Ranatra linearis Linnaeus

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 : 155

Ranatra linearis Linnaeus

( Figs 2A , 9 B)

Material examined. Station 49, 23 -v-2013, 1 ♂, 30-xi-2013, 1♂; station 25, 20 -viii-2013, 1 ♂. Comments. This species is recorded as new for Tunisia. The specimens were collected in sand at edge of slow flowing areas of rivers and at altitudes near sea-level.

Distribution. Palearctic Region, reaching from Great Britain and Morocco to Iran, Central Asia, Northwestern China (Xinjiang), and East Siberia (Polhemus 1995; Fent et al. 2011, Aukema et al. 2013). New record for Tunisia

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FIGURE 9. Habitus of: A. Nepa cinerea; B. Ranatra linearis.

FIGURE 2. A. Distribution of Ranatra linearis. B. Distribution of Ochterus marginatus marginatus.