Aquarius najas (De Geer, 1773)

Taybi, Abdelkhaleq Fouzi, Mabrouki, Youness, Chavanon, Guy, Berrahou, Ali & Millán, Andrés, 2018, New data on the distribution of aquatic bugs (Hemiptera) from eastern Morocco with notes on chorology, Zootaxa 4459 (1), pp. 139-163 : 142

Aquarius najas (De Geer, 1773) *

Material examined. Oued Ouzej, 30.0 4.16, 1 m; Debdou, 27.0 4.16, 1 f; Sources O. El Bared, 27.0 3.14, 1 m; Petite cascade, 19.0 3.14, 1 m, 2 ff; Missour, 0 2.0 5.14, 1 m, 2 jj; Anzar Oufounas, 0 2.0 5.14, 1 f.

Distribution. This is a Europeo-Maghrebian species. In Morocco, it is linked to medium and high elevations (L’Mohdi 2016). However, our collections extend considerably the elevational range of this species (168 m, Oued Ouzej). This is the first time that A. najas has been recorded in the Moulouya River basin and the Oriental Region ( Fig. 2 ). Damgaard (2006) pointed out a possible hybridization between A. najas and A. cinereus .

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FIGURE 2. Distribution of the new recorded species of Gerromorpha in the study area.