First records of Lasiocoris crassicornis (Lucas, 1849) (Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae) in Lebanon and Israel

Short communication

Torsten van der Heyden¹* , Paride Dioli²

¹ Immenweide 83, D-22523 Hamburg, Germany
² Museo civico di Storia Naturale, Sezione di Entomologia, Corso Venezia 55, I-20121 Milan, Italy
✉ tmvdh@web.de
*Corresponding author

Received: 23.03.2020 / Accepted: 04.05.2020 / Published: 08.05.2020
119 – 120

Abstract

The first records of Lasiocoris crassicornis (Lucas, 1849) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae: Rhyparochrominae: Megalonotini) for Lebanon and Israel are reported. Information on the known distribution of the species is summarized.

Keywords

Hemiptera, Lasiocoris crassicornis, true-bugs, faunistics, distribution, new records, Israel, Lebanon, Palaearctic Region