Scうooorお λοttαJο ποιs Fiebe in Sweden,a Shield Bug “ (Hem.・Het。 ,Pentatomidac)New tO Northern EurOpe

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Cour,r.q,Nos, C.-C. homalonotus Fieb. This is an isolated occurrence of this Mediter- in Sweden, a shield bug (Hem.-Het., Pentatom- ranean species, its continuous distribution idae) new to Northern Europe. Ent. - Tidskr. reaches southern Irrance, southern trIoravia 97: 115-116, 1976. (CSSR) and southern USSR up to 52o N. The The species is recorded from the provinces of occurrence in the lliilaren region of other Uppland (2 localities) and Siidermanland (l with a south or southeast European locality) in the Lake Mllaren region at 59030' N. main distribution is noted.

Sclο cο rfs hο marο rloι as Fieb. is here re‐ sman rock_hill. The aninlals only occurred corded from the follo、 /ing Swedish localities: within a narrour strip along this bOrder.The Uppland, Farentuna, 500 m E of Noralund vegetation here was dominated by grasses 14.5.1970, 7 66 3 99 (C.― C. Coulianos leg. (DaCryrJs 91。 mθrara,Pο α prarθ rtsis and Brο ― & cou。 ), uppland, Bondkyrko, Virdsatra ntas ttο lris)and G`ranfこ :r22 pこ Isirra凛 .The 18.5.1948,19(0。 Lundblad leg.in coll.Riks― locality was visited(but nO collections lnade) museunl, Stockholln. Recorded as Scピ οcο ris on 16.8.1970 (5th instar larvae and adults

? 凛acrο cθ p力 αI“ s Fieb. by Lundblad (1954: were observed)and On 22.5,1973 (adultS Ob‐ 54)).Sё dermanland,Mё rk6,Diderё 4.4.1969, served). 2 66 2 99 (P.RagnarssOn and C.Solbreck The species evidently hibernates as adults. leg.&cOll.). These were very active during the spring, In the field this species made the impres‐ running upon the litter layer,and were then sion of a large ScfOcο ris 122ビ CrOprtrftα frllus very easy to detect. This is perhaps the rea‐ Flor. It 、vas identified accOrding tO wagner son why the S、 vedish records were lnade (1965)and cOmpared 10 specimens of S. during the spring. In the Ukrainian SSR ■。mαronoIIIs from CSSR, kindly provided (PuChkOV 1961:210)the Species hibernates by Dr.Pavel Stys,Praha. as an adult, lays eggs during April― 一June The lengths Of the Swedish specimens are and ne、 v adults appear during the later part (mean and range):`(N=9)6.6(6.4-6.7) of July. nlm,9(N=6)7.5(7.4--7.6)mm and thus The food‐ biology seems to be unknOwn.At fall 、vell 、Ⅳithin the range mentioned in the the Farentuna 10cality, 5th instar larvae and literature. All the specilncns were macro‐ adults were scen to suck underground parts pterous. of different grassOs. The locality at Farentuna is dominated by The habitats tnt Vardsitra(Lundblad 1954: deciduous woodland internlingled with arable 54)and at MOrkё (C.S01breck pers.comm.) land.The habitat proper was、 パthin a south‐ are of exactly the same type as at Farentuna. expOsed grass field, at the border of a According tO Puchkov (op. Cit.)the species

E2ι .rtJsλ r.θ 7・ r,76・ 3-4 116 CARL‐ CEDRIC COULIANOS lives in deciduous woodlands, especially at 1961:231). All these species, including Sci- the ground in more open parts and clearings. ocoris homalonotus, are characterized by According to Stichel (1962:226) and Wag- having a south or southeastern European ner (1966:54) it is a Mediterranean species main distribution and by inhabiting light, known from Portugal, Spain, Italy and North open deciduous woodlands rvithin their con- Africa, eastn'ards occurring in Iran. W of tinuous distribution areas. the Alps it reaches southern France, and E of the Alps it is found in the Vienna basin, northwalds to southern trIoravia in the CSSR. References In southern USSR it is distributed north- Luxoruo, O. 1954. Studier tiver insektfaunan i rvards to 52oN. (Polesia Kursk Voro- - - Uppsala universitets naturpark vid Virdsiitra. nezj Pensen Ural districts) (Puchkov - - I(. svenska VetenskAkad. Avh. Natur- op. cit.). -skydd. 8: 1-68. The Srvedish localities (Vflrdsiitla at 59o45', Osstllulrssox, F. 1961. AnmArkningar och till- FaLrentuna at 59030' and Miirk