Odontoscelis (Odontoscelis) fuliginosa (Linnaeus, 1761)

Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2008, Studies on the Acanthosomatidae, Scutelleridae and Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern Iran, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (1), pp. 1-21 : 5-6

Odontoscelis (Odontoscelis) fuliginosa (Linnaeus, 1761) sensu lato

Material examined. GILAN: Deylaman , 1 specimen, 16.-20.vii.1996 ; Manjil , 1 specimen, 16.v.-14.vi.1995. ARDABIL: Khalkhal – Kivi, 1 specimen, 4.viii.1996 .

Comments. In mountain steppes. Holopalaearctic. DANILOVITSH (1975) recognized a variability in the structure of the aedeagus in different populations. GÖLLNER- SCHEIDING (1986) mentioned that in most populations both aedeagal processes (Fig. 2A-C) are long and gracile. DANILOVITSH (1975) pointed out that the second aedeagal process is considerably shorter and broader in populations from northern Iran and Turkmenistan. In a male from Deylaman the aedeagus is similar to Fig. 2D. A large material is needed to decide whether these populations represent

Fig. 2. Lateral view of aedeagus (ap1, ap2 = aedeagal processes).A-D – Odontoscelis fuliginosa (Linnaeus, 1761) : A – Germany, Thüringen; B – Bulgaria; C – Kazakhstan; D – Iran, Gorgana. E – O. montandoni Kis, 1979 , Egypt (A-C after GÖLLNER- SCHEIDING (1986); D-E after DANILOVITSH (1975)).

separate species. KIS (1979) already proved that populations from North Africa with a peculiar shape of the second process (Fig. 2E), which were regarded as a form of O. fuliginosa by DANILOVITSH (1975), belong to a separate species O. montandoni Kis, 1979 .