Aradus nuristanicus Hoberlandt, 2023

Heiss, Ernst, 2023, A new species, a new synonymy, a revised generic assignment and new records in some African and Palaearctic Aradidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), Zootaxa 5315 (5), pp. 469-478 : 472-473

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5315.5.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:25D67453-6426-4DED-ABCD-D5D2C1B86C82
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8145175
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/756C879A-D05C-7275-FF7B-FC70F011FE3A
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Aradus nuristanicus Hoberlandt
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

‘ Aradus nuristanicus Hoberlandt n. sp. ’

= Aradus betulae (Linnaeus, 1758)

( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1–6 )

Material examined. ‘ Aradus nuristanicus n. sp. ’: 1♁ ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1–6 ), ‘J. Klapperich / Mangul, 1250 m / Bashgultal, Nuristan / 18. 7. 52, O—Afghan. [p] //cleaned + remounted / by E. HEISS VI[p] I([hw] 201[p]5[hw] // Holotypus [p] ♁ [hw] / Aradus / nuristanicus / n. sp. [hw] / Det. L. Hoberlandt 19[p]58[hw] //A r a d u s / betulae (L.) / det. E.HEISS 2015 [p]’ ( NMPC).

Comments. Dissection of genitalic structures has shown that they correspond to those of Aradus betulae (Linnaeus, 1758) , hence the examined material of ‘ A. nuristanicus ’ is recognized as conspecific with this species.

Distribution. Aradus betulae is a widespread species distributed in the Palaearctic Region from Great Britain and Spain in the west to the Far East of Russia and Japan in the north-east and Pakistan in the south-east ( Heiss 2001, Aukema et al. 2013). New record for Afghanistan.