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 Anisops sardeus sardeus (Herrich-Schaeffer) ( Fig. 7A ) Material examined. Station 4, 17 -vii-2013,1♀; station 6, 28 -iii-2013, 1 ♂2♀; station 8, 25 -vii-2013, 1♀; station 13, 17 -vii-2013, 1♀; station 25, 24 -vii-2013, 1♀; 20-viii-2013 , 2♂ ; station 32, 05 -ix-2013, 1 ♂1♀; station 34, 25 - vii-2013, 1♀; station 35, 27 -iii-2013, 3♀; 29-xi-2013 , 2♀; 27-xii-2013 , 2♂ 2♀; station 36, 28 -vi-2013, 1♀; station 48, 23 -v-2013, 1 ♂1♀; 19-vii-2013 , 1♂ ; 22-viii- 2013,1♂1♀; station 49, 19 -vii-2013, 1 ♂2♀. Comments. The specimens have been collected in both flowing and stagnant areas of rivers, at localities up to 131 m asl. It was first recorded from Tunisia by Ferrari (1884) under the name of Anisops producta Fieber. Distribution. It is known from southern Europe, Middle East, northern and tropical Africa extending to India and Burma (Polhemus 1995; Carapezza 1997 ; Fent et al. 2011 ).