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Anisops debilis subsp. canariensis Noualhier 1893

Description

Anisops debilis canariensis Noualhier, 1893 (Notonectidae)

Asian Turkey. Kıyak et al. (2006).

General distribution. Canary Islands, Madeira, Morocco, Cape Verde Islands, Ghana (Polhemus 1995). The previous record from Greece (Corfu Island) by Lindberg (1922b) is considered a misidentification (Lansbury 1964: 108, Polhemus 1995).

Comment. Kıyak et al. (2006) published a record of A. debilis canariensis from Alanya province. Considering the nearest distribution of this subspecies in Morocco, this is most probably a case of misidentification. The record may refer to A. sardea or A. debilis perplexus, but in southern Turkey we cannot exclude the presence of additional species distributed in adjacent countries: A. crinitus Brooks, 1951 (Greece: Corfu, Iraq, Iran) and A. varius Fieber, 1851 (Israel, Syria) (Polhemus 1995e).

Identification. Brooks (1951), Lansbury (1964), Nieser et al. (1994).

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 1-84 in Zootaxa 2856 (1) on page 61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2856.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5286719

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References

  • Kiyak, S., Salur, A. & Canbulat, S. (2006) Four new records of aquatic bugs new for the Turkish fauna. Entomological Problems, 36, 47 - 48.
  • Lindberg, H. (1922 b) Vezeichnis der von John Sahlberg und Uunio Saalas in den Mittelmeergebieten gesammelten semiaquatilen und aquatilen Heteropteren. Notulae Entomologicae, 2, 15 - 19 + 46 - 49.
  • Lansbury, I. (1964) Notes on Anisops debilis Gerstaecker 1873 (Hem. - Heteroptera, Notonectidae) and its closely related forms. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 94 (1963), 97 - 108.
  • Brooks, G. T. (1951) A revision of the genus Anisops (Notonectidae, Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 34, 301 - 519.
  • Polhemus, J. T. (1995 e) Family Notonectidae Latreille, 1802 - backswimmers. Pp. 63 - 73. In: Aukema, B. & Rieger, Ch. (eds) Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. Vol. 1. Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha. The Netherlands Entomological Society, Amsterdam, xxvi + 222 pp.
  • Nieser, N., Baena, M., Martinez-Aviles, J. & Millan, A. (1994) Claves para la identificacion de los heteropteros acuaticos (nepomorpha & gerromorpha [sic!]) de la Peninsula Iberica - con notas sobre las especies de las Islas Azores, Baleares, Canarias y Madeira. In: Prat, N. (ed.) Claves de identificacion de la flora y fauna de las aguas continentales de la Peninsula Iberica. Publ. 5. Asociacion Espanola de Limnologia, Madrid, 112 pp.