Aquatic and semiaquatic bugs (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha) of North Ossetia – Alania, Russia
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: An annotated checklist of aquatic and semiaquatic bugs (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha) of the Republic of North Ossetia — Alania, including 30 species and subspecies of 17 genera from 11 families, summarizes information on the species found in the republic. Cymatia coleoptrata (Fabricius, 1777), Corixa punctata (Illiger, 1807), Hesperocorixa linnaei (Fieber, 1848), Hesperocorixa sahlbergi (Fieber, 1848), Notonecta viridis Delcourt, 1909, Mesovelia furcata Mulsant et Rey, 1852, Hebrus pilipes Kanyukova, 1997, Hydrometra stagnorum (Linnaeus, 1758), Microvelia reticulata (Burmeister, 1835), Aquarius paludum paludum (Fabricius, 1794), and Gerris caucasicus Kanyukova, 1982 are recorded in North Ossetia for the first time. Notonecta glauca poissoni Hungerford, 1934 is for the first time recorded from Russia, the North Caucasus and North Ossetia. New localities in the republic for 16 species are reported. A key for reliable identification of Sigara daghestanica Jansson, 1983, S. fossarum (Leach, 1817), S. iactans Jansson, 1983, and S. falleni (Fieber, 1848) from the North Caucasus is provided.
Source: Энтомологическое обозрение
Institutions: Adyghe State University, North Ossetian State University
Language: English
Topic: Hemiptera Insect Studies
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4404541860