Velia (Plesiovelia) affinis affinis Kolenati, 1857

Fent, Meral, Kment, Petr, Çamur-Elipek, Belgin & Kirgiz, Timur, 2011, Annotated catalogue of Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, and Leptopodomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Turkey, with new records 2856, Zootaxa 2856 (1), pp. 1-84 : 39-40

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scientific name	Velia (Plesiovelia) affinis affinis Kolenati, 1857
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Velia (Plesiovelia) affinis affinis Kolenati, 1857 View in CoL

= Velia rivulorum var. ventralis Puton, 1881

= Velia nervosa Horváth, 1896

= Velia filippii anatolica Tamanini, 1951 View in CoL

Material examined. ASIAN TURKEY: Adana province: 45 km N Adana, 1 km W Boztahta (N 37°23' E 35°12'), river and springs, 24.–25.vi.2001, 1 ♂ 2 ♀♀ (ma), M. Fikáček, J. Hájek & J. Straka lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC) GoogleMaps ; 45 km N Adana, Boztahta env. (N 37°23' E 35°15'), stream, 460 m a.s.l., 13.–14.vi.2003, 3 ♂♂ (ma), J. Hájek & J. Hotový lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC) GoogleMaps ; Etekli env. (N 37°25'24.6" E 35°17'34.0"), 722 m a.s.l., valley with karstic sinking of the brook under the road, 9.v.2007, 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀, P. Kment lgt. & det. ( NMPC) GoogleMaps ; KelerbaŞi env., valley of the brook under Aladağ Geçidi [pass], along the road to Imamoğlu (N 37°29'40.7" E 35°23'52.9"), 915 m a.s.l., 9.v.2007, 5 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀ (ma), P. Kment lgt. & det. ( NMPC) GoogleMaps . Antalya province: Bey Dağları [Mts.] Nat. Park, Çıralı env., Chimaera (N 36°25' E 30°29'), small brook, 24.iv.2004, 1 ♂ 3 ♀♀ (ma), P. Kment lgt. & det. ( NMPC) GoogleMaps ; 50 km S Antalya, Tekirova env., near antique Phaselis , 3.–4.v.1991, 1 ♂ (mi), Z. Jindra lgt., P. Kment det. ( ZJPC) . Artvin province: Barhal [= Altıparmak] (N 40°58'07.2" E 41°24´06.5"), pool under the village, 13.v.2005, 2 ♂♂ 4 ♀♀ (ap), P. Kment lgt. & det. ( NMPC) GoogleMaps . Hatay province: Çevlik, Titus and Vespasianus tunnel (N 36°07'17.0" E 35°55'20.0"), brook above the tunnel, 24 m a.s.l., 10.v.2007, 3 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀ (ma) 1 ♂ (ap), P. Kment lgt. & det. ( NMPC) GoogleMaps . Mersin province: Beydili env., Sipahili , 28.–29.iv.2005, 3 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀ (ma), Sejkora lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC) ; Evkafçiftliği, Göksu Nehri [river] canyon (N 36°27'23.6" E 33°38'12.3"), puddle in drying brook, 5.v.2007, 1 ♂ 3 ♀♀ (ma), P. Kment lgt. & det. ( NMPC) GoogleMaps . Konya province: 20 km S of AkŞehir , 24.vi.1998, 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (ma), J. Halada lgt., P. Kment det. ( ZJPC) .

Asian Turkey. Horváth (1883, as V. rivulorum f. ventralis ), Tamanini (1951, types, as Velia filippii anatolica ), Hoberlandt (1952a, as V. nervosa and V. filippii , revised!), Tamanini (1952, as V. ventralis ), Tamanini (1953), Sienkiewicz (1964, as V. rivulorum var. ventralis ), Tamanini (1970), Andersen (1995), Önder et al. (2006), Kıyak et al. (2008, as V. affinis filippii , misidentification); this paper.

Turkey (not distinguished). Tamanini (1955b), Nieser & Moubayed (1985), Kıyak & Özsaraç (2001).

General distribution. Ukraine (Crimea), South European Territory of Russia (Stavropol Region), Transcaucasia, Anatolia, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan ( Nieser & Moubayed 1985, Andersen 1995, Kanyukova 2006).

Identification. Tamanini (1953, 1955b), Linnavuori & Hosseini (2000), Kanyukova (2006).