Pterotmetus staphyliniformis (Germar, 1831)

Chitadze, Beka, Bulbulashvili, Natalia, Japaridze, Lasha-Giorgi, Drogvalenko, Alexander, Moulet, Pierre & Seropian, Armen, 2024, First record of 15 species of Hemiptera (Hexapoda, Insecta) in Georgia, Caucasiana 3, pp. 127-143 : 127-143

Pterotmetus staphyliniformis (Germar, 1831)

Material examined.

GEORGIA • 1 specimen; Gori ; 41.9684, 44.0939; 800 m a. s. l.; 17. August 2021; leg. N. Bulbulashvili and A. Seropian; under rocks in steppe; CaBOL-ID 1012409 .

Barcoding.

A single barcode was obtained from the specimen with CaBOL-ID 1012409 ( BOLD: AAY 9334), with the nearest neighbor in BOLD Systems being P. staphyliniformis from Finland ( BOLD: AAY 9334, p - distance 0.46 %).

Remarks.

The distribution of this species in Georgia was previously questioned ( Péricart 2001) and is now confirmed. From neighboring countries, P. staphyliniformis has previously been reported in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Russia (Krasnodar Krai, Republic of Adygea, Stavropol Krai, Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Dagestan) ( Lodos et al. 1999; Golub et al. 2014; Vinokurov et al. 2019; Grebennikov and Anikin 2020; Baymak and Kiyak 2022). The range of the species covers the Palaearctic region ( Vinokurov et al. 2019). The species is found on and under various herbs: Achillea , Verbascum , Tanacetum , Elytrigia , and other Poaceae , Sedum , etc. ( Putshkov 1969).