Gerris (Gerriselloides) asper (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 : 48

Gerris (Gerriselloides) asper (Fieber, 1860)

Asian Turkey. Seidenstücker (1957), Andersen (1995, with?), Önder et al. (2006), Salur & Mesci (2009).

Turkey (not distinguished). Nieser & Moubayed (1985), Kıyak & Özsaraç (2001).

General distribution. Central and southern Europe, Ukraine, South European Territory of Russia (Astrakhan region, Adygea, North Osetia), Anatolia, Israel, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Morocco, and? Algeria ( Andersen 1995, García-Avilés 1995, Strpić 1997, Protić 1998, Hufnagel 2000, Gogala 2003, Kanyukova 2006, Prokin et al. 2008, Ghahari et al. 2010).

Comment. Previously confused with Gerris lateralis Schummel, 1832 .

Identification. Wagner & Zimmermann (1955), Tamanini (1979), Kanyukova (1982, 2006), Schuster (1983), Andersen (1994).