Corixa panzeri Fieber, 1848

Klementová, Barbora Reduciendo, Kment, Petr & Svitok, Marek, 2015, Checklist of water bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha) of Slovakia, Zootaxa 4058 (2), pp. 227-243 : 232

Corixa panzeri Fieber, 1848

Material examined. Com. Trencsén [= Trenčín District], 1 ♀, lgt. K. Brancsik, det. L. Hoberlandt 1953, revid. P. Kment & B. Reduciendo Klementová (coll. National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic).

Remarks. The species was collected in the wide environs of Trenčín city in 1874–1915 when K. Brancsik was working in that area ( Koleška 1979); information on the exact location and date of sampling are missing.

Distribution. This Palaearctic species is distributed longitudinally from Ireland to Tajikistan and latitudinally from Sweden to Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia ( Jansson 1986, Polhemus et al. 1995, Protić 1998, Rabitsch & Zettel 2000, Dolmen 2004, Straka et al. 2009, Fent et al. 2011, Kment & Beran 2011). In Europe, C. panzeri is frequently found in coastal zones and becomes scarce in inland areas. In landlocked regions of Europe, records of the species are usually restricted to single specimens with the exception of the Pannonian lowlands ( Straka et al. 2009, Kment & Beran 2011). Although the occurrence of this species in Slovakia was listed by Polhemus et al. (1995) and the species was collected in southern Slovakia by P. Štys (pers. comm.), there is no confirmed record so far. The first direct evidence, presented here, was obtained by our study of a single specimen collected by K. Brancsik and deposited in National Museum in Prague. Corixa panzeri prefers temporary, fish-less habitats with slightly saline waters, mineral-rich substrates and rich vegetation cover (e.g., Wróblewski 1980, Boix et al. 2001, Aukema et al. 2002, Straka et al. 2009).