Microvelia (Picaultia) macani Brown, 1953

Kment, Petr & Carapezza, Attilio, 2022, Heteroptera (Hemiptera) of the Socotra Archipelago I: Introduction, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 62 (2), pp. 475-519 : 494-495

Microvelia (Picaultia) macani Brown, 1953

( Figs 36–37 )

Microvelia hozari macani Brown, 1953a: 584–586 , figs C, D, G, I (original description). Syntypes: 6 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀, Iraq: Baghdad (BMNH).

Microvelia macani: LINNAVUORI (1986a) : 38 (upgraded to species).

Microvelia (Picaultia) macani : ANDERSEN & WEIR (2003): 339 (subgeneric placement).

Microvelia perexigua Linnavuori, 1960: 54–56 , figs 15a–e (original description). Holotype: ♂ (apterous), Israel: Gvuloth (RLRF → AMNH – see KMENT & CARAPEZZA 2017). Synonymized by LINNAVUORI (1986a: 38).

Material examined. SOCOTRA: Hadibo [= Hadiboh, 10–20 m a.s.l.], 15.ii.2000, 3 spec., W. Wranik lgt. ( WWRG → NMPC); Hagher Mts., wadi Madar (12°33′12ʺN 54°00′24ʺE), brook in montane shrubland, 1170 m a.s.l., 18.vi.2012, 1 ♂ (ap), Socotra expedition 2012: J. Bezděk, J. Hájek, V. Hula, P. Kment, I. Malenovský, J. Niedobová & L. Purchart lgt. ( NMPC); Hallah Arhar [= Halla area, Arher] (12°33′00ʺN 54°27′36ʺE), spring, 15 m a.s.l., 11.xi.2010, 3 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀ (ap) 1 ♀ (ma), J. Bezděk lgt. ( MMBC); Homhil protected area, Ain Tsahrin spring (12°34′12″N 54°18′30″E), 435 m a.s.l., 11.vi.2012, 13 ♂♂ 14 ♀♀ (ap), Socotra expedition 2012: J. Bezděk, J. Hájek, V. Hula, P. Kment, I. Malenovský, J. Niedobová & L. Purchart lgt.( ACPI, NHMW, NMPC, MMBC); Zemhon [= Zemhom] area (12°30′58″N 54°06′39″E), 270–350 m a.s.l., at light, 3.–4.ii.2010, 2 ♀♀ (ma), L. Purchart & J. Vybíral lgt. ( MMBC, NMPC).

Identification. BROWN (1953a, as M. hozari macani ) (description, figures); LINNAVUORI (1960, as M. perexigua ) (description, figures); LINNAVUORI (1986a): 38–40 (upgraded to species, new synonymy, redescription, figures); LINNAVUORI & HOSSEINI (2000): 41–43 (key, diagnosis, figures); SALEH AHMED & GADALLA (2005a): 221–222, 225 (key, diagnosis, figures); LINNAVUORI et al. (2011): 92, 96 (diagnosis, habitus figure).

Habitat. In Socotra collected in coastal to montane zone: in a shaded pool covered with tamarind leaves next to a small brook at Homhil (435 m a.s.l.) and on two brooks, at the sea coast (5 m a.s.l. at Arher; Fig. 49 ) as well as in Hagher Mts (1170 m a.s.l. in wadi Madar; Fig. 50 ), at the latter locality in tufts of Juncus socotranus at the bank. Two macropterous specimens were also collected at light.

Outside Socotra, the species was collected in marshes, ponds, pools and brooks among rich vegetation (e.g. of Phragmites , Typha , Juncus and sedges) and also in irrigation systems ( LINNAVUORI 1986a, 1994b, 2009; LINNAVUORI & VAN HARTEN 1997 ; SALEH AHMED & GADALLA 2005a; LINNAVUORI et al. 2011). Macropterous specimens were also intercepted by light traps and Malaise trap (LINNAVUORI 2004, LINNAVUORI et al. 2011).

Distribution. Palaearctic Region: Near East: Azerbaijan (BERCHI et al. in press), Egypt: Sinai ( SALEH AHMED & GADALLA 2005a,b), Iran ( LINNAVUORI & HOSSEINI 2000; LINNAVUORI 2004, 2009; GHAHARI et al. 2013), Iraq ( BROWN 1953a, LINNAVUORI 1994b), Israel ( LINNAVUORI 1960, as M. perexigua ), Saudia Arabia ( BROWN 1953a, as M. hozari macani, 1953b , as M. hozari ; LINNAVUORI 1986a), Socotra (this paper), UnitedArab Emirates (LINNAVUORI et al. 2011), Yemen ( LINNAVUORI & VAN HARTEN 1997 , 2002a). New species for the Socotra Archipelago.

Figures

Figs 32–39. 32–35 – Microvelia gracillima Reuter, 1882: 32–33 – apterous morph from Skand Mt.: 32 – ♂ (body length 1.76 mm), 33 – ♀ (1.86 mm); 34–35 – macropterous morph from Tudhen: 34 – ♂ (1.76 mm), 35 – ♀ (1.96 mm). 36–37 – M. macani Brown, 1953, apterous morph from Homhil, Ain Tsahrin: 36 – ♂ (1.57 mm), 37 – ♀ (1.76 mm). 38–39 – M. popovi Brown, 1951, apterous morph from Firmihin: 37 – ♂ (1.37 mm), 38 – ♀ (1.96). (Orig. P. Kment).

Figs 49–53.49 –Arher,a spring near the sea coast (5 m a.s.l.), habitat of Ochterus papaceki Kment & Carapezza,2020,Anisops debilis socotrensis Brown, 1956, Mesovelia vittigera Horváth,1895,Hebrus kanyukovae sp.nov.,Microvelia macani Brown,1953,Rhagovelia infernalis socotrensis Brown,1956 and Micracanthia ornatula (Reuter,1881).50– Wadi Madar (1,170 ma.s.l.), habitat of Anisops d.socotrensis, A.varius Fieber,1851,Mesovelia vittigera, Microvelia macani, and Rhagovelia i. socotrensis. 51 –Skand Mt.,helocreneunder the top (1,450 ma.s.l.), habitatof Microvelia gracillima Reuter,1882 andSaldula niveolimbata (Reuter, 1900). 52 – Tudhen, helocrene (1,135 m a.s.l.), habitat of Mesovelia vittigera, Hebrus sp., and Microvelia gracillima Reuter, 1882. 53 –Wadi Zerig with a large pool (655 m a.s.l.), habitat of Micronecta eupompe Hutchinson, 1930, Sigara hoggarica Poisson,1929,Anisops d.socotrensis, A.varius, Hebrus kanyukovae sp.nov.,Limnogonus cereiventris (Signoret,1862), andMicracanthia ornatula. (Orig.P.Kment:Figs 49–52;J.Hájek:Fig.53).