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 ( Vermicorixa ) lateralis (Leach) ( Figs 5 B, 12A) Material examined. Station 8, 25 -iv-2013, 1 ♂1♀; station 9, 25 -iv-2013, 1 ♂2♀; 23-v-2013 , 1♀; station 10, 20 -v- 2013, 2 ♂3♀; 18-vii-2013 , 1♂ 2♀; station 13, 21 -v-2013, 1♀; 25-vi-2013 , 2♂ ; 16-vii-2013 , 1♂ 5♀; 20-viii-2013 , 1♀; 03-ix-2013 , 1♂ 1♀; station 17, 23 -iv-2013, 2 ♂4♀; 21-v-2013 , 2♂ 3♀; 25-vi-2013 , 8♂ 9♀; 17-vii-2013 , 11♂ 12♀; 20-viii-2013 , 1♂ 1♀; station 20, 17 -vii,2013, 1 ♂; station 22, 27 -vi-2013, 1♀; station 24, 24 -vii-2013, 1 ♂; station 25, 27 -vi-2013, 1 ♂; 17-vii-2013 , 8♂ 22♀; station 32, 28 -iii-2013, 1♀; 25-iv-2013 , 2♂ 3♀; 25-vii-2013 , 1♂ 1♀, 4-ix-2013 , 1♂ 1♀; station 34, 29 -vi-2013, 1 ♂, 1♀ 24-vii-2013 , 1♂ 1♀; station 35, 21 -viii-2013, 2♀; 04-ix- 2013 , 2♂ 2♀; station 37, 25 -iv-2013, 1 ♂; 22-v-2013 , 2♀; 28-vi-2013 , 3♂ 11♀; station 38, 26 -iv-2013, 2 ♂ 1♀; 26- vi-2013 , 3♂ 4♀; 19-vii-2013 , 2♂ 6♀; station 41, 22 -iv-2013, 2♀; station 42, 25 -ii-2013, 4♀; 22-vi-2013 , 2♂ 7♀; 19- viii-2013 , 3♂ 16♀; station 43, 26 -vi-2013, 1 ♂; station 45, 25 -ii-2013, 2 ♂1♀; 26-vi-2013 1♀; 18-vii-2013 , 1♀; station 46, 20 -v-2013, 5 ♂2♀; station 49, 28 -ii-2013, 1 ♂. Comments. This is a common species in Tunisia , found in both stagnant water and slowly flowing rivers with muddy bottoms and rich in aquatic vegetation, at elevations up to 380 meter asl. It was first recorded from Tunisia by Ferrari (1884) under the name of Corixa hieroglyphica Dufour. Distribution. It occurs in the Palearctic Region, extending to India and tropical Africa ( Jansson 1995 ; Carapezza 1997 ; Aukema et al. 2013 ).