NEW FINDINGS OF TRUE BUGS (INSECTA: HEMIPTERA: HETEROPTERA)ON THE TERRITORY OF SOUTH-EASTERN BELARUS

Abstract

In the process of studying materials on true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of South-Eastern Belarus, which
were collected with the use of methods widely-spread in entomology, new habitats for 10 rare species have been found
out. The ten species (Prostemma aeneicolle Stein, 1857, Alloeorhynchus flavipes (Fieber, 1836), Mezira tremulae
tremulae (Germar, 1822), Tropidothorax leucopterus (Goeze, 1778), Aellopus atratus (Goeze, 1778), Lygaeus equestris
(Linnaeus, 1758), Gonocerus acuteangulatus (Goeze, 1778), Tritomegas sexmaculatus (Rambur, 1839), Pinthaeus
sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1781), Rhaphigaster nebulosa (Poda, 1761)) were discovered on the territory of Belarus after
2000, and they are of interest from the faunistic perspective. In addition, 2 species — Mezira tremulae and Lygaeus
equestris — are conserved (included in the annex of the National Red Book). The insects are of interest in terms of the
agrarian perspective as they can potentially cause damage to deciduous shrubs Gonocerus acuteangulatus and
Rhaphigaster nebulosa.

Key words: Fauna; Hemiptera; Heteroptera; true bugs; Belarus.

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