Przyczynek do rozmieszczenia pluskwiaków różnoskrzydłych (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) w Polsce – III / A contribution to the distribution of true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in Poland – III

The knowledge of the fauna composition and the distribution of particular species lies at the base of research in the fields of ecology and zoogeography, but also enables the monitoring of environmental and climate change on the basis of the variability of fauna composition. An adequate amount of faunistic data enables, amongst others, to find the answers to the fundamental questions regarding trends in the changes in the number of both common and rarely recorded species. Data collected systematically over long periods of time can be used to evaluate the negative impact of alien and invasive species on the functioning and diversity of ecosystems in which they appear, study changes in the phenology of species, as well as help understand the processes causing their decline. It is worth mentioning that common species, often omitted from studies, play a large role in ecosystems e.g. in pollination, account for the dominant biomass structure and contribute significantly to the spatial and temporal variability of species richness. Therefore, common species can be seen as useful indicators of environmental changes. This paper presents almost 2200 new faunistic records for 306 species of true bugs in Poland. The distribution data of very rarely collected or interesting species: Brachyarthrum limitatum Fieber, 1958, Eurydema fieberi Fieber, 1837, Peritrechus gracilicornis Puton, 1877, Stephanitis pyri (Fabricius, 1775), Tingis crispata (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1838), is summarized and visualized on maps. A list of species reported for the first time from each zoogeographical region of Poland is also provided.