Himacerus (Anaptus) major (A.Costa, 1842)

Gholami, Arefeh & Hosseini, Reza, 2024, A taxonomic study on Damsel bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Nabidae, Nabinae) of Guilan province and adjacent areas in Iran, with an illustrated key to the genera and species, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (1), pp. 111-123 : 113

Himacerus (Anaptus) major (A. Costa, 1842) ( Figs 2C, 5F, 6I).

Material examined. Iran, Guilan, Darreh Dasht (36°48'07.7''N, 49°38'18.1''E), 27.V-20.VI.1995, 1 ♂, leg.: R. E.Linnavuori & R. Hosseini ( UGNHM, Linnavuori & Hosseini, 2000) .

Distribution in Iran. Guilan ( Linnavuori & Hosseini, 2000).

General distribution. Holo-Mediterranean, introduced into Canada and the USA ( Kerzhner, 1996; Kerzhner & Henry, 2008).

Diagnosis. Macropterous ( Fig. 2C) Length 7.6 mm. Head with a black median band. Anntenae are yellow and shorter than body, apical part of the second segment is slightly brown. Pronotum brownish yellow with black median and lateral bands. Middle of scutellum, dorsum of abdomen and venter black, sometimes ventral part of abdomen has two longitudinal brown stripes. Legs are mostly yellowish, profemora ventrally and metafemora apically brownish or black, on the inner part of profemora and mesofemora with dense setae and black bristles between them, on the inner part of protibiae and mesotibiae with two rows of black spines. Hemelytra almost dark brown without irregular tinged pattern. Parameres are T-shaped ( Fig. 5F). Endosome of the phallus has sclerite plates ( Fig. 6I). Measurements in Table 1.