Corixa punctata (Illiger, 1807)

Berchi, Gavril Marius, Rădac, Ioan Alexandru, Boda, Pál & Kment, Petr, 2024, Water boatmen (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Corixidae) of Romania, Zootaxa 5555 (2), pp. 227-252 : 233-234

Corixa punctata (Illiger, 1807)

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Material examined. ROMANIA: Bihor County: Budureasa [pond], 46.6814°N 22.4839°E, 341 m a.s.l., 23.vi.2013, 1 ♂ 3 ♀♀ ; Pietroasa [small reservoir in PadiȘ], 1270 m a.s.l., 30.vii.1998, leg. P. Šmarda, det. P. Kment , 2 ♀♀ ( NMPC). Caraș-Severin County: BolvaȘnița [pond – Țarcu Mountains ], 45.30°N 22.4995°E, 1439 m a.s.l., 01.xi.2011 , 1 ♀; Globurău [pond], 44.9817°N 22.3608°E, 283 m a.s.l., 12.viii.2011 , 1 ♀. Dolj County: Ciupercenii Noi [light trap], 43.8368°N 22.9276°E, 30 m a.s.l., 19.vi.2023, leg. C.O. Manci , 2 ♀♀. Galați County: CiorăȘti [stream], 46.0853°N 27.4855°E, 57 m a.s.l., 03.viii.2011 , 1 ♀. Giurgiu County: Pietrele [channel], 44.0539°N 26.1277°E, 17 m a.s.l., 20.vii.2014 , 1 ♂. Iași County: Scobinți [stream], 47.4081°N 26.9277°E, 128 m a.s.l., 03.viii.2012 , 1 ♂; Valea Lupului [pond], 47.1874°N 27.4669°E, 54 m a.s.l., 22.iii.2015, leg. A. Pintilioaie , 1 ♀. Mehedinți County: Scăpău [pond], 44.4552°N 22.717°E, 87 m a.s.l., 14.iv.2023 , 1 ♂ 1 ♀. Neamț County: NemțiȘor [pond], 47.2519°N 26.2433°E, 469 m a.s.l., 01.ix.2010 , 1 ♀. Olt County: Berindei [stream], 44.1261°N 24.5758°E, 66 m a.s.l., 19.vii.2014 , 1 ♀; Studina [lake], 43.9626°N 24.4213°E, 74 m a.s.l., 15.vii.2018 , 1 ♀. Sălaj County: Negreni [pond], 47.3365°N 23.5488°E, 267 m a.s.l., 12.viii.2020 , 1 ♀; Rus [lake], 47.2817°N 23.566°E, 257 m a.s.l., 22.vi.2021 , 2 ♀♀; TeȘtioara [pond], 47.249°N 23.4377°E, 320 m a.s.l., 22.iv.2021 , 1 ♀. Sibiu County: Avrig [pond], 45.7129°N 24.3934°E, 393 m a.s.l., 12.viii.2023 , 5 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀; Racovița [channel], 45.6788°N 24.3151°E, 373 m a.s.l., 13.viii.2023, 1 ♂ 3 ♀♀. Timiș County: Biled [pond], 45.8991°N 20.9401°E, 87 m a.s.l., 17.iii.2019 , 1 ♀; Cheglevici [channel], 46.1177°N 20.4349°E, 76 m a.s.l., 21.viii.2018 , 1 ♂; DragomireȘti [channel], 45.5401°N 21.9445°E, 224 m a.s.l. , 1 ♀; Hodoni [channel], 45.9081°N 21.092°E, 101 m a.s.l., 28.vii.2018 , 1 ♂ 3 ♀♀; Livezile [pond], 45.4603°N 21.0441°E, 76 m a.s.l., 06.vii.2018 , 1 ♀; PogăneȘti [pond], 45.7217°N 22.0038°E, 212 m a.s.l., 12.viii.2018 , 2 ♂♂ 8 ♀♀; RădmăneȘti [pond], 45.9262°N 21.9027°E, 196 m a.s.l., 19.viii.2018 , 1 ♂ 1 ♀; Șandra [pond], 45.9284°N 20.882°E, 88 m a.s.l., 17.iii.2019 , 2 ♀♀; Valea Lungă Română [pond], 45.7538°N 21.9478°E, 156 m a.s.l., 10.viii.2018 , 6 ♀♀; Vizejdia [channel], 45.9461°N 20.6451°E, 82 m a.s.l., 14.ix.2018 , 1 ♂.

Published records. Mayr (1853), Fuss (1862), Horváth (1877), Montandon (1885, 1907), Kertész (1890, 1901), Szilády (1908), Jaczewski (1934), Soós (1959), Sienkiewicz (1960, 1964), Prunescu-Arion & Elian (1962), Enăceanu & Brezeanu (1970), BucȘa (1972), Kis (1972, 1975, 1976), Schneider (1973), Jansson (1986, in map), Kis & Davidescu (1994), Kecskés (1997, 1999), Davideanu (1999), Ilie (2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2014), Ilie & Davideanu (2002), Ilie & Vițchii (2007), Olosutean & Ilie (2007), Nicoară et al. (2009), Ilie & Ban-Calefariu (2010), Berchi et al. (2011), Berchi & ChimiȘliu (2015).

General distribution. From northern Africa, most of Europe (except northernmost areas) to southwestern Asia ( Jansson 1986, 1995; Fent et al. 2011; Grandova 2014a; Boda et al. 2015; Protić 2016; Csabai et al. 2017; Shapovalov et al. 2018b; Stoianova 2018; Taybi et al. 2018; Protić & Nadaždin 2019; Šeat & Nadaždin 2021; Berchi et al. 2023). In Romania, C. punctata is known throughout the country ( Fig. 11 ).

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FIGURES 8–11. Distribution in Romania: (8) Corixa affinis Leach, 1817; (9) C. dentipes Thomson, 1869; (10) C. panzeri Fieber, 1848; (11) C. punctata (Illiger, 1807). Blank dots represent published records, question marks represent dubious published records of C. dentipes, and solid dots represent records from this study.