Bryocoris pteridis (Fallén, 1807)

Golub, Viktor B., Vinokurov, Nikolay N., Golub, Natalia V., Soboleva, Viktoria A. & Aksenenko, Evgeniy V., 2021, True bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the taiga zone of the mountainous Altai of Russia: the first records and new data on rare species, Ecologica Montenegrina 40, pp. 164-175 : 168

Bryocoris pteridis (Fallén, 1807)

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Material. Altai Republic, 2 NNE of field station “Teletskaya”, 51º48'06" N, 87º18'18" E, 550 m a. s. l., glade in a mixed forest, on a fern, 27.07.2019 ( V. Golub), 1 female .

Distribution. Transpalearctic species. In Western Siberia it was previously recorded from the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra, Kemerovo Province, Altai Territory, Tyumen Province ( Galich & Ivanov 2012) and the Altai Republic ( Vinokurov & Golub 2016). In Eastern Siberia the species is recorded from Khakassia, the south of Krasnoyarsk Territory, Irkutsk Province and from Buryatia.

Ecology. The species lives on a fern, as well as Monalocoris filicis (Linnaeus, 1758) . However, in the taiga zone of the Altai Mountains, the species is obviously quite rare. In the vicinity of Lake Teletskoye a single specimen and only at one locality ( Fig. 10 ) was collected together with numerous M. filicis .

Figures

Figure 10. Habitat of Bryocoris pteridis (Fallén) in taiga at the environs of Lake Teletskoye, Altai Republic (Photo by N.V. Golub).

Figures 4–9. Adult specimens and paramere of Heteroptera. 4, 5. Nabis (Dolichonabis) americolimbatus (Carayon) (4 – dorsal view, 5 – paramere, arrow indicates lamellar carina at its base), 6. Xylocoris cursitans (Fallén), 7. Bryocoris pteridis (Fallén), 8. Phytocoris longipennis Flor, 9. Gampsocoris culicinus Seidenstücker (Photo by V.A. Soboleva).