Checklist, distribution, and a new record of Nepomorphan water bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in northern Tunisia
Slimani, Noura
Moulet, Pierre
Chen, Ping-Ping
Nieser, Nico
Pluot-Sigwalt, Dominique
Boumaïza, Moncef
Guilbert, Eric
Zootaxa
2015
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Fabricius
Fabricius
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Insecta
Notonectidae
Notonecta
Animalia
Hemiptera
16
167
Arthropoda
species
maculata
Material examined.Station 4, 24-iv-2013, 2♂; 22-v-2013, 1♂1♀; 28-vi-2013, 1♂2♀; 18-vii-2013, 2♂; 21-viii- 2013, 1♂; 04-ix-2013, 1♂1♀; 30-x-2013, 1♂; station 8, 25-iv-2013, 1♂1♀; 29-vi-2013, 1♂1♀; 25-vii-2013, 1♀; station 12, 28-i-2013, 1♂1♀; 26-ii-2013, 2♂; 26-iii-2013, 1♂2♀; 23-iv-2013,1♂1♀; 21-v-2013, 2♂; 27-vi-2013, 3♂1♀; 17-vii-2013, 3♀; 20-viii-2013, 2♂; 03-ix-2013, 3♂1♀; 30-x-2013, 2♂; 26-xii-2013, 2♂; station 17, 23-iv- 2013, 1♂1♀; 21-v-2013, 1♂; station 19, 28-vi-2013, 1♂; 18-vii-2013, 1♂; station 22, 21-v-2013, 4♂; 27-vi-2013, 2♂1♀; 17-vii-2013, 3♂; 20-viii-2013, 2♂1♀; 03-ix-2013, 2♂2♀; station 26, 21-v-2013, 2♂1♀; 27-vi-2013, 2♂3♀; 17-vii-2013, 1♂; 20-viii-2013, 4♂1♀; 03-ix-2013, 1♂1♀; 30-x-2013, 2♂1♀; station 28, 25-iv-2013, 2♂1♀; station 29, 25-iv-2013, 1♂1♀; 24-v-2013, 1♂1♀; 29-vi-2013, 2♂; 25-vii-2013, 2♂2♀; 22-viii-2013, 1♀; 29-x-2013, 1♂; station 31, 30-i-2013, 1♂; 28-ii-2013, 1♂; 29-vi-2013, 1♂; 25-iv-2013, 1♂1♀; 23-v-2013, 1♀; 25- vii-2013, 1♀; station 32, 25-iv-2013, 2♂1♀; 23-v-2013, 1♂; 25-vii-2013, 1♂1♀; 22-viii-2013, 2♂2♀; 05-ix-2013, 1♂; 29-x-2013, 1♂1♀; station 36, 29-i-2013, 2♂; 27-ii-2013, 2♂; 24-iv-2013, 2♂1♀; 22-v-2013, 1♂; 28-vi-2013, 1♂2♀; 24-vii-2013, 2♂1♀; 21-viii-2013, 1♀; 04-ix-2013, 2♂; station 43, 22-iv-2013, 1♂; 20-v-2013, 2♂; 26-vi- 2013, 1♂2♀; 16-vii-2013, 1♂1♀; 19-viii-2013, 2♂2♀; 26-xi-2013, 1♀; station 44, 27-i-2013, 1♂; 25-ii-2013, 2♂; 25-iii-2013, 2♀; 22-iv-2013, 1♂1♀; 20-v-2013, 1♂2♀; 26-vi-2013, 3♂1♀; 16-vii-2013, 2♂2♀; 19-viii-2013, 2♂2♀; 02-ix-2013, 3♂2♀; 31-x-2013, 1♂1♀; 25-xii-2013, 1♂; station 45, 25-iii-2013, 1♂1♀; 22-iv-2013, 2♂3♀; 20-v-2013, 3♂2♀; 26-vi-2013, 1♂2♀; 16-vii-2013, 2♂2♀; 19-viii-2013, 1♀; 02-ix-2013, 1♂♀; station 46, 16-vii- 2013, 2♂; 25-xii-2013, 1♀; station 47, 27-i-2013, 2♀; 25-ii-2013, 2♂2♀; 25-iii-2013, 2♂1♀; station 48, 30-i- 2013, 2♀; 28-ii-2013, 2♀; 28-iii-2013, 2♂1♀; 23-v-2013, 2♂3♀; 29-vi-2013, 3♂2♀; 19-vii-2013, 2♂3♀; 22-viii- 2013, 1♂1♀; 05-ix-2013, 3♂2♀; 30-xi-2013,1♂.
Comments.This species is abundant and widespread in Tunisia. Specimens were collected in springtime, in temporal or permanent streams, with abundant riparian vegetation. It was first recorded from Tunisiaby Horváth (1906)under the name of Notonecta glauca L. var. maculateFabriciusin Oued Melina.
Distribution.It occurs in Palearctic region (Polhemus 1995; Carapezza 1997; Fent et al.2011).