Aquarius ventralis (Fieber, 1860)

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 : 42

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2856.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5293319
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scientific name	Aquarius ventralis (Fieber, 1860)
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Material examined. EUROPEAN TURKEY: Kırklareli province: Dereköy—Çağlayan (loc. 3), 3 ♂♂; Sarpdere — Dupnisa (loc. 23), 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀; Bulanıkdere [stream] (loc. 29), 1 ♂ 4 ♀♀; Asmal Deresi [stream] (loc. 30), 2 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀, Asker Deresi [stream] (loc. 31), 2 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀, M. Fent det. ( TUET) . ASIAN TURKEY: Adana province: Kozan Çayı [stream], 13.vii.1978, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, T. Kırgız lgt., M. Fent det. ( TUET) . Antalya province: 80 km NE of Antalya, BeŞkonak, Köprülü canyon, 7.ix.1992, 1 ♂ (ap), Z. Jindra lgt., P. Kment det. ( ZJPC) ; Köprü Çayı [stream], Köprülü canyon Nat. Park , BeŞkonak (N 37°09' E 31°12'), Köprü Çayı [stream], 24.iv.2004, 9 ♂♂ 7 ♀♀ (ap; in copula), P. Kment lgt. & det. ( NMPC) GoogleMaps . Hatay province: İskenderun, town Payas env. (N 36°14' E 36° 14'), river, 10.iv.2002, 6 ♂♂ 6 ♀♀ (ap), P. Bogusch & J. Skuhrovec lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC) GoogleMaps .

European Turkey. Oshanin (1908, as Gerris (Hygrotrechus) ventralis ), Oshanin (1912, as Gerris ventralis ), Josifov (1986, as Gerris ventralis ), Andersen (1995), Aukema (2009); this paper. First exact records from Turkish Thrace.

Asian Turkey. Lindberg (1922b, as Gerris ventralis ), Hoberlandt (1952a, as Gerris ventralis ), Andersen (1995), Damgaard et al. (2000), Damgaard (2005), Önder et al. (2006), Kıyak et al. (2007b, 2008, as A. najas , misidentification), Ustaoğlu et al. (2008, as A. najas , misidentification), Şerban (2010); this paper.

Turkey (not distinguished). Stichel (1955, as Gerris ventralis ), Nieser & Moubayed (1985, as Gerris ventralis ), Andersen (1990), Kıyak & Özsaraç (2001).

General distribution. South of Balkan Peninsula ( Bulgaria, Greece, Turkish Thrace), Anatolia, Cyprus, Lebanon, Israel ( Andersen 1995, Damgaard 2005). In the collection of NMPC there are also specimens from Syria, representing a new country record: ‘Turk-Syr. Border’, 800 m a.s.l., no date, 1 ♂ 3 ♀♀ (ap); ‘ Latakia —river’, 800 m a.s.l., 1.–3.viii.1953, 1 ♂ 2 ♀♀ (ap), all Coll. Am. Un. Beirut, K. Christiansen lgt., L. Hoberlandt 1979 det., P. Kment revid.

Comment. All the records of the vicariant Aquarius najas (De Geer, 1773) by Kıyak et al. (2007b, 2008) and from Anatolia belong to this species.

Identification. Andersen (1990).