Anisops debilis perplexus Poisson

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 : 165

Anisops debilis perplexus Poisson

( Figs 7A , 13 A)

Material examined. Station 1, 28 -vi-2013, 1♀; station 2, 18 -vii-2013, 1♀; station 8, 25 -iv-2013, 1♀; 29-x-2013, 1♀; 30-xi-2013, 1♀; 28-xii-2013, 1♀; station 15, 22 -v-2013, 3♀; station 31, 30 -xi-2013, 3♀; station 35, 27 -vi- 2013, 2 ♂1♀; 25-vii-2013, 3♂ 2♀; 29-xi-2013, 1♂ 3♀; 27-xii-2013, 2♂ 2♀; station 43, 20 -xi-2013, 1 ♂; station 45, 27 -xi-2013, 5♀; 25-xii-2013, 3♀; station 46, 31 -x-2013, 8♀; 27-xi-2013, 6♀; 25-xii-2013, 6♀; station 47, 27 -i- 2013, 1 ♂3♀; 25-ii-2013, 2♂ 2♀; 25-iii-2013, 2♂ 3♀; station 49, 19 -vii-2013, 2 ♂.

Comments. This species occupies very distinct habitats, consisting of slow flowing or stagnant water, fresh or brackish, up to 380 m asl. It was first recorded from Tunisia by Omer-Cooper (1930) under the name of Anisops canariensis Noualhier in southern localities (Teboulbou, Gabès).

Distribution. It occurs in South Europe ( Portugal, Spain and Sicily), Middle East ( Iran, Iraq, Israel, and Saudi Arabia), North Africa, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Senegal (Polhemus 1995; Carapezza 1997; Larsen & Blaustein 2005).

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FIGURE 13. Habitus of: A. Anisops debilis perplexus; B. Notonecta glauca glauca.

FIGURE 7. A. Distribution of Anisops debilis perplexus and Anisops sardeus sardeus. B. Distribution of Notonecta glauca glauca, Notonecta meridionalis and Notonecta viridis.