Parapsallus vitellinus (Scholtz, 1847)

Çerçi, Barış, Koçak, Özgür & Tezcan, Serdar, 2024, Review of the Heteroptera (Hemiptera) fauna of Turkey: perspectives for future research, European Journal of Taxonomy 937, pp. 1-127 : 16

Parapsallus vitellinus (Scholtz, 1847)

Material examined

Europiella alpina

TURKEY – Mersin Province • 1 ♀; Çamlıyayla ; 10 Jul. 1986; EUAPP exped.; LEMT .

Comments

This species was recorded from Mersin by Lodos et al. (2003), based on a single female specimen. A re-examination of the voucher specimen ( Fig. 4B ) revealed that it belongs to Europiella alpina (Reuter, 1875) . Therefore, Parapsallus vitellinus is excluded from the Heteroptera checklist of Turkey.

Figures

Fig. 4. A. Sigara (Subsigara) daghestanica Jansson, 1983, with close-up view of foretibia, ♀♂ (LEMT). B. Europiella alpina (Reuter, 1875), with close-up view of posterior tarsus, ♀ (LEMT). Scale bars = 1 mm.