Heliocorisa vermiculata (Puton, 1874)

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 : 56-57

Heliocorisa vermiculata (Puton, 1874) ( Corixidae : Corixinae)

Asian Turkey. Önder et al. (1981, 2006).

Turkey (not distinguished). Poisson (1926, as Arctocorisa v.), Hoberlandt (1952a), Stichel (1955), Kıyak & Özsaraç (2001).

General distribution. South-western Europe ( Spain, France, Sicily), Canary Islands, North Africa, Armenia, Azerbaijan, South European Territory of Russia (Daghestan), Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Asian part of Kazakhstan,?Kirgizia,? Taiwan, and Oriental Region ( Jansson 1995, Kanyukova 2006, Linnavuori et al. 2011).

Comment. Heliocorisa vermiculata was listed from Turkey by Poisson (1926), Hoberlandt (1952a), Stichel (1955), and K₁yak & Özsaraç (2001) without any exact record. Subsequently, Jansson (1986a, 1995) did not list this species from Turkey. The records of Önder et al. (1981, 2006) from Bursa and Kocaeli are the only exact records from Turkey; however, we are not sure about the correct identification. The occurrence of H. vermiculata in Turkey needs final confirmation, but its presence in eastern Turkey is probable.

Identification. Jansson (1986a), Linnavuori & Hosseini (2000), Kanyukova (2006).