Naucoris maculatus conspersus Stål

Slimani, Noura, Moulet, Pierre, Chen, Ping-Ping, Nieser, Nico, Pluot-Sigwalt, Dominique, Boumaïza, Moncef & Guilbert, Eric, 2015, Checklist, distribution, and a new record of Nepomorphan water bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in northern Tunisia, Zootaxa 3981 (2), pp. 151-176 : 163-164

Naucoris maculatus conspersus Stål

( Figs 6 B, 12B)

Material examined. Station 1, 28 -vi-2013, 1 ♂1♀; 18-vii-2013, 2♂; station 6, 18 -vii-2013, 1 ♂1♀; station 7, 29 -vi- 2013, 1 ♂1♀; station 8, 23 -v-2013, 1 ♂1♀; 29-vi-2013, 1♂ 1♀; 25-vii-2013, 1♀; station 9, 30 -i-2013, 1 ♂; 25-iv- 2013, 3♂ 1♀; 23-v-2013, 1♂ 1♀; 29-vi-2013, 1♂ 1♀; 25-vii-2013, 2♂ 2♀; 22-viii-2013, 1♂ 1♀; 05-ix-2013, 2♂ 1♀; 28-xii-2013, 2♂ 3♀; station 10, 29 -vi-2013, 2 ♂1♀; 25-vii-2013, 1♂ 1♀; 22-viii-2013, 1♀; 05-ix-2013, 2♂ 2♀; 29- x-2013, 1♂ 1♀; station 11:, 30-i-2013, 1♂; 28-ii-2013, 1♀; 28-iii-2013, 1♀; 25-iv-2013, 1♂ 1♀; 23-v-2013, 1♂ 1♀; 29-vi-2013, 1♂ 1♀; 25-vii-2013, 2♂ 2♀; 22-viii-2013, 1♂; 29-x-2013, 3♂ 1♀; 28-xii-2013, 1♂ 1♀; station 17, 27 - vi-2013, 3 ♂1♀; station 21, 27 -vi-2013, 1 ♂1♀; 24-vii-2013, 1♀; 29-x-2013, 3♂ 1♀; 28-xi-2013, 1♂ 1♀; 26-xii- 2013, 3♂ 2♀; station 22, 23 -iv-2013, 4 ♂3♀; 24-vii-2013, 2♂ 3♀; 20-viii-2013, 5♂ 4♀; 03-ix-2013, 3♂ 4♀; station 23, 24 -vii-2013, 3 ♂2♀; 20-viii- 2013,1♂2♀; 03-ix-2013, 1♂ 2♀; 29-x-2013, 1♂ 2♀; 28-xi- 2013,2♂2♀; 26-xii- 2013, 2♂ 1♀; station 24, 28 -i-2013, 1 ♂; 26-ii-2013, 1♂; 26-iii-2013, 1♂; 23-iv-2013, 2♂ 2♀; 21-v-2013, 2♂ 2♀; 27-vi-2013, 4♂ 5♀; 24-vii-2013, 5♂ 4♀; 20-viii-2013, 5♂ 5♀; 03-ix-2013, 5♂ 8♀; 29-x-2013, 3♂ 2♀; 28-xi-2013, 3♂ 2♀; 26-xii-2013, 2♂ 2♀; station 25, 28 -i-2013, 1♀; 26-ii-2013, 1♂ 2♀; 26-iii-2013, 1♂ 1♀; 23-iv-2013, 3♂; 21- v-2013, 3♂ 2♀; 27-vi-2013, 1♂; 24-vii-2013, 5♂ 5♀; 20-viii-2013, 4♂ 3♀; 03-ix-2013, 1♂ 1♀; 29-x-2013, 3♂ 2♀; 28-xi-2013, 4♂ 3♀; station 30, 25 -vii-2013, 2 ♂; 05-ix-2013, 1♀; 29-x-2013, 2♂ 2♀; 30-xi-2013, 1♂ 3♀; station 31, 29 -vi-2013, 1 ♂2♀; 25-vii-2013, 2♀; 29-x-2013, 2♂; 30-xi-2013, 2♂ 2♀; station 33 29-vi-2013, 1♂; 25-vii-2013, 1♀; 29-x-2013, 1♂ 1♀; station 34, 29 -vi-2013, 2 ♂2♀; 25-vii-2013, 1♂; 05-ix-2013, 2♂; station 35, 29 -i-2013, 1 ♂; 27-ii-2013, 1♀; 27-iii-2013, 1♀; 24-iv-2013, 1♂ 1♀; 22-v-2013, 2♂ 1♀; 28-vi-2013, 2♀; 24-vii-2013, 4♂ 2♀; 21- viii-2013, 1♀; 04-ix-2013, 3♂ 2♀; 29-xi-2013, 3♂ 5♀; 27-xii-2013, 3♂ 2♀; station 36, 29 -i-2013, 1 ♂1♀; 27-ii- 2013, 3♀; 27-iii-2013, 2♀; 24-iv-2013, 1♂ 1♀; 22-v-2013, 4♂ 2♀; 28-vi-2013, 1♂ 3♀; 24-vii-2013, 2♂ 2♀; 21-viii- 2013, 4♂ 3♀; 04-ix-2013, 3♂ 3♀; 29-x-2013, 2♂ 1♀; 29-xi- 2013,3♀; 27-xii-2013, 2♂; station 37, 29 -i-2013, 2 ♂2♀; 27-ii-2013, 2♂ 1♀; 27-iii-2013, 2♂ 2♀; 24-iv-2013, 3♂ 2♀; 22-v-2013, 3♀; station 38, 30 -i-2013, 2 ♂1♀; 28-ii-2013, 2♂; 28-iii-2013, 1♂ 1♀; 25-iv-2013, 1♂; 23-v-2013, 1♂ 1♀; 29-vi-2013, 2♂ 1♀; 25-vii-2013, 2♂ 2♀; 22-viii-2013, 1♂ 1♀; 29-x-2013, 2♂ 1♀; 30-xi-2013, 1♂ 4♀; 28-xii-2013, 3♂ 1♀; station 39, 22 -viii-2013, 1 ♂1♀; 29-x-2013, 1♂ 1♀; station 42, 19 -viii-2013, 2 ♂; station 43, 26 -vi-2013, 4 ♂1♀; 16-vii-2013, 1♂; 31-x-2013, 1♂ 3♀; station 44, 27 -i-2013, 1 ♂1♀; 25-ii-2013, 1♀; 22-iv-2013, 3♂ 1♀; 20-v-2013, 3♂ 5♀; 26-vi-2013, 4♂ 1♀; 16-vii- 2013, 2♂ 1♀; 19-viii-2013, 1♂ 1♀; 02-ix-2013, 2♂ 1♀; 31-x-2013, 4♂ 2♀; 25-xii-2013, 1♂ 2♀; station 45, 31 -x- 2013, 1 ♂1♀; 25-xii-2013, 1♂ 1♀; station 46, 26 -vi-2013, 2 ♂1♀; 16-vii-2013, 1♂ 1♀; 31-x-2013, 1♂ 1♀; 27-xi- 2013, 1♂ 3♀; 25-xii-2013, 1♂ 1♀; station 47, 30 -i-2013, 1 ♂1♀; 25-iii-2013, 1♂ 2♀; station 48, 23 -v-2013, 1 ♂1♀; 19-vii-2013, 1♂; 22-viii- 2013,1♂1♀; station 49, 28 -i-2013, 1♀; 25-iv-2013, 2♂ 4♀; 23-v-2013, 1♂ 1♀; 29-vi- 2013, 2♂ 2♀; 19-vii-2013, 1♂ 1♀; 22-viii-2013, 2♂ 2♀; 05-ix-2013, 1♂ 1♀; 31-x-2013, 2♂ 1♀; 30-xi-2013, 2♂ 4♀.

Comments. This species is very common in Tunisia throughout the year, and inhabits stagnant or slowflowing waters, temporal or permanent, fresh water or brackish, with abundant riparian vegetation. It was first recorded from Tunisia by Ferrari (1884) under the name of Naucoris maculatus Fabricius.

Distribution. This is a North African sub-species also known in southern Europe (south Portugal, Spain, Italy, Sicily, Sardinia) (Polhemus 1995; Carapezza 1997).

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FIGURE 6. A. Distribution of Sigara (Vermicorixa) scripta. B. Distribution of Naucoris maculatus conspersus.