Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis Delcourt, 1909

Fent, Meral, Kment, Petr, Çamur-Elipek, Belgin & Kirgiz, Timur, 2011, Annotated catalogue of Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, and Leptopodomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Turkey, with new records 2856, Zootaxa 2856 (1), pp. 1-84 : 33

Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis Delcourt, 1909

= Notonecta marmorea (non Fabricius, 1803)

= Notonecta marmorea viridis Delcourt, 1909

= Notonecta viridis meridionalis Hutchinson, 1927 (preoccupied)

= Notonecta viridis mediterranea Hutchinson, 1928

Material examined. EUROPEAN TURKEY: Edirne province: Süleoğlu—Keramettin Barajı [dam] (loc. 12), 1 ♂; Ahiköy Göleti [pond] (loc. 15), 1 ♂; Budakdoğanca Göleti [pond] (loc. 16), 1 ♂, M. Fent det. ( TUET) . ASIAN TURKEY: Adana province: 45 km N Adana, Boztahta env. (N 37°23' E 35°15'), stream, 460 m a.s.l., 13.– 14.vi.2003, 1 ♂, J. Hájek & J. Hotový lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC) ; KelerbaŞı env., valley of the brook under Aladağ Geçidi [pass], along the road to Imamoğlu (N 37°29'40.7" E 35°23'52.9"), 915 m a.s.l., 9.v.2007, 1 ♀, P. Kment lgt. & det. ( NMPC) . Antalya province: 5 km SWW of Çığlık (NE of Termessos), YeŞil vadi (N 37°01'30" E 30°30'), 370 m a.s.l., 2.–4.vi.2010, 1 spec., V. Kubáň lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC) . Erzincan province: ca. 40 km SE of Erzincan, near Çağlayan , Bursa village env., 10.–14.vii.1997, 1 spec., P. Průdek & M. Říha lgt., P. Kment det. ( ZJPC) . Osmaniye province: Haruniye [= Düziçi], vi.1953, 2 ♂♂, Dr. H. Kumerloeve lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC) . Sivas province: Zara env., Tödürge Gölü [lake] (N 39°53' E 37°37'), northern shore by university station, 25.vi.2002, 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀, P. Kment lgt. & det. ( NMPC) .

European Turkey. Josifov (1986a), Polhemus (1995e), Aukema (2009); this paper. First exact records from Turkish Thrace.

Asian Turkey. Poisson (1925), Poisson (1933, as N. viridis mediterranea ), Gadeau de Kerville (1939, as N. viridis mediterranea ), Hoberlandt (1952a, as N. viridis viridis and N. viridis mediterranea , revised!), Kanyukova (1973, material seen but no locality given), Kıyak et al. (2004), Önder et al. (2006), Koçak & Kemal (2010), Dursun (2011); this paper.

Turkey (not distinguished). Stichel (1955, as N. marmorea marmorea and N. marmorea viridis ), Kıyak & Özsaraç (2001), Kanyukova (2006, revised).

General distribution. Distributed in most of Europe, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Cyprus, Anatolia, Transcaucasia, Israel, Lebanon,? Syria, Iraq, Iran, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India ( Nieser & Moubayed 1985, Polhemus 1995e, Gheit 1995, Protić 1998, Gogala 2003). This species is under rapid dispersal in Scandinavia and has been recorded throughout Denmark ( Damgaard & Mahler 1993; J. Damgaard, pers. comm.).

Identification. Kanyukova (1973, 2006), Nieser et al. (1994), Linnavuori & Hosseini (2000), Soós et al. (2009).