Velia (Plesiovelia) mariae Tamanini, 1971

Cianferoni, Fabio, 2019, Review of the aquatic Hemiptera from Cephalonia, with a checklist for the Ionian Islands, Greece (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha, Nepomorpha, Leptopodomorpha), Zootaxa 4576 (1) : -

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scientific name	Velia (Plesiovelia) mariae Tamanini, 1971
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Velia (Plesiovelia) mariae Tamanini, 1971 View in CoL

Velia (Plesiovelia) helenae Tamanini, 1970 View in CoL (junior homonym of Velia helenae Hungerford, 1929 View in CoL )

Material examined. Tzanata, stream, ca. 90 m a.s.l., 38.15069° N 20.73826° E (WGS84; uncertainty = 100 m), 23.VII.2018, F. Cianferoni, F. Graziani, F. Ceccolini leg., 20 ♂♂, 21 ♀♀ apt., 15 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀ macr. CFCF; idem, 1 ♀ macr., CFCC ; idem, 1 ♀ macr. CFGR ; Kateleios , stream, 35 m a.s.l., 38.07759° N 20.75291° E ( WGS84 ; uncertainty = 15 m), 25.VII.2018, F. Cianferoni, F. Graziani, F. Ceccolini leg., 6 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀ apt., 1 ♀ macr., CFCF GoogleMaps ; Karavomylos , Melissani Cave , Limni (= lake) Melissani, 25 m a.s.l., 38.25698° N 20.62365° E ( WGS84 ; uncertainty = 15 m), 26.VII.2018, F. Cianferoni, F. Graziani, F. Ceccolini leg., 4 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ apt., CFCF GoogleMaps .

General distribution. This species occurs widely in the Balkan Peninsula ( Greece, Bulgaria, European Turkey), including some major Greek islands; in the Ionian islands it was recorded in Lefkada ( Csabai et al. 2017). However, a more precise distribution of this species extending to Asia still needs to be defined. In addition to Balkans, this species was recorded from Asian Turkey and Iran ( Samin et al. 2011), but the latter record needs confirmation ( Aukema et al. 2013, Csabai et al. 2017).

Remarks. This is the first record for Cephalonia. The status of Velia mariae , previously misidentified with the Cretan endemic V. r. rhadamantha Hoberlandt, 1941, has recently been clarified by Csabai et al. (2017) and Berchi et al. (2018b).

References

Aukema, B., Rieger, C. & Rabitsch, W. (2013) Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. Vol. 6. Supplement. The Netherlands Entomological Society, Ede, 629 pp.

Berchi, G. M., Copilas? Ciocianu, D., Kment, P., Buzzetti, F. M., Petrusek, A., Rakosy, I., Cianferoni, F. & Damgaard, J. (2018 b) Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the West? Palaearctic Velia (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae). Systematic Entomology, 43 (2), 262 - 276. [first published online: 17 October 2017] https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / syen. 12273

Csabai, Z., Soos, N., Berchi, G. M., Cianferoni, F., Boda, P. & Mora, A. (2017) Aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera (Nepomorpha and Gerromorpha) fauna of Greek holiday islands (Rhodes, Crete and Corfu) with first records of three species from Europe and Greece. Zootaxa, 4231 (1), 51 - 69. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4231.1.3

Samin, N., Sakenin, H., Linnavuori, R., Havaskary, M. & Mohebbi, H. R. (2011) A faunistic survey of Heteroptera (Insecta) from western Iran. Calodema, 146, 1 - 12.

Tamanini, L. (1970) Osservazioni sulla geonemia delle Velia orientali e descrizione di una nuova specie. XX Contributo allo studio del genere Velia Latr. (Heteroptera. Veliidae). Bollettino della Societa entomologica italiana, 102, 30 - 35.

Tamanini, L. (1971) Nome nuovo per Velia helenae Tamanini (Hemiptera Heteroptera Veliidae). Bollettino della Societa entomologica italiana, 103, 1 - 77.