Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Heteroptera from Turkey

Posted by Cesa on 15-03-2010 11:33
#1
Hello,
This small bug with very large head found yesterday under Verbascum plant in debris in East Turkey. Could anybody identifies this?
Thanks a lot.
Muhabbet

Posted by Paul Beuk on 15-03-2010 13:37
#2
Miridae. Don't have the appropriate books here to go further.

Posted by Cesa on 15-03-2010 17:02
#3
I came myself to the conclusion that this is a Geocoris species in the family Lygaeidae. However, I need a confirmation and further ID.
Muhabbet

Posted by Paul Beuk on 15-03-2010 21:24
#4
Ah, yes, Geocoris s.l. is correct. If had had my books I'd have checked it and I would have seen I was thinking of the wrong family name. awkward

Posted by Heteropteran on 08-01-2015 12:23
#5
Yes it is a Geocoris species.It is Geocoris luridus.
Barış Çerçi

Posted by Heteropteran on 02-02-2015 15:32
#6
I am really sorry.It is always hard to follow all the new articles.I said it is G.luridus but I knew that it didn't fit with this specimen.Other Geocoris species known from Turkey weren't similar at all.So I said the most similar species:Geocoris luridus.
A few hours ago I found a really new article which was published in June 2014.In that study there were found about 14 new Heteroptera species for the Heteroptera fauna of Turkey.One of them is a Geocoris which fits exactly with yours.It is Geocoris putonianus.If we look on the bright side,you had found Geocoris putonianus in 2010,4 years ago!!!