Hebrus acutiscutatus Brown, 1951

Kment, Petr, Jindra, Zdeněk & Berchi, Gavril Marius, 2016, Review of West-Palaearctic Hebridae with description of a new species and redescription of Hebrus fulvinervis (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), Zootaxa 4147 (3), pp. 201-239 : 231

Hebrus acutiscutatus Brown, 1951

( Figs. 28 , 72 )

Hebrus acutiscutata [sic] Brown, 1951: 239. Holotype: ♀, Saudi Arabia: Al Birza near Jeddah ( BMNH).

Hebrus soudani Poisson, 1964: 216 . Holotype: ♂, Sudan: Erkovit ( AMNH). Synonymized by Linnavuori (1980: 3).

Material examined. ISRAEL: E. Gedi [= Ein Gedi], 13/3. A, 25.x.1980, 1 Ƌ, D. Furth lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC) . YEMEN: Al Hudaydah Province, Jabal Bura valley forest NP (stream valley), 14°52.4–5′N 43°24.6–25.2′E, 240– 350 m a.s.l., at light, 4.xi.2010, 2 Ƌ 1 ♀, J. Hájek lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC) .

Distribution ( Fig. 72 ). Asia: Israel (this paper), Saudia Arabia: Hijaz ( Brown 1951, Linnavuori 1980), Yemen (Linnavuori & van Harten 1997, 2002). Afrotropical Region: Sudan ( Poisson 1964, as H. soudani ; Linnavuori 1971, 1981). New species for Israel.

Comment. Linnavuori (1981) listed this species in the subgenus Hebrus s. str. and illustrated the scutellum.

Figures

FIGURE 72. Distribution of Hebrus vaillanti Poisson, 1953 (green) and H. acutiscutatus Brown, 1951 (red).

FIGURES 23 – 28. 23 – 24 — Hebrus jeanneli djaneti Poisson, 1953: 23 — female, Algeria: near Tamanrasset (body length 2.04 mm); 24 — female, Morocco: Qued Reraïa (1.98 mm). 25 — H. montanus Kolenati, 1847, male, Morocco: Asni (1.92 mm). 26 — H. syriacus Horváth, 1896, female, Cyprus: Kyrenis (1.62 mm). 27 — H. vaillanti Poisson, 1953, male, Morocco: Massa River (1.88 mm). 28 — H. acutiscutatus Brown, 1951, Israel: Ein Gedi (1.90 mm).