Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 1951. XXVII [antikvár]

ACTA ENTOMOLOGICA MUSEI NATIONALIS PRAGAE 1951, XXVII, 381381.HEMIPTERA-HETEROPTERA COLLECTED BY MR. J. HOUSKAIN ISRAELByLudvík HoberlandtNational Museum, Department of Entomology, Praha (Accepted foi publication March 10, 1951)In the following systematic survey I give the results of the study of the Hemiptera-Heteroptera which Mr. J. Houska collected during his stay in the Middle East as member of the Freedom Fight during World War II, for the National Museum in Prague. In the material 24 species have been ascertained as new for the territory of Israel, and which are not included in Bodenheimer's list: Prodromus Faunae Palestinae, 1937.CYDNIDAE Mesocricus cribripennis horváth, 18841 ? Tel Aviv, 30. XII. 1940.Distribution: Horváth described this species from Haifa and it is also recorded by Bodenheimer (1937). It seems to be an endemic species.Aethus pilosus (Herrich-Schaffer, 1834)1 9 Jerusalem, 9. III. 1943.Distribution: This species is known from the Ethiopian Region, from the West Mediterranean as well as from South Russia. It is an Ethiopian species with Palaeomediterranean extension. From Israel it is recorded by Bodenheimer (1937).Macroscytus brunneus (Fabricius, 1803)3 J1 cf Jerusalem, 22. X. 1941; 20. I. 1942; 11. IV. 1944.Distribution: Spain, S. France, Italy, Greece, Rhodes, Syria, Cyprus, Turkey, the Caucasus, S. Russia, Turkestan, Tunis, Algeria, Morocco, Canary Islands; China, India, Ceylon, Burma; Africa. From Israel it is recorded by Frey-Gessner (1881), Puton (1881) and Bodenheimer (1937). Probably species of Palaeomediterranean distribution with extension far into Asia and Africa.