Psacasta neglecta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1837)

Chitadze, Beka, Bulbulashvili, Natalia, Japaridze, Lasha-Giorgi, Drogvalenko, Alexander, Moulet, Pierre & Seropian, Armen, 2024, First record of 15 species of Hemiptera (Hexapoda, Insecta) in Georgia, Caucasiana 3, pp. 127-143 : 127-143

Psacasta neglecta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1837)

Fig. 7

Material examined.

GEORGIA • 1 specimen; Gori ; 41.970254, 44.092491; 790 m a. s. l.; 16. May 2023; leg. N. Bulbulashvili; under rocks in steppe; CaBOL-ID 1035491 (Fig. 7 ) .

Remarks.

From the neighboring countries, P. neglecta has been previously reported in Turkey and the North Caucasus of Russia ( Putshkov 1961; Adlbauer and Heiss 1980; Fent and Aktaç 2007; Fent 2010). Common in the Balkan peninsula ( Fent and Aktaç 2007). The main food plants for this species are Lappula squarrosa , and various species of Echium and Anchusa ( Putshkov 1961) .

Figures

Figures 1–7. Dimorphopterus blissoides (1). Holcogaster fibulata (2). Vilpianus galii (3). Holotrichius bergrothi (4). Reduvius ciliatus (5). Oncocephalus squalidus (6). Psacasta neglecta (7). Scale bars: 1 mm.