826) .

Literature. Matis 1986; Vinokurov et al. 1988; Marusik 1993.

Material. ChnD: lower course of Apapelgyn River (20 km NE of Pevek), 22.VIII.2011 (ОKh) 1 ♀ ; Valkumey vill. (18 km S of Pevek), 29.VII.2011 (ОKh) 1 ♂, 2 ♀ . AD: lower course of Anadyr River (22 km above the mouth), 24–31.VII.2013 (ОKh), 2 exs.

Distribution and ecology. Holarctic. Phytophagous, on Betula . In the vicinity of Pevek it was collected in moss-shrubby (willows, dwarf birch) tundra and in bushes of willow, dwarf birch and alder.

Psallus aethiops (Zetterstedt, 1838) .

Literature. Matis 1986; Vinokurov et al. 1988; Marusik 1993.

Material. ChnD: lower course of Apapelgyn River (20 km NE of Pevek), 5.VII.2011 (ОKh), 8 exs. ; Pekiney Hill (7 km S of Pevek), 13.VII.2011 (ОKh), 10 exs.

Distribution and ecology. Holarctic. Phytophagous, on Salix . In the vicinity of Pevek, it was collected in habitats with different hydrothermal characteristics, but always with a noticeable participation of willows in the vegetation cover.

Psallus anticus (Reuter, 1876) .

Material. ChnD: Yanrapaakenay Hill (1 km N of Pevek), 10–17.VI.2011 (ОKh), 3 ♀ ; Valkumey vill. (18 km S of Pevek), 23.VII.2011 (ОKh), 2 ♂ . AD: lower course of Anadyr River (22 km above the mouth), 29.VII–5.VIII.2013 (ОKh), 3 ♂, 1 ♀ .

Distribution and ecology. Euroasian steppe. Phytophagous, on Spiraea . First record for Chukotka. In the vicinity of Pevek, it was collected in dry habitats with herb-shrubby cover. On Anadyr River it was collected in a floodplain mesophytic meadow and in moss-shrubby tundra with dwarf pine and alder.