Notonecta maculata (Fabricius)

Slimani, Noura, Moulet, Pierre, Chen, Ping-Ping, Nieser, Nico, Pluot-Sigwalt, Dominique, Boumaïza, Moncef & Guilbert, Eric, 2015, Checklist, distribution, and a new record of Nepomorphan water bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in northern Tunisia, Zootaxa 3981 (2), pp. 151-176 : 167

Notonecta maculata (Fabricius)

( Fig. 8 A )

Material examined. Station 4, 24 -iv- 2013, 2 ♂; 22 -v- 2013, 1♂ 1 ♀; 28 -vi- 2013, 1♂ 2 ♀; 18 -vii- 2013, 2♂; 21 -viii- 2013, 1♂; 04-ix- 2013, 1♂ 1 ♀; 30 -x- 2013, 1♂; station 8, 25 -iv- 2013, 1 ♂ 1 ♀; 29 -vi- 2013, 1♂ 1 ♀; 25 -vii- 2013, 1♀; station 12, 28 -i- 2013, 1 ♂ 1 ♀; 26 -ii- 2013, 2♂; 26 -iii- 2013, 1♂ 2 ♀; 23 -iv- 2013,1 ♂ 1 ♀; 21 -v- 2013, 2♂; 27 -vi- 2013, 3♂ 1 ♀; 17 -vii- 2013, 3♀; 20 -viii- 2013, 2♂; 03-ix- 2013, 3♂ 1 ♀; 30 -x- 2013, 2♂; 26 -xii- 2013, 2♂; station 17, 23 -iv- 2013, 1 ♂ 1 ♀; 21 -v- 2013, 1♂; station 19, 28 -vi- 2013, 1 ♂; 18 -vii- 2013, 1♂; station 22, 21 -v- 2013, 4 ♂; 27 -vi- 2013, 2♂ 1 ♀; 17 -vii- 2013, 3♂; 20 -viii- 2013, 2♂ 1 ♀; 03-ix- 2013, 2♂ 2 ♀; station 26, 21 -v- 2013, 2 ♂ 1 ♀; 27 -vi- 2013, 2♂ 3 ♀; 17 -vii- 2013, 1♂; 20 -viii- 2013, 4♂ 1 ♀; 03-ix- 2013, 1♂ 1 ♀; 30 -x- 2013, 2♂ 1 ♀; station 28, 25 -iv- 2013, 2 ♂ 1 ♀; station 29, 25 -iv- 2013, 1 ♂ 1 ♀; 24 -v- 2013, 1♂ 1 ♀; 29 -vi- 2013, 2♂; 25 -vii- 2013, 2♂ 2 ♀; 22 -viii- 2013, 1♀; 29 -x- 2013, 1♂; station 31, 30 -i- 2013, 1 ♂; 28 -ii- 2013, 1♂; 29 -vi- 2013, 1♂; 25 -iv- 2013, 1♂ 1 ♀; 23 -v- 2013, 1♀; 25 - vii- 2013, 1♀; station 32, 25 -iv- 2013, 2 ♂ 1 ♀; 23 -v- 2013, 1♂; 25 -vii- 2013, 1♂ 1 ♀; 22 -viii- 2013, 2♂ 2 ♀; 05-ix- 2013, 1♂; 29 -x- 2013, 1♂ 1 ♀; station 36, 29 -i- 2013, 2 ♂; 27 -ii- 2013, 2♂; 24 -iv- 2013, 2♂ 1 ♀; 22 -v- 2013, 1♂; 28 -vi- 2013, 1♂ 2 ♀; 24 -vii- 2013, 2♂ 1 ♀; 21 -viii- 2013, 1♀; 04-ix- 2013, 2♂; station 43, 22 -iv- 2013, 1 ♂; 20 -v- 2013, 2♂; 26 -vi- 2013, 1♂ 2 ♀; 16 -vii- 2013, 1♂ 1 ♀; 19 -viii- 2013, 2♂ 2 ♀; 26 -xi- 2013, 1♀; station 44, 27 -i- 2013, 1 ♂; 25 -ii- 2013, 2♂; 25 -iii- 2013, 2♀; 22 -iv- 2013, 1♂ 1 ♀; 20 -v- 2013, 1♂ 2 ♀; 26 -vi- 2013, 3♂ 1 ♀; 16 -vii- 2013, 2♂ 2 ♀; 19 -viii- 2013, 2♂ 2 ♀; 02-ix- 2013, 3♂ 2 ♀; 31 -x- 2013, 1♂ 1 ♀; 25 -xii- 2013, 1♂; station 45, 25 -iii- 2013, 1 ♂ 1 ♀; 22 -iv- 2013, 2♂ 3 ♀; 20 -v- 2013, 3♂ 2 ♀; 26 -vi- 2013, 1♂ 2 ♀; 16 -vii- 2013, 2♂ 2 ♀; 19 -viii- 2013, 1♀; 02-ix- 2013, 1♂ ♀; station 46, 16 -vii- 2013, 2 ♂; 25 -xii- 2013, 1♀; station 47, 27 -i- 2013, 2 ♀; 25 -ii- 2013, 2♂ 2 ♀; 25 -iii- 2013, 2♂ 1 ♀; station 48, 30 -i- 2013, 2 ♀; 28 -ii- 2013, 2♀; 28 -iii- 2013, 2♂ 1 ♀; 23 -v- 2013, 2♂ 3 ♀; 29 -vi- 2013, 3♂ 2 ♀; 19 -vii- 2013, 2♂ 3 ♀; 22 -viii- 2013, 1♂ 1 ♀; 05-ix- 2013, 3♂ 2 ♀; 30 -xi- 2013,1 ♂.

Comments. This species is abundant and widespread in Tunisia. Specimens were collected in springtime, in temporal or permanent streams, with abundant riparian vegetation. It was first recorded from Tunisia by Horváth ( 1906) under the name of Notonecta glauca L. var. maculate Fabricius in Oued Melina.

Distribution. It occurs in Palearctic region (Polhemus 1995; Carapezza 1997; Fent et al. 2011).

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FIGURE 8. A. Distribution of Notonecta maculata. B. Distribution of Plea minutissima minutissima.