Nymphius forcipifer (Weise, 1900)

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Luperus (Nymphius) forcipifer Weise, 1900: 135 .

Luperus (Nymphius) forcipifer: Weise in BODEMEYER (1900) (duplicate description), WEISE (1924) (catalogue), WINKLER (1930) (catalogue).

Luperus (Luperus) forcipifer: OGLOBLIN (1936) .

Nymphius forcipifer: WILCOX (1973) (catalogue), FOGATO (1981), WARCHAŁOWSKI (2003) (key), GÖK & DURAN (2004).

Type locality. Originally described from ‘ Angora, Konia’ [= Ankara, Konya] (WEISE 1900). Due to the lectotype designation by FOGATO (1981), the type locality is restricted to ‘Konia’.

Type material. LECTOTYPE: ♁, ‘Anatolien / Konia / 1899 Korb [w, h] // Typus [red label, p] // Nymphius / Luperus / forcipifer / m. [w, h] // Zool. Mus. / Berlin [w, p] // LECTOTYPUS / Nymphius / forcipifer (Wse) / des. W. Fogato 1980 [red label, h]’ (ZMHB). PARALECTOTYPES: ♀, ‘Anatolien / Konia / 1899 Korb [w, h] // Typus [red label, p] // Zool. Mus. / Berlin [w, p] // PARALECTOTYPUS / Nymphius / forcipifer (Wse) / des. W. Fogato 1980 [red label, h]’ (ZMHB); ♀, ‘ Angora / … [partly illegible, w, h] // Typus [red label, p] // Zool. Mus. / Berlin [w, p] // PARALECTOTYPUS / Nymphius / forcipifer (Wse) / des. W. Fogato 1980 [red label, h]’ (ZMHB).

Additional material examined (13 spec.). TURKEY: KONYA prov., Obruk Yalâsi, Sarayonü, 5.vi.1986, 1 ♁ 1 ♀, S. Kadlec & J. Voříšek leg. (JBBC). AFYON prov., Suhut, 1700 m a.s.l., 28.v.1996, 5 ♀♀, Odvárka leg. (JVJC) ; same data, 1200 m a.s.l., 29.v.1996, 6 ♀♀, Odvárka leg. (JVJC) .

Bionomics. In Turkey, GÖK & DURAN (2004) reported it from Crataegus orientalis (Rosaceae) .

Distribution. Turkey (WEISE 1900, FOGATO 1981, GÖK & DURAN 2004, this paper).

Comments. I had the possibility to examine also one specimen (female) deposited in SMNS and labelled: ‘ Asia minor / Burna / 15 v Bodemeyer [w, h] // TYPE [pink label, p] // Luperus / forcipifer / n. sp. Wse [w, h] // Coll. / Piesbergen [w, p]’. The identification label seems to be written by Weise. However, the specimen is not mentioned in the original description and cannot be included in the type series.