Stephanitis pyri (Fabricius, 1775)

Kment, Petr & Jindra, Zdeněk, 2005, New and interesting records of true bugs (Heteroptera) from Turkey, southeastern Europe, Near and Middle East, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 45, pp. 3-16 : 9-10

Stephanitis pyri (Fabricius, 1775)

Material examined. BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA. HERCEGOVINA, Vardište env., Koprinka (= Kotrman ) village, 31.v.1967, 1 spec., P. Lauterer lgt., J. L. Stehlík 1999 det., P. Kment revid. ( MMBC). BULGARIA mer. occ.: Gotse Delchev (→ Ognyanovo), Mesta river banks, 500 m a.s.l., 16.viii.1972, 5 spec., P. Lauterer lgt., P. Kment det. ( MMBC). Kresna, Gara Kresna Mt. → Khanchie, Struma valley , 200-250 m a.s.l., 19.vii.1987, 23 spec., P. Lauterer lgt., J. L. Stehlík 1999 det., P. Kment revid. ( MMBC). Sandanski (→ Lilyanovo), 250-450 m a.s.l., NW slopes, 8.viii.1972, 1 spec., P. Lauterer lgt., P. Kment det. ( MMBC); ditto, 250-500 m a.s.l., NW slopes, 4.-6.vi.1976, 1 spec., P. Lauterer lgt., J. L. Stehlík 1999 det., P. Kment revid. ( MMBC). BULGARIA mer. or.: Primorsko env., mouth of Ropotamo river, Arkutino beach, 1-10 m a.s.l., 12.vii.1973, 1 ♁ 2 ♀♀, P. Lauterer lgt., P. Kment det. ( MMBC); ditto, ‘ Dead coast’ by Arkutino , 2-10 m a.s.l., 11.vii.1973, 3 ♁♁, L. Pospíšilová lgt., P. Kment det. ( MMBC). CROATIA bor.: Agram (= Zagreb), without date and collector, 1 ♀, P. Kment det. ( NMPC). CROATIA or.: Split, Dujmanovača , Crataegus piracantha , 17.viii.1947, 1 spec., Novak lgt., E. Wagner det., P. Kment revid. ( MMBC). CYPRUS: Kykko , 15.-17.vii.1939, 2 spec., H. Lindberg lgt. et det., P. Kment revid. ( NMPC). GREECE mer.: PELOPONISSOS, Korinthia district, 0-4 km S Xilókastro, (→ Riza), 0-100 m a.s.l., close to a brook, 12.vi.1995, 3 ♁♁ 3 ♀♀, P. Lauterer lgt., P. Kment det. ( PKPC). Korinthia district , Drevenakia (9 km N of Mykenai), 200 m a.s.l., pasture and maquis, 6.v.1995, 1 ♁, P. Laueter lgt., P. Kment det. ( PKPC). GREECE or.: THESSALIA, Magnisía district , Skíathos Island , Troillos → Koukounariés, 2 m a.s.l., 12.ix.1998, 2 spec., P. Lauterer lgt., P. Kment det. ( MMBC). GREECE: CRETE, Lasithiou plain, Agios Konstandinos, 9.iv.2004, 1 ♀, J. Batelka & H. Batelková lgt., P. Kment det. ( PKPC). HUNGARY: Boja, 11.viii.1971, 2 ♁♁ 2 ♀♀, Dlabola lgt., J. M. Štusák 1992 det., P. Kment revid. ( NMPC). HUNGARY centr.: Dabas env., 3 km SW of Örkény, steppe with sandy soil, beaten from flowering Crataegus sp., 8.v.1993, 5 ♀♀ 4 spec., J. Růžička lgt., P. Kment det. ( JRPC). ITALY bor. or.: FRIULI- VENEZIA GIULIA, Osoppo, 1918, 29 ♁♁ 37 ♀♀, K. Šulc lgt., J. L. Stehlík 1999 det., P. Kment revid. ( MMBC). ITALY centr.: UMBRIA, Perugia , 1944, 1 ♀ 1 spec., C. Mancini lgt., P. Kment det. ( MMBC). ROMANIA centr.: Munţii Trăscău Mts., Petreştii de Jos, Cheile Turzii defile, sweeping near a brook, 17.vii.2002, 1 ♀, M. Boukal lgt., P. Kment det. ( MBPC). UKRAINE occ.: ZAKARPATS’ KA, Užhorod (= Uzhhorod ), without date, 1 spec., A. Vávra lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC). TURKEY bor. occ.: EDİRNE province, Havsa env. (18 km S of Havsa), at the road 2 km S of the village Çukurköy (41°28′N 26°49′E), 19.iv.2004, 1 ♁ 1 ♀, P. Kment lgt. et det. ( PKPC).

Due to the revalidation of S. oschanini , the distribution of the true S. pyri remains confused. It has been recorded from Albania, Austria,? Belgium, Bosnia Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan (European part – Ural’sk), Macedonia, Moldavia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia (Central and South European Territory), Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey (European part), Ukraine; Algeria, Morocco; Azerbaijan, Georgia,? Kazakhstan (Asian part),? Turkey (Asian part), Cyprus,? Israel, and? Jordan ( PÉRICART & GOLUB 1996, CHUMAKOV et al. 1997, PROTIĆ 1998, KATBEH et al. 2000, GOLUB 2002, BAUGNÉE et al. 2003, KMENT et al. 2005, this paper; see Fig. 1 ). GOLUB (2002) confirmed the occurrence of S. pyri in Russia, European part of Kazakhstan, Gruzia and Azerbaijan. The records from Asian part of Kazakhstan, Asian part of Turkey, Israel, and Jordan need further confirmation, because the presence of both species in these countries is possible. Published data on the biology of S. pyri in Turkey may concern S. pyri as well as S. oschanini (e.g., ÖNUÇAR & ULU 1989, GÜPLERÇİN & ÖNDER 1999, ÇINAR et al. 2004), BOLU et al. 2005). Confirmed occurrence in Bosnia Hercegovina and the European part of Turkey.

Figures

Fig. 1. Distribution of Stephanitis oschanini Vasiliev, 1935 (light grey area and black points) and S. pyri (Fabricius, 1775) (dark grey area). The regions with unconfirmed occurrence of S. pyri are marked by?.