Megalocoleus molliculus (Fallén, 1807), Fallen, 1807

Konstantinov, Fedor V. & Namyatova, Anna A., 2008, New records of Phylinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) from the Palaearctic Region, Zootaxa 1870, pp. 24-42 : 36-37

Megalocoleus molliculus (Fallén, 1807)

This species in its modern concept ( Matocq, 2004a) is widely distributed in the Palaearctic Region from western Europe to the Russian Far East, including Caucasus, Israel, Iran, and Central Asia to the south. Previously it has not been recorded from Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

Material examined: TAJIKISTAN: Argankun, Obi-khingou River, 38.85 ° N 70.86666 ° E, 10 Aug 1954, Yakubova, 1ɗ ( AMNH _PBI 00155198). Between Kvak and Kondara, Valley of Varzab River, 38.83 ° N 68.83 ° E, 0 5 Jul 1943, A. N. Kiritshenko, 1ɗ ( AMNH _PBI 00155614); 0 1 Jul 1943, A. N. Kiritshenko, 2Ψ ( AMNH _PBI 0 0 155551, AMNH _PBI 00155552). Gofilabad, upstream of Luchob River, 38.86666 ° N 68.65 ° E, 2500 m, 12 Jul 1940, Gussakovskiy, 1ɗ ( AMNH _PBI 00155118). Khujand [Khodzhent], 40.28333 ° N 69.61666 ° E, E. Shestoperov, 1Ψ ( AMNH _PBI 00155141). Kondara Canyon, Valley of Varzob River, 38.83333 ° N 68.83333 ° E, 1100 m, 0 7 Jul 1937, Gussakovskiy, 1ɗ ( AMNH _PBI 00155617); 12 Jun 1937, Gussakovskiy, 1ɗ ( AMNH _PBI 00155615); 14 Jun 1939, Gussakovskiy, 1ɗ ( AMNH _PBI 00155160), 1Ψ ( AMNH _PBI 00155164); 22 Jun 1947, Gussakovskiy, 3ɗ ( AMNH _PBI 00155161- AMNH _PBI 00155163); 27 Jun 1937, Gussakovskiy, 1ɗ ( AMNH _PBI 00155616); 30 Jun 1943, A. N. Kiritshenko, 2ɗ ( AMNH _PBI 0 0 155611, AMNH _PBI 00155612), 3Ψ ( AMNH _PBI 00155548- AMNH _PBI 00155550); 24 Jun 1937, Gussakovskiy, 1Ψ ( AMNH _PBI 00155563). Kvak Tract, 35 km N Dushanbe [Stalinabad], 38.88333 ° N 68.76666 ° E, 2000 m, 21 Jul 1937, Pavlovskiy, 1ɗ ( AMNH _PBI 00155171); 21 Jul 1939, Gussakovskiy, 2Ψ ( AMNH _PBI 0 0 155169, AMNH _PBI 00155170). Kvak Tract, upstream Kondara River, 38.88333 ° N 68.76666 ° E, 0 5 Jul 1956, Denisova and Ivanova, 4ɗ ( AMNH _PBI 00155186- AMNH _PBI 00155189), 3Ψ ( AMNH _PBI 00155183- AMNH _PBI 00155185). Lyakhish, Junction of Kyzylsu and Muksu Rivers, 39.33333 ° N 71.41666 ° E, 0 4 Jul 1907, Khorev, 2Ψ ( AMNH _PBI 0 0 155564, AMNH _PBI 00155565). TURKMENISTAN: Aydere Canyon 70 km from Garrygola [Kara-Kala], 38.4 ° N 56.73333 ° E, 0 8 Jun 1952, Slepyan, 1Ψ ( AMNH _PBI 00155172). Syunt Mt, W Kopetdag Mts, 38.51667 ° N 56.4 ° E, 0 6 Jun 1952, Slepyan, 3ɗ ( AMNH _PBI 00155165- AMNH _PBI 00155167), 2Ψ ( AMNH _PBI 0 0 155168, AMNH _PBI 00155174).