Hebrus ruficeps Thomson, 1871

Kment, Petr, Jindra, Zdeněk & Berchi, Gavril Marius, 2016, Review of West-Palaearctic Hebridae with description of a new species and redescription of Hebrus fulvinervis (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), Zootaxa 4147 (3), pp. 201-239 : 229-231

Hebrus ruficeps Thomson, 1871

( Figs. 44–45 , 73 )

Hebrus ruficeps Thomson, 1871: 395 . Syntype(s): sex not indicated, Sweden, Skåne, Ringsjön (MZLU). Hebrus ruficeps var. transversalis Rey, 1893: 109 . Syntype(s): Carpathian Mts. (probably lost).

Material examined. BULGARIA: Sofia Province: Bajana [= Bayana ], 17. vii.1956, 1 ♀ (micropterous), L. Hoberlandt lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC) . CZECH REPUBLIC: Bohemia: Filipovka (5056), peatbog, 26. iv.2002, 1 ♀ (micropterous), M. Fikáček lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC); Česká Kamenice, Noldenteich NM (5152; 50°48′43.3″N 14°26′15.0″E), peatbog, 2. viii.2004, 3 Ƌ 3 ♀ (micropterous), 23 . viii.2004, 2 ♀ (micropterous), 3. x.2004, 2 Ƌ 1 ♀ (micropterous), P. Kment lgt. & det. (NMPC); Heřmanice (5156), flooded basalt quarry, 26. iv.2002, 2 ♀ (micropterous), M. Fikáček lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC); Mařeničky, Rašeliniště Mařeničky NM (5254; 50°47′41.2″N 14°40′27.8″E), peatbog, 29 . vi.2004, 2 ♀ (micropterous), 1. x.2004, 1 Ƌ 3 ♀ (micropterous), P. Kment lgt. & det. (NMPC); Provodín , sand-pit NW of the village (5353), 8. v.2002, 1 ♀ (micropterous), M. Fikáček & H. Poláček lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC) ; Karlsbad, Zinnbach [= Lužní potok near Karlovy Vary (56–5739)], 9. ix.1937, 1 ♀ (micropterous), W. Reinhard lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC) ; Lomnice (5742), experimental reservoirs on recultivated spoil tips 2 km NE of the village, 20. iv.2002, 1 ♀ (micropterous), M. Fikáček lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC); Karlsbad, b. Flugplatz, Waldrand bei Espenthor [= Karlovy Vary, near airport, forest margin near Olšová Vrata] (5743), 1 . xi.1938, 1 Ƌ (micropterous), L. Hoberlandt det. (NMPC); Neudau [= Nejda ] (5743), 24. x.1937, 1 Ƌ 2 ♀ (micropterous), P. Kment det. ( NMPC) ; Otovice u Karlových Varů (5743), 5 ♀ (micropterous), P. Kment det. (NMPC); Račice—Předonín (5552), 22. iv.1976, 2 ♀ (micropterous), I. Kovář & J. Ježek lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC) ; Rožďalovice (5656–57), 19. v.1930, 1 Ƌ (micropterous), Dr. Klička lgt., L. Hoberlandt det. ( NMPC) ; Kateřina, Soos NNR (5840), 27. v.1987, 3 ♀ (micropterous), J. Vilímová lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC) ; Čelákovice (5854), ix.1946, 1 ♀ (micropterous), Mat lgt., J. L. Stehlík det. ( MMBC); Sedlčánky, oxbow-lakes on left bank of Labe river (5854; 50°10′05″N 14°47′53.1″E), 27 . v.2003, 1 ♀ (micropterous), P. Kment lgt. & det. (NMPC); Přerov [nad Labem ] (5854–55), 5. v.1930, 1 ♀ (micropterous), Dr. Klička lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC); Prameny, Mokřady pod Vlčkem NR (5942), vegetated pool in spring fen, 750–760 m a.s.l., 13 . ix.2011, 1 Ƌ 1 ♀ (micropterous), J. Škodová lgt., P. Kment det. (NMPC); [Praha], Krč (5952), 1 Ƌ 1 ♀ (micropterous), Zeman lgt., L. Hoberlandt det. ( NMPC); Horní Ředice (5961b; 50°05.508′N 15°57.064′E), NR Žernov, marsh at Mordýř pond, 20 . iv.2007, 1 ♀ (micropterous), M. Boukal lgt., P. Kment det. (NMPC); Benešov (6254), 31. vii.1973, 1 ♀ (micropterous), Z. Jindra lgt., P. Kment det. ( VURV) ; Lnáře (6548), Malý Pálenec [pond?], iv.1942, Mařan lgt., L. Hoberlandt det. ( NMPC); Jindřichův Hradec (6855–56), 18 . vii.1885, 1 ♀ (micropterous), coll. L. Duda, L. Hoberlandt det. (NMPC); Horusice, NPR Ruda (6854; 49°09′03.9″N 14°41′27.7″E), peatbog, 416 m a.s.l., 18. vii.1970, 2 Ƌ 1 ♀ (micropterous), 18. vii.1971, 1 ♀ (micropterous), L. Škapec lgt., P. Kment det.; 29. iv.1975, 7 Ƌ 4 ♀ (micropterous), P. Štys lgt., J. Vilímová det.; 18. vii.1976, 1 Ƌ 1 ♀ (micropterous), L. Škapec lgt., P. Kment det. (all NMPC); 13. ix.2010, 2 Ƌ 5 ♀ (micropterous), extracted from wet Sphagnum, P. Kment lgt. & det. (NMPC); viii.2011, 1 Ƌ 1 ♀ (micropterous), J. Vilímová lgt., P. Kment det. (NMPC); 29. viii.2014, 5 Ƌ 3 ♀ (micropterous), extracted from wet Sphagnum, J. Vilímová lgt., P. Kment det. (NMPC); Ponědrážka env., W bank of Švarcenberk pond (6854; 49°08.72′N 14°42.03″E), 27. vii.2014, 1 Ƌ (micropterous), J. Vilímová lgt., P. Kment det. (NMPC); Lomnice nad Lužnicí (6954), 16. vi.1992, 1 ♀ (micropterous), J. Vilímová lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC); Stožec, Mrtvý Luh (7048; 48°51′34″N 13°53′35″E), peatbog, 740 m a.s.l., extracted from wet Sphagnum , 18 . viii.2015, 1 ♀ (micropterous), P. Kment lgt. & det. (NMPC); České Budějovice, Čtyři Dvory, small peatbog near U hada street (7052; 48°58′39.1″N 14°25′33.3″E), 11. vii.2000, 1 ♀ (micropterous), P. Kment lgt. & det. ( NMPC); Nová Pec, Pěkná env. (7149; 48°50′49″N 13°55′27″E), Vltavský luh, oxbow lake of Vltava river , 18 . viii.2015, 1 ♀ (micropterous), P. Kment lgt. & det. (NMPC). Moravia: Rychlebské hory Mts., Javorník env., Uhelná (5668), 15. vii.1981, 1 Ƌ 2 ♀ (micropterous), Z. Jindra lgt. & det. ( ZJPC); Rejvíz, Rejvíz NNR (5769; 50°13′15.5″N 17°17′58.5″E), alluvial peaty meadow, 736 m a.s.l., in wet Sphagnum , 15 . viii.2011, 3 Ƌ 3 ♀ (micropterous), P. Kment lgt. & det. (NMPC); Ostrava, Martinov, Štěpán pond (6175), shore, sifting, 22. ix.1998, 1 Ƌ (micropterous), 12. ii.2000, 1 Ƌ (micropterous), M. Mantič lgt., P. Kment det. (MMHC); Křižánky, Kyšperský rybník pond (6362; 49°41′10.1″N 16°03′32.8″E), waterlogged shore, 24. vi.2000, 1 Ƌ (micropterous), P. Kment lgt. & det. (NMPC); Rudice, Rudická jezírka (6666, 49°20′09.7″N 16°43′24.4″E), flooded pits after iron ore mining, 1. v.1999, 2 Ƌ 1 ♀ (micropterous), 6. vi.1999, 2 Ƌ 2 ♀ (micropterous), 6. vii.1999, 2 ♀ (micropterous), P. Kment lgt. & det. (NMPC, MHBC, MUBC); Velká Bíteš, Dolní Klečanský rybník pond (6763; 49°16′39″N 16°14′28″E), waterlogged grassy shore, 1. v.2000, 3 Ƌ 10 ♀ (micropterous), P. Kment lgt. & det. (NMPC, MUBC); Střelice (6865), ix.1943, 1 ♀ (micropterous), Rauscher lgt., L. Hoberlandt det. ( MMBC) ; Pouzdřany (7065), 7. vi.1967, 1 ♀ (macropterous), Volák lgt., P. Kment det. ( SMOC); Šafov env., Janský rybník pond (7160), litter on banks (sifting) + in water (high water level), 10 . iv.2007, 5 ♀ (micropterous), M. Fikáček lgt., P. Kment det. (NMPC); Hrabětice, Travní dvůr SAC, Za drahou pool (7164; 48°48′55.9″N 16°27′8.8″E), 15. v.2011, 1 Ƌ (micropterous), J. Sychra lgt., P. Kment det. (NMPC); Lednice, Nejdek (7166), Nejdecké louky meadows, Bažina u Azontu reed marsh, 18. ix.1998, 2 ♀ (micropterous), P. Kment & M. Horsák lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC); Podivín, pools by road to Lednice (7167; 48°49′24″N 16°50′41″E), 26 . iv.2003, 2 Ƌ 1 ♀ (micropterous), M. Horsák lgt., P. Kment det. (NMPC); Valtice , Alach IV (7266), small silting pond in forest, 9. v.1998, 1 ♀ (macropterous), P. Kment lgt. & det. ( NMPC). POLAND : Lesser Poland Voivodeship: Chochołów , sepage on south margin of village, 14. vi.2002, 1 ♀ (micropterous), M. Horsák lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC) . ROMANIA: Caraș-Severin county: Caransebeș , litter on pond banks (45.4188°N 22.1875°E), 217 m a.s.l., 24 . xii.2014, 1 ♀ (micropterous), G. M. Berchi lgt. & det. ( GBCR). Cluj county: Turda, litter on pond banks (46.47388°N 23.77694°E), 317 m a.s.l., 22 . xii.2014, 1 ♀ (macropterous) 2 Ƌ (micropterous), G. M. Berchi lgt. & det ( GBCR). Timiș county: Dumbrăvița, litter on pond banks (45.80638°N 21.26416°E), 96 m a.s.l., 19 . xii.2014, 1 Ƌ 1 ♀ (micropterous), I. A. Rădac leg., G. M. Berchi det. (GBCR); Jimbolia, litter on pond banks (45.8099°N 20.7177°E), 75 m a.s.l., 26. xii.2014, 2 ♀ (micropterous), I. A. Rădac leg., G. M. Berchi det. (GBCR); Satchinez, collected by pitfall trap in farmland (45.9622°N 21.0466°E), 92 m a.s.l., 10. vii.2012, 1 ♀ (micropterous), I. A. Rădac leg., G. M. Berchi det. (GBCR). RUSSIA: North European Territory : Leningrad Province: Karelian Isthmus , St. Petersburg reg., Svetloe ozero Lake (ca. 60°18′N 29°50′E), surrounding peat bog, 21. vii.2002, 2 ♀ (micropterous), P. Kment lgt. & det. ( NMPC) ; Karelian Isthmus , 4 km S of Dibuny railway station, river bank, 13. vi.2004, 1 ♀ (macropterous) 9 Ƌ 5 ♀ (micropterous), P. Kment lgt. & det. ( NMPC) . SLOVAKIA: Svätý Jur , Šúr NNR (7768), 4. vi.1941, 1 Ƌ 3 ♀ (micropterous), L. Korbel lgt., P. Kment det. ( MMBC) ; Palárikovo (7974), salty clay-pit, in water, 1. v.1999, 1 ♀ (micropterous), M. Mantič lgt., P. Kment det. ( MMHC) ; Tvrdošovce (7974), meadow behind railway, canal, 1. v.1999, 1 ♀ (micropterous), M. Mantič lgt., P. Kment det. ( MMHC) .

Distribution ( Fig. 73 ). Europe: Albania ( Josifov 1970), Austria ( Benedek 1970, Rabitsch 2005), Belgium ( Stoffelen et al. 2013), Bulgaria ( Josifov 1964), Byelorussia ( Lukashuk 1997, Kanyukova 2006), Croatia ( Protić 1998, Kment & Beran 2011), Czech Republic ( Hoberlandt 1977), Denmark ( Andersen & Gaun 1974), Estonia ( Coulianos 2005), Finland ( Rintala & Rinne 2010), France ( Poisson 1957a), Germany ( Hoffmann & Melber 2003, Wachmann et al. 2006, Strauss & Niedringhaus 2014), Great Britain ( Savage 1989), Hungary ( Horváth 1897, Benedek 1970, Boda et al. 2015), Ireland ( Savage 1989), Italy ( Servadei 1967, Tamanini 1979, Cianferoni & Mazza 2012), Latvia ( Lukashuk 1997, Spuņģis 2008), Luxembourg ( Reichling & Gerend 1994), Macedonia ( Protić 1998), Moldavia ( Derzhansky 1984, 1997; Kanyukova 2006), the Netherlands ( Aukema et al. 2002), Norway ( Coulianos 1998, Coulianos et al. 2008), Poland ( Jaczewski & Wróblewski 1976, Wróblewski 1980), Romania ( Horváth 1897, Benedek 1970), Russia: North, Central and South European Territory of Russia ( Kanyukova 1997, 2006), Serbia ( Horváth 1897, Benedek 1970, Protić 1998), Slovakia ( Horváth 1897, Benedek 1970, Kment et al. 2003, Reduciendo Klementová et al. 2015), Slovenia ( Gogala 2003), Sweden ( Coulianos & Ossiannilsson 1976), Switzerland ( Dethier & Matthey 1977, Matthey & Fiora 1979), Ukraine ( Putshkov & Putshkov 1996; Kanyukova 1997, 2006; Grandova 2013). Asia: Iran: Mazandaran ( Ghahari et al. 2013), Kazakhstan: Asian part ( Andersen 1995; Kanyukova 1997, 2006; Esenbekova et al. 2015), Russia: East Siberia, Far East ( Kanyukova 1997, 2006; Vinokurov et al. 2010), Turkey: Asian part ( Fent et al. 2011), Uzbekistan ( Kanyukova 1997, 2006).

The species was listed from Bosnia Herzegovina by Andersen (1995), probably based on Lindberg’s (1922) record from the locality Ilidze, which probably is a misidentification of H. fulvinervis recorded from the same locality by Benedek (1970).

Figures

FIGURE 73. Distribution of Hebrus ruficeps Thomson, 1871 (green).

FIGURES 40 – 45. 40 – 43 — Hebrus fulvinervis (Horváth, 1929): 40 — macropterous female, syntype, Romania: Râu de Mori (body length 1.82 mm); 41 — brachypterous female, syntype, Romania: Sibiu (1.66 mm); 42 — macropterous male, Bulgaria: Sandanski (1.62 mm); 43 — macropterous female, Bulgaria: Sandanski (1.80 mm). 44 – 45 — H. ruficeps Thomson, 1871: 44 — micropterous male, Czech Republic: Křižánky (1.53 mm); 45 — macropterous female, Russia, Leningrad Province: Dibuny (1.72 mm).