Water boatmen (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Corixidae) of Romania Author Berchi, Gavril Marius Department of Biology, Faculty of Chemistry, Biology, Geography, West University of TimiȘoara, 16 A Pestalozzi Street, 300115 TimiȘoara, Romania. & Corresponding author. Author Rădac, Ioan Alexandru Department of Biology, Faculty of Chemistry, Biology, Geography, West University of TimiȘoara, 16 A Pestalozzi Street, 300115 TimiȘoara, Romania. Author Boda, Pál HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Bem square 18 / c, H- 4026 Debrecen, Hungary. Author Kment, Petr Department of Entomology, National Museum of the Czech Republic, Cirkusová 1740, CZ- 193 00 Prague 9 - Horní Počernice, Czech Republic. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-12-18 5555 2 227 252 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5555.2.4 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5555.2.4 1175-5326 14594663 7627857A-6AB8-4F3C-8BFB-D9485340B4B8 Sigara ( Sigara ) assimilis (Fieber, 1848) ( Fig. 21 ) Material examined. ROMANIA : Brăila County : Spiru Haret [pond], 44.8919°N 27.7488°E , 12 m a.s.l. , 01.viii.2012 , 1 ♂ . Buzău County : Caragele [stream], 44.9866°N 27.0369°E , 52 m a.s.l. , 31.vii.2012 , 1 ♂ . Tulcea County : Murighiol [lake], 45.0278°N 29.1599°E , 6 m a.s.l. , 06.viii.2015 , 1 ♂ . Published records. Fuss (1862) , Horváth (1877 , 1897 ), Jaczewski (1934) , Soós (1959) , BucȘa (1972) , Schneider (1973) , Kis (1976) , Jansson (1986 , in map), Kis & Davidescu (1994) , Davideanu (1999) , Olosutean & Ilie (2010a) . General distribution. From southeastern Europe ( Croatia , Hungary , Serbia , Bulgaria , Romania , Ukraine , southern European territories of Russia ) and southwestern Asia, eastward to Mongolia ( Jansson 1986 , 1995 ; Kanyukova et al . 2002 , 2016 ; Fent et al . 2011 ; Grandova 2013 , 2014a ; Boda et al . 2015 ; Stoianova & Simov 2016 ; Shapovalov et al . 2018b ; Stoianova 2018 ; Berchi et al . 2023 ). In Romania , this species is known from most of the country ( Fig. 21 ).