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Type: Article
Published: 2015-07-03
Page range: 151–176
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Checklist, distribution, and a new record of Nepomorphan water bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in northern Tunisia

UMR7205 MNHN/CNRS/UPMC/EPHE, Sorbonne Université, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, CP 50, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France
Museum Requien, 67 rue Joseph Vernet, F-84000 Avignon, France
Terrestrial Zoology, Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
Terrestrial Zoology, Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
Terrestrial Zoology, Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
Unit of Hydrobiology, Laboratory of Environment Biomonitoring (LBE), Faculty of Sciences of Bizerta, 7021, Jarzouna. Tunisia
Terrestrial Zoology, Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
Heteroptera Nepomorpha water bugs checklist survey distribution Tunisia

Abstract

We report on the results of a survey of the Nepomorpha of northern Tunisia, and list twenty-three species belonging to twelve genera and seven families: Nepidae, Ochteridae, Corixidae, Micronectidae, Naucoridae, Notonectidae, and Pleidae. These records are based on intensive field surveys during the year 2013 and examination of the entomological collections of the National Museum Natural History of Paris. Ranatra linearis (Linnaeus, 1758) is recorded for the first time from Tunisia. The occurrence of Sigara (Halicorixa) stagnalis stagnalis (Leach, 1817) in Tunisia is confirmed. A preliminary checklist of the Nepomorpha of Northern Tunisia and updated distribution maps for all species treated are provided for further studies.