Checklist, distribution, and a new record of Nepomorphan water bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in northern Tunisia
Author
Slimani, Noura
Author
Moulet, Pierre
Author
Chen, Ping-Ping
Author
Nieser, Nico
Author
Pluot-Sigwalt, Dominique
Author
Boumaïza, Moncef
Author
Guilbert, Eric
text
Zootaxa
2015
3981
2
151
176
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3981.2.1
b8c1fe54-7d0e-4f96-a21e-76410d8f0270
1175-5326
239818
5E714DAC-15F2-46DA-AE2E-F74B2513D558
Sigara
(
Pseudovermicorixa
)
nigrolineata nigrolineata
(Fieber)
(
Fig. 5A
)
Material examined.
Station 13,
25
-vi-2013,
1
♂1♀; station 17,
21
-v-2013,
2
♂ 2♀; station 19,
21
-viii- 2013,
1
♂1♀; station 32,
23
-v-2013,
1
♂5♀;
04-ix-2013
,
1♂
1♀.
Comments.
The specimens have been collected in both flowing and stagnant areas in muddy substrates up to
210 m
asl. The first record for
Tunisia
is from Gadeau de
Kerville (1908)
in northern
Tunisia
(Tabarka, Jendouba).
Distribution.
Widely distributed in Europe, Northern Africa, and Asia (
Jansson 1986
;
Jansson 1995
;
Carapezza 1997
;
Aukema
et al.
2013
).