Hebrus montanus Kolenati, 1857

Zettel, H., Bruckner, H. & Laciny, A., 2022, Confirmed identity of Hebrus montanus Kolenati, 1857 (Hemiptera: Hebridae) based on types, Far Eastern Entomologist 457, pp. 7-12 : 8-10

Hebrus montanus Kolenati, 1857

Figs 1–4

Hebrus montanus Kolenati, 1857: 474 (syntypes: Armenia, Mountain Karabagh Republic ,

Kopetdag Mountains, Lake “Sullü-ghöll”); Kanyukova, 1997: 229.

Hebrus (Hebrus) montanus: Poisson, 1957: 184 ; Andersen, 1995: 80; Kment et al., 2016:

212.

TYPE MATERIAL. Lectotype (macropterous male, present designation): “Karabach”,

“ Kolenati”, “ Hebrus \ montanus\ KOLENATI\ det. G. Zimmermann 1997”, “NHMWHemipt.-Inv.No.\ 000 031 586”, “ NHMW Hemiptera \ Image Coll. 000972”, “ Lectotypus \

Hebrus montanus \ Kolenati, 1857 Bull. Soc.\ Imp. Nat. Mosc. 29: 474\ des. Zettel et al. 2022”.

Paralectotype (macropterous female): “Karabach”, “Kolenati”, “pusillus\ det. Fieber”,

“ Hebrus \ montanus\ KOLENATI\ det. G. Zimmermann 1997”, “NHMW-Hemipt.-Inv.No.\

000 031 588”, “ Paralectotypus \ Hebrus montanus \ Kolenati, 1857 Bull. Soc.\ Imp. Nat. Mosc.

29: 474”. Paralectotype (macropterous female): “Karabach”, “Kolenati”,“ Hebrus \ montanus\

KOLENATI\ det. G. Zimmermann 1997”, “NHMW-Hemipt.-Inv.No.\ 000 031 589”,

“ Paralectotypus \ Hebrus montanus \ Kolenati, 1857 Bull. Soc.\ Imp. Nat. Mosc. 29: 474”.

Paralectotype (macropterous female): “Karabach”, “Kolenati”, “ Lectotypus Hebrus \

montanus Kol. \ design. Kerzhner 2000” [unpublished], “NHMW-Hemipt.-Inv.No.\

000 022 793”, “NHMW Hemiptera \ Image Coll. 000368”, “ Paralectotypus \ Hebrus montanus \ Kolenati, 1857 Bull. Soc.\ Imp. Nat. Mosc. 29: 474”. Paralectotype (macropterous female): “Kasbek.”, “Kolenati”, “ Paralectotypus Hebrus \ montanus Kol. ” [label by I.

Kerzhner, unpublished], “NHMW-Hemipt.-Inv.No.\ 000 031 587”, “ Paralectotypus \ Hebrus montanus \ Kolenati, 1857 Bull. Soc.\ Imp. Nat. Mosc. 29: 474”.

ADDITIONAL SPECIMENS EXAMINED (all macropterous, identified by E.V. Kanyukova 1997, if not mentioned otherwise). 1 male, 1 female: “ Armenia: Yerevan, \ Zanga river ,\

1.IV.1936 \ leg. Rikhter ”; 1 male, 1 female: “ Georgia: S Abastumani \ lower reaches of\ Kurts-

kha-na river\ 21.VI.1949 \ leg. A.N. Kiritshenko ”; 1 male: “ Azerbaijan (S): Lenkoran \ Distr .,

Razi\ 30.IV. 1909 \ leg. Kirichenko ”; 1 female: “mont. Talysh \ Astanlû \ Kreis Lenkoran \

27/09. V.”; 1 male, “GR – Peloponnes (1)\ 2,5km S Diakefto \ 20.9.1994, ca. 30m \ leg. M . &

E. Jäch” (det. H. Zettel 2003).

scale; 3 – proctiger, dorsal view; 4 – left paramere, lateral view.

DESCRIPTION OF LECTOTYPE (macropterous male).

Measurements: BL 2.05, HL 0.59, HW 0.42, A 2 L 0.15, PL 0.50, PW 0.84, MtL 0.82,

AW 0.74. Indices: HI 138, AtI 76, EI 76, AnI 46, PHI 197, PnI 167, MMI 46, MtI 98, AbI

148. Relative lengths of antennomeres 1 – 4 (in % of antennomere 2): 150: 100: 167: 200.

Relative lengths of leg segments (in % of metatibia): profemur 59, protibia 62, protarsus 23,

mesofemur 62, mesotibia 62, mesotarsus 23, metafemur 70, metatibia 100, metatarsus 33.

Colour. Head orange brown, dorsoanteriorly blackish; bucculae yellow. Pronotum light to medium brown, anterolateral gibbosities and humeri blackish. Mesoscutellum, metanotal elevation, sides and venter of body blackish. Forewing dark brown; veins blackish; medial

(posterior) cell of corium with whitish base, gradually brownish towards apex; membrane with small, indistinct whitish marks. Antennomere 1 yellow, 2 yellowish brown, 3–4 brown.

Rostrum and legs entirely yellow.

Pilosity. Scales on head, pronotum mesoscutellum, and metanotal elevation elongated,

scattered, and indistinct, only cells of corium with more, pale scales. Entire body without long standing setae. Very short, oblique, brownish setae present on head and anterior part on pronotum; similar subdecumbent setae on veins of forewing. Sterna with thin, whitish appressed pilosity. Metatibia with characteristic single row of long setae along middle part of posterior face.

Structures. Body stout. Head moderately long, 1.4 times longer than wide; with moderately large eyes, normal-sized ocelli, and small, roundish ocular tubercles. Head sides straightly diverging from ocular tubercles to small, laterally rounded antennal tubercles. Buccula high,

with two small, round impressions; posterior process wide, and apically slightly rounded.

Pronotum large, wide, sides with deep concavity in front of strongly developed humeri;

surface with numerous round impressions and with deeply impressed anterior section of midline. Metanotal elevation large, trapezoidal, its hind margin weakly concave in middle.

Macropterous; forewings reaching apex of abdomen. Abdomen widest in front of middle,

posteriorly rounded. Profemur hardly wider than meso- and metafemur; metafemur distinctly,

evenly curved; metatibia straight at base, slightly curved in distal half.

Genitalia of male small. Pygophore subovate, without special modification. Paramere

( Fig. 3 ) black, heavily sclerotized, but very small, relatively broad, distally with some long hairs, with dorsally curved, acute apex. Proctiger very small, roundish, without special modification.

DESCRIPTION OF PARALECTOTYPES (macropterous females). As all females of the

H. pusillus group are very similar, the conspecificity of the females is uncertain.

Measurements (n = 4). BL 2.11–2.25, HL 0.57–0.61, HW 0.45–0.46, A 2 L 0.12–0.14, PL

0.54–0.57, PW 0.87–0.96, MtL 0.72–0.79, AW 0.80–0.89.

Colour and pilosity similar as in male. However, colour with some variation. In two specimens like in the lectotype. In the other two specimens darker, body almost entirely black, whitish marks on corium and membrane more distinct; legs unicolourous, but with a slight hint of brown. Metatibia without row of setae.

Structures similar as in male. In one female buccula process slightly narrower. Profemur not wider than other femora. Metafemur only weakly curved. Metatibia straight. Gonocoxa plate-like, without modification.

Figures

Figs 1–4: Hebrus montanus, male, lectotype. 1 – habitus, dorsal view; 2 – labels, not to