Alloeomimus kurdus Hoberlandt, 1953

Konstantinov, Fedor V. & Namyatova, Anna A., 2008, New records of Phylinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) from the Palaearctic Region, Zootaxa 1870, pp. 24-42 : 25

Alloeomimus kurdus Hoberlandt, 1953

Carapezza (1997) correctly pointed out that Alloeomimus unifasciatus (Reuter, 1879) has a Western Mediterranean distribution, whereas records of this species from Syria and Turkmenistan most probably refer to some other species. Alloeomimus kurdus was considered endemic to northern Iraq ( Linnavuori, 1993), and was recently reported from Iran ( Linnavuori, 2007). All specimens from the collection of the Zoological Institute previously determined as A. unifasciatus from Iran and Central Asia actually belong to A. kurdus . The species is therefore new for Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan and it seems highly probable that records of A. unifasciatus from Kazakhstan, Turkey, and Syria also refer to A. kurdus .

Material examined: TURKMENISTAN: Ashgabad [Askhabat], 37.95 ° N 58.383 ° E, 11 Jun 1928, Gussakovskiy, 1Ψ ( AMNH _PBI 00255214). Bayramali, 37.61666 ° N 62.15 ° E, 14 Jul 1900 – 17 Jul 1900, V. Oshanin, 1Ψ ( AMNH _PBI 00255213). Dzhebel, 39.61666 ° N 54.23333 ° E, 10 Jul 1934, V. Popov, 1ɗ ( AMNH _PBI 00255216). Kurukhaudan, Kopetdag, 37.96666 ° N 57.96666 ° E, 10 Jun 1987, V.I. Pechen, Pistacea vera ( Anacardiaceae ), 1Ψ ( AMNH _PBI 00255225). Saragt [former Serakhs], 36.51666 ° N 61.2 ° E, 22 Sep 1931, Ushinskiy, 1Ψ ( AMNH _PBI 00255215). UZBEKISTAN: Termez [Buchara mer. = former Bukhara Chanate], 37.21666 ° N 67.26666 ° E, 27 Jun 1912, A. N. Kiritshenko, 1ɗ ( AMNH _PBI 00255220); 24 Jun 1912, A. N. Kiritshenko, 1ɗ ( AMNH _PBI 00255217); 26 Jun 1912, A. N. Kiritshenko, 2ɗ ( AMNH _PBI 0 0 255218, AMNH _PBI 00255219).