Acrosternum, Fieber, 1861

Grosso-Silva, José Manuel, Félix, Rui, Barros, Francisco, Soares, Albano, Antunes, Sandra, Monteiro, Eva & Garcia-Pereira, Patrícia, 2020, The genus Acrosternum Fieber, 1861 (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae) in Portugal., Arquivos Entomolóxicos 22, pp. 257-262 : 258

Acrosternum heegeri Fieber, 1861

Material examined:

Faro district: Albufeira municipality: Cortelhas-Guia (29 SNB6110 ), 15/07/2012 (1 ♂, Grosso-Silva leg., GS col.) . Lagoa municipality: Caramujeira (29 SNB5206 ), 18/05/2018 (2 ♀♀, Fernando Prieto leg., Javier Pérez Valcárcel det., 1 ♀ Javier Pérez Valcárcel col., 1 ♀ Marcos Roca-Cusachs col.) .

* Portalegre district: Elvas municipality: Caia (29 SPD6216 ), 01/05/2019 (1 ♀, Rui Félix leg., Tagis col.) .

* Santarém district: Rio Maior municipality: Casais dos Silvas (29 SND0351 ), 28/06/2009 (1 specimen photographed by Grosso-Silva: Fig. 1 ) .

Setúbal district: Alcácer do Sal municipality: Pego do Altar (29 SNC5354 ), 05/05/2019 (1 ♂, Francisco Barros leg., Tagis col.) .

* Vila Real district: Vila Real municipality: Near Sabroso (29 TPF0667 ), 29/06/2019 (1 specimen photographed by Darinka González and José Agostinho Pinto Fernandes) .

The Spanish known distribution range of Acrosternum heegeri includes the provinces of Murcia ( LETHIERRY, 1886); the Balearic Isles ( MORAGUES DE MANZANOS, 1894); Girona ( TORRE BUENO, 1912); Valencia ( MOR ̎DER, 1920); Tarragona ( GULDE & CODINA, 1925); Cádiz (J. RIBES, 1967); Huelva, Madrid, Seville, Zaragoza ( FUENTE, 1973); Barcelona (J. RIBES & GOULA, 1995); and Navarre ( VALCÁRCEL & PRIETO, 2006) ( Map 1 ).

In Portugal the species was recorded from three districts, namely Beja ( OLIVEIRA, 1895: Beja), Seṫbal ( SEABRA, 1926: Alfeite), and Faro ( PISSARRO, 1951: Várzea da Orada and Serra de Monchique). The new records are the first in the country in over 50 years and include three new districts (Portalegre, Santarém, and Vila Real) that expand the known range to the north, as shown in Map 1 .

Figures

Map 1.- Iberian distribution of Acrosternum heegeri Fieber, 1861, with the previously known Portuguese districts and Spanish provinces (in grey), the new Portuguese districts (in blue), and the MGRS 10x10 km squares of the collecting sites in Portugal (new sites in orange, literature sites in green).

Fig. 1. - Specimen of Acrosternum heegeri Fieber, 1861 observed in Casais dos Silvas (Rio Maior, Portugal). ỌJ.M. Grosso-Silva.