Hebrus (Hebrus) montanus Kolenati, 1857

Fent, Meral, Kment, Petr, Çamur-Elipek, Belgin & Kirgiz, Timur, 2011, Annotated catalogue of Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, and Leptopodomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Turkey, with new records 2856, Zootaxa 2856 (1), pp. 1-84 : 34-35

Hebrus (Hebrus) montanus Kolenati, 1857

Material examined. ASIAN TURKEY: Adana province: Abacılar , 7.viii.1947, 29 ♂♂ 26 ♀♀ 3 larvae, Exp. N . Mus. ČSR lgt., E. Kanyukova det. ( NMPC) ; Adana, 1.–3.viii.1947, 1 ♂ 1 ♀ 2 spec., Exp. N . Mus. ČSR lgt., E.

Kanyukova det. ( NMPC); Eğner env., Simit Şelalesi [waterfall] (N 37°23'46" E 35°26'32.5"), 191 m a.s.l., shaded sprayed rock next to the waterfall, 9.v.2007, 2 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀, P. Kment lgt. & det. ( NMPC) ; Pozantı, Toros Dağları [Mts.], 28.vii.1947, 1 spec., Exp. N. Mus. ČSR lgt ., E. Kanyukova det. ( NMPC); Suluhan, Toros Dağları [Mts.], 10.viii.1947, 1 ♂ 1 ♀ 1 larva, Exp. N. Mus. ČSR lgt ., E. Kanyukova det. ( NMPC). Antalya province: 80 km NE of Antalya, BeŞkonak , Köprülü canyon, 7.ix.1992, 1 ♂, Z. Jindra lgt ., E. Kanyukova det. ( ZJPC). Bursa province: Armutlu , 2.vii.1944, 1 ♂, C. Kosswig lgt ., P. Kment det. ( NMPC). Çanakkale province: S of Ayvacık (N 39°34'28" E 26°24'04"), 280 m a.s.l., banks of small river, gravel and vegetation, 27.–28.ix.2006, 1 ♀, M. Fikáček lgt ., P. Kment det. ( NMPC). Gaziantep province: Alacakilise [= Alaca], 21.viii.1947, 4 ♂♂ 5 ♀♀ 3 larvae, Exp. N. Mus. ČSR lgt ., E. Kanyukova det. ( NMPC). Mersin province: Kurudere near Arslanköy , 29.iv.–1.v.1994, 1 ♂, P. Průdek & J. Kovalovský lgt ., E. Kanyukova det. ( ZJPC). Kilis province: Afrin by Musabeyli , 20.viii.1947, 6 ♂♂ 5 ♀♀, Exp. N. Mus. ČSR lgt ., E. Kanyukova det. ( NMPC). Osmaniye province: Gyaur dag or. [= Gavur Mts. = Nur Mts. = Amanos Mts. ; ca. 12 km W of FevzipaŞa], 17.viii.1947, 1 ♂ 7 ♀♀, Exp. N. Mus. ČSR lgt ., E. Kanyukova det. ( NMPC). Karabük province: 20 km E Karabük , 22.–23.vi.1996, 1 ♀, Z. Malinka lgt ., P. Kment det. ( NMPC).

Asian Turkey. Hoberlandt (1952a, as H. pusillus and H. pusillus f. rufescens (partim), misidentification), Linnavuori (1953), Andersen (1995), Kment & Jindra (2005), Önder et al. (2006); this paper.

Turkey (not distinguished). Stichel (1955), Kıyak & Özsaraç (2001).

General distribution. The occurrence of H. montanus was recently confirmed from South European Territory of Russia (Krasnodarsk and Stavropol Regions, Daghestan), Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran ( Kanyukova 1997, 2006), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Bulgaria, Anatolia (Ankara province: Kızılçahamam) ( Kment & Jindra 2005), France, Greece, Jordan, Lebanon, and Morocco ( Kment & Kanyukova 2010). Other previous records from Albania, Macedonia, Romania, Syria ( Andersen 1995), Egypt ( Andersen 1995, Gadalla & Saleh Ahmad 2005), and Israel ( Nieser 1995) require revision. Previous records from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan belong to other species ( Kanyukova 1997, 2006).

Comment. Kment & Jindra (2005) reidentified the Hoberlandt’s (1952a) record of H. pusillus from the locality ‘Kızılcahamam’ (Ankara province) as H. montanus and added new localities from Bingöl and Gaziantep provinces. Kment & Jindra (2005) further discussed the variability of the remaining Hoberlandt’s (1952a) specimens of H. pusillus : ‘The Turkish H. pusillus differ somewhat from the typical specimens from central Europe. Two distinct Turkish forms could be distinguished, both of them having pale femora (dark brown in H. p. pusillus — see Kanyukova (1997)) and differing from H. montanus in possessing only short hairs on the inner margin of male hind tibiae and in different coloration. One of these ‘forms’ is macropterous, with reddish head and pronotum, ivory legs, and entirely white clavus. It is represented by specimens from Çakıt river near Abacılar, Alacakilise, Armutlu, and Afrin river near Musabeyli ( Hoberlandt 1952a). The second form is submacropterous, with dark brown head and pronotum, pale brown legs, and a brown clavus with a large white basal spot, and is represented by specimens from Gyaur dağları [Mts.] ( Hoberlandt 1952a). Both ‘forms’ appear to be rather similar to H. p. arabicus Linnavuori, 1971, which has, e.g., the head and pronotum reddish brown, the clavus reddish brown with a milky base, and the antennae and legs yellowish-brown ( Linnavuori 1971)’. However, E.V. Kanyukova, who later revised the material, identified all the specimens as H. montanus as well, interpreting the differences merely as colour variation (E.V. Kanyukova, pers. comm.). A taxonomic revision of the H. montanus and H. pusillus populations in Mediterranean and Near East is necessary.

Identification. Kanyukova (1997, 2006), Linnavuori & Hosseini (2000).