Mesovelia vittigera Horvath, 1895

Taybi, Abdelkhaleq Fouzi, Mabrouki, Youness, Chavanon, Guy, Berrahou, Ali & Millán, Andrés, 2018, New data on the distribution of aquatic bugs (Hemiptera) from eastern Morocco with notes on chorology, Zootaxa 4459 (1), pp. 139-163 : 144

Mesovelia vittigera Horvath, 1895 *

Material examined. Barrage Za, 19.0 3.14, 4 mm, 5 ff, 2 jj; Amont Taourirt, 0 3.0 4.14, 4 mm, 2 ff; Lagune de Nador 2, 0 2.0 5.16, 2 ff.

Distribution. Sub-Cosmopolitan species, mainly distributed in the northwestern part of Morocco (L’Mohdi 2016). This is a new record of the species for the Oriental Region and the Moulouya River basin. During the sampling period, M. vittigera was found downstream of Oued Za and in the wetlands surrounding Nador Lagoon ( Fig. 2 ).

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FIGURE 2. Distribution of the new recorded species of Gerromorpha in the study area.