Psallus (Psallus) lucanicus Wagner, 1968

Carapezza, Attilio & Kment, Petr, 2018, Psallusthomashenryi sp. n. and Psalluslucanicus from Turkey (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae), ZooKeys 796, pp. 253-265 : 258

Psallus (Psallus) lucanicus Wagner, 1968

Psallus lucanicus Wagner, 1968: 273 (original description).

Psallus balcanicus Josifov, 1969: 29 (original description). Synonymized by Carapezza (1988: 118, suspected) and Kerzhner and Josifov (1999: 416, confirmed).

Material examined.

TURKEY: Anatolia: Mersin Province: Yeniköy env., slope above road to Gözne, 36°59'18.5"N 34°30'19"E, on Quercus cf. cerris , 6.v.2007, 2 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀, P. Kment lgt. (NMPC).

Host plant.

It is generally collected on Quercus cerris ( Carapezza 1988, Bryja and Kment 2002, Rabitsch 2003, Anonymus 2016, Denton 2016), but it also is known from Q. pubescens ( Carapezza 1988) and Q. macrolepis ( Rieger 2007).

Distribution.

The species was described from Lucania, a region in Southern Italy whence its name is derived. It was later found in other Italian regions including Sicily ( Wagner 1968, Carapezza 1988, Wyniger 2004), and in Austria (Rabitsch 2003), Bulgaria ( Josifov 1969, as P. balcanicus ; Wyniger 2004), Czech Republic ( Bryja and Kment 2002, Wyniger 2004), Greece ( Rieger 2007), Hungary ( Kondorosy 2005), Slovakia ( Günther 2000, Wyniger 2004), Slovenia ( Gogala and Gogala 1986, Gogala 2006), and United Kingdom ( Anonymus 2016, Denton 2016). This is the first record for Turkey and its easternmost occurrence.