Coranus griseus (ROSSI 1790)

Yildirim, E., Moulet, P., Külekçi, G. & Bulak, Y., 2010, Contribution to the Knowledge of Reduviidae (Hemiptera) Fauna of Turkey, Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (1), pp. 825-831 : 826

Coranus griseus (ROSSI 1790)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Ad yaman: Besni, 25.VIII.1994,; Erzurum: Ispir , 1100 m, 1.VII.1990 ,; zmir: Seferihisar , 14.VIII.1998 ,; Konya: University field, 18.VII.1997 ,; Manisa: Turgutlu , 78 m, 15.VII.2009 ,,; Mersin: Ayd nc k, 6.VIII.2006 ,, Erdemli, 19.VIII.1995 ,; Nev ehir: Ürgüp , 1600 m, 13.VIII.1999 ,.

D i s t r i b u t i o n i n T u r k e y Anatolia (sub C. aegyptius ) ( HORVATH 1883); Hamidie (sub C. aegyptius ) ( HORVATH 1901); many data sub C. aegyptius (Artvin, Ayd n, Bilecik, Çorum, Denizli, Diyarbak r, Eski ehir, zmir, Konya, Malatya, Mardin, Mu la, Siirt, Tekirda, anl urfa) by ÖNDER (1980).

The more often this species lives on the ground, under low vegetation; quoted on Sinapis arvensis, Quercus, Nicotiana tabacum, Narcissus, Alhagi, Gossypium, Oryza sativa, Beta vulgaris by ÖNDER (1980).

A turano Mediterranean species known in the whole Europe (except Scandinavia and Baltic area), North Africa and Central Asia. The distribution of C. griseus in Turkey is poorly known because this taxon has been confused with C. aegyptius for a long time. PUTSHKOV (1987) brought evidence that C. aegyptius doesn’t exist in Europe nor in Turkey and that the records of this species in this region must be re-addressed to C. griseus . C. aegyptius is known from Canary archipelago to Central Asia ( Iraq, Iran) through North Africa and Near East.