A first record of Hebrus ruficeps and the family Hebridae (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) from Yakutia (East Siberia)
N.N. Vinokurov
& N.K. Potapova
Abstract. Hebrus (Hebrusella) ruficeps Thomson, 1871 (Heteroptera: Hebridae) is recorded for the first time from the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), East Siberia, approximately 1850 km from the nearest western finding (Irkutsk) and roughly 2080 km from the nearest eastern finding (Artem) of the species. The single specimen was collected in a small grass-sedge hummocky swamp located 19 km west-northwest of Yakutsk.
Key words: Yakutia, aquatic heteropterans, Hebridae, fauna, first record
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2023, 32(2): 300–302 ▪ Published online 22 December 2023
https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2023.32.2.300 ▪ Open full article 
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