Zanchius breviceps ( Wagner, 1951 )

Çerçi, Barış, Koçak, Özgür & Tezcan, Serdar, 2019, Two new species and ten new records of Heteroptera from Turkey, including the first record of the potential alien Campylomma miyamotoi in the Western Palaearctic, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 59 (1), pp. 295-306 : 303

Zanchius breviceps ( Wagner, 1951)

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Material examined. TURKEY: MUĞLA: Bodrum, 37°03′59.1″N 27°15′02.3″E, 31.vii.2012, 1 3, B. Çerçi det. and leg. ( BCIT); Fethiye, 36°54′36.2″N 28°45′21.2″E, 30.viii.2015, 1 3, B. Çerçi det. and leg. ( BCIT); İZMIR: Urla, 38°18′33.9″N 26°43′47.8″E: 22.viii.2018, 1 3, B. Çerçi det. and leg.( BCIT).

Collection circumstances. On Ficus sp., attracted to light trap as well.

Comment. Zanchius is a very diverse genus with most species distributed in tropical Africa and the East Palaearctic Region ( LINNAVUORI 1994b, KERZHNER & JOSIFOV 1999). Zanchius alatanus Hoberlandt, 1956 , described from Turkey (Mersin: Alata), was considered the single representative of this genus in Turkey. Zanchius breviceps was originally described from Egypt ( WAGNER 1951). Later it was discovered to occur in tropical Africa from Nigeria to Eritrea, in most parts of the Middle East, in Cyprus and Crete ( KERZHNER & JOSIFOV 1999). It was reported to be associated with Trichilia emetica (Meliaceae) (LINNAVUORI 1975), Abutilon sp., Gossypium sp. (both Malvaceae ) (LINNAVUORI 1994b), and Calotropis procera (Apocynaceae) ( LINNAVUORI 2009). Recently, this species was discovered in Malta associated with a new plant, Ficus sp. ( MIFSUD et al. 2012). The first author too observed this species on Ficus sp. in İzmir and Muğla ( Figure 5E ). They were abundant on every Ficus sp. tree checked in İzmir. This species can be easily distinguished from Z. alatanus by the lack of middle red rings on the second antennal segment.

Distribution in Turkey. İzmir, Muğla (this work).

Figures

Fig. 5. A ‒ Phytocoris (Exophytocoris) carapezzai sp. nov., alive female attracted to UV light; B‒C ‒ Campylomma miyamotoi Yasunaga, 2001 (B ‒ male; C ‒ female). D ‒ Hallodapus concolor (Reuter, 1890), male; E ‒ Zanchius breviceps (Wagner, 1951), alive male on Ficus sp.; F ‒ Montandoniola moraguesi (Puton, 1896), alive male attracted to UV light; G ‒ Temnostethus (Temnostethus) gracilis Horváth, 1907, male; H ‒ Plinthisus (Isioscytus) minutissimus Fieber, 1864, female.