Microvelia (Picaultia) macani Brown 1953
Creators: name: Kment, Petr
name: Carapezza, Attilio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Veliidae
Microvelia
Microvelia macani

description: Microvelia (Picaultia) macani Brown, 1953
(Figs 36–37)
Microvelia hozari macani Brown, 1953a: 584–586, figs C, D, G, I (original description). Syntypes: 6 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀, Iraq: Baghdad (BMNH).
Microvelia macani: LINNAVUORI (1986a): 38 (upgraded to species).
Microvelia (Picaultia) macani: ANDERSEN & WEIR (2003): 339 (subgeneric placement).
Microvelia perexigua Linnavuori, 1960: 54–56, figs 15a–e (original description). Holotype: ♂ (apterous), Israel: Gvuloth (RLRF → AMNH – see KMENT & CARAPEZZA 2017). Synonymized by LINNAVUORI (1986a: 38).
Material examined. SOCOTRA: Hadibo [= Hadiboh, 10–20 m a.s.l.], 15.ii.2000, 3 spec., W. Wranik lgt. (WWRG → NMPC); Hagher Mts., wadi Madar (12°33′12ʺN 54°00′24ʺE), brook in montane shrubland, 1170 m a.s.l., 18.vi.2012, 1 ♂ (ap), Socotra expedition 2012: J. Bezděk, J. Hájek, V. Hula, P. Kment, I. Malenovský, J. Niedobová & L. Purchart lgt. (NMPC); Hallah Arhar [= Halla area, Arher] (12°33′00ʺN 54°27′36ʺE), spring, 15 m a.s.l., 11.xi.2010, 3 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀ (ap) 1 ♀ (ma), J. Bezděk lgt. (MMBC); Homhil protected area, Ain Tsahrin spring (12°34′12″N 54°18′30″E), 435 m a.s.l., 11.vi.2012, 13 ♂♂ 14 ♀♀ (ap), Socotra expedition 2012: J. Bezděk, J. Hájek, V. Hula, P. Kment, I. Malenovský, J. Niedobová & L. Purchart lgt.(ACPI, NHMW, NMPC, MMBC); Zemhon [= Zemhom] area (12°30′58″N 54°06′39″E), 270–350 m a.s.l., at light, 3.–4.ii.2010, 2 ♀♀ (ma), L. Purchart & J. Vybíral lgt. (MMBC, NMPC).
Identification. BROWN (1953a, as M. hozari macani) (description, figures); LINNAVUORI (1960, as M. perexigua) (description, figures); LINNAVUORI (1986a): 38–40 (upgraded to species, new synonymy, redescription, figures); LINNAVUORI & HOSSEINI (2000): 41–43 (key, diagnosis, figures); SALEH AHMED & GADALLA (2005a): 221–222, 225 (key, diagnosis, figures); LINNAVUORI et al. (2011): 92, 96 (diagnosis, habitus figure).
Habitat. In Socotra collected in coastal to montane zone: in a shaded pool covered with tamarind leaves next to a small brook at Homhil (435 m a.s.l.) and on two brooks, at the sea coast (5 m a.s.l. at Arher; Fig. 49) as well as in Hagher Mts (1170 m a.s.l. in wadi Madar; Fig. 50), at the latter locality in tufts of Juncus socotranus at the bank. Two macropterous specimens were also collected at light.
Outside Socotra, the species was collected in marshes, ponds, pools and brooks among rich vegetation (e.g. of Phragmites, Typha, Juncus and sedges) and also in irrigation systems (LINNAVUORI 1986a, 1994b, 2009; LINNAVUORI & VAN HARTEN 1997; SALEH AHMED & GADALLA 2005a; LINNAVUORI et al. 2011). Macropterous specimens were also intercepted by light traps and Malaise trap (LINNAVUORI 2004, LINNAVUORI et al. 2011).
Distribution. Palaearctic Region: Near East: Azerbaijan (BERCHI et al. in press), Egypt: Sinai (SALEH AHMED & GADALLA 2005a,b), Iran (LINNAVUORI & HOSSEINI 2000; LINNAVUORI 2004, 2009; GHAHARI et al. 2013), Iraq (BROWN 1953a, LINNAVUORI 1994b), Israel (LINNAVUORI 1960, as M. perexigua), Saudia Arabia (BROWN 1953a, as M. hozari macani, 1953b, as M. hozari; LINNAVUORI 1986a), Socotra (this paper), UnitedArab Emirates (LINNAVUORI et al. 2011), Yemen (LINNAVUORI & VAN HARTEN 1997, 2002a). New species for the Socotra Archipelago.
description: Published as part of Kment, Petr & Carapezza, Attilio, 2022, Heteroptera (Hemiptera) of the Socotra Archipelago I: Introduction, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha, pp. 475-519 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 62 (2) on pages 494-495, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2022.026, http://zenodo.org/record/7617020