Phytocoris longipennis Flor, 1861

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 : 168-169

Phytocoris longipennis Flor, 1861

Fig. 8

Material. Altai Republic, 2 km NNE of field station “ Teletskaya ”, 51º48'06 " N, 87º 18'18" E, 500 m a. s. l., forest edge, southern slope, 27.07.2019 ( V. Golub, V. Soboleva), 1 male, 1 female ; field station “ Teletskaya ”, 51º47'42.1" N, 87º18'11.8" E, 495–500 m a.s.l., on deciduous trees, 31.07.2019 (N. Golub), 1 male .

Distribution. Transpalearctic species. In Western Siberia it was previously recorded from the Altai Territory. First record from the Altai Republic. The nearest localities in Eastern Siberia are the Khakassia and the Irkutsk Province.

Ecology. In the vicinity of Artybash village the species was collected in deciduous trees species (birch, aspen, bird cherry).

Note. Females of the genus Phytocoris Fallén, 1814 , almost identical in appearance to those of Ph. longipennis , were collected together with males, however, they are not listed in the materials in order to avoid a possible misidentification.

Figures

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).