Nychia marshalli (Scott, 1872)

Cianferoni, Fabio & Pintar, Matthew R., 2024, Review of Nychia marshalli in the Western Palaearctic, with new records and distributional notes (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Notonectidae), Zootaxa 5448 (1), pp. 135-142 : 136-138

Nychia marshalli (Scott, 1872)

Antipalocoris marshalli Scott, 1872 in Marshall (1872a: 191), “The new species here published were taken by me in the summer of 1870”, “ Antipalocoris abundantly, swimming in small shoals, like fishes, against the current”; Scott in Marshall (1872b: 245), “Several specimens were taken at the mouth of the Gravone river, in company with Anisops niveus ”. Puton (1875: 102), “Cors.”, Puton (1880: 247), “ Corse dams le Gravone par M. le Rev. Marshall”, Puton (1886: 65), “Cors.”, quotations of Scott in Marshall (1872b).

Nychia limpida Stål, 1860 . Horváth (1918: 143). “ Corsica ”, quotation of Scott in Marshall (1872b). Synonymisation of Antipalocoris marshalli Scott with Nychia limpida Stål ; Stichel (1955: 88), “ Korsika ”, quotation of Scott in Marshall (1872b); Servadei (1967: 18), “ Corsica ”, quotation of Scott in Marshall (1872b).

Nychia limpida limpida Stål, 1860 . Hutchinson (1929: 412), “ Corsica ”, quotation of Scott in Marshall (1872b).

Nychia marshalli (Scott, 1872) . Oshanin (1909: 972), “ Corsica ”; Oshanin (1912: 91), “Co [= Corsica]”, quotations of Scott in Marshall (1872b); Lundblad (1933: 155), “[…] Jahre 1872 wurde von Scott […] Korsika ”, quotation of Scott in Marshall (1872b); Poisson (1957: 147), “ Corse (la Gravone) (Marshall)”, quotation of Scott in Marshall (1872b); Lansbury (1985: 2), “ Corsica ”, quotation of Scott in Marshall (1872b); Polhemus (1995: 73), “FR ( Corsica)”, quotation of Scott in Marshall (1872b); Chen & Nieser (2011: 228), “ Corsica […] in 1870 […] (Marshall, 1872)”. quotation of Scott in Marshall (1872b); Tebibel (1991: 141), “[…] 10 Km [sic!] Sud Barika”; “Mare à l’Oued Arbatache”; “Oued Mouzaia” (records included in the species map by Annani (2013: 167); Annani et al. (2012: 427), “O. Kebir”, “Aïn Smara […]”, “Ben Yahia Abderrahmane […]”; Annani (2013: 138), “O. Kebir”, “Aïn Smara (mare)”, “Ben Yahia Abderrahmane (Château d’eau)”; Moubayed-Breil et al. (2013: 44), “estuary of the Fango River”. L’Mohdi et al. (2016: 80), “Rabat-Oued Grou […]”; Chakour et al. (2017: 309), “Oued Boumakla […]”, quotation of L’Mohdi et al. (2016).

Nychia marshalli marshalli (Scott, 1872) . Poisson (1966: 743), “Afrique éthiopienne et meéditerranéenne; Corse, etc.”, in part quotation of Scott in Marshall (1872b).

Note: Selected references for the quotations of Scott in Marshall (1872b).

Published records in the Palaearctic region. FRANCE: Western Corsica, Gulf of Ajaccio, mouth of river Gravona, [41.90649° N 8.799064° E; uncertainty = 300 m], [0 m a.s.l.], summer of 1870, T.A. Marshall legit, several specimens, BMNH ( Marshall 1872a; Scott in Marshall 1872b; Puton 1875, 1880, 1886; Oshanin 1909, 1912; Horváth 1918, Hutchinson 1929, Lundblad 1933; Stichel 1955; Poisson 1957, 1966; Servadei 1967; Lansbury 1985; Polhemus 1995; Chen & Nieser 2011; etc.). Western Corsica, Haute-Corse, mouth of Fango River, [42.41940° N 8.662006° E, uncertainty = 350 m], [1–2 m a.s.l.], [1995–2012], ( Moubayed-Breil et al. (2013): “estuary of the Fango River (Scandola Nature Reserve), zone C, freshwater”). ALGERIA: Batna Province, 10 km south of Barika, agricultural reservoir, [35.29527° N 5.36964° E, uncertainty = 3 km], [ca. 460 m a.s.l.], ( Tebibel (1991): “Retenue collinaire à 10 Km [sic!] Sud Barika”; Annani (2013): record included in the species map). Boumerdès Province, pond at Oued [= wadi] Arbatache, [36.60740° N 3.35172° E, uncertainty = 6 km], [80–220 m a.s.l.], ( Tebibel (1991): “Mare à l’Oued Arbatache”; Annani (2013): record included in the species map). Médéa Province, Oued [= wadi] Mouzaïa, [36.33339° N 2.76126° E], [350–480 m a.s.l.], ( Tebibel (1991): “Oued Mouzaia”; Annani (2013): record included in the species map). Eastern Numidia, el Taref Province, Oued [= wadi] Kebir, [36.62558° N 7.98235° E, uncertainty = 24 km], [1989–1999], ( Annani et al. (2012): “E34, O. [= Oued] Kebir”; Annani (2013): “E34, Oued Kebir”). Constantine Province, Aïn Smara, pond on wadi, [36.28386° N 6.51439° E, uncertainty = 30 m], 609 m a.s.l., [1989–1999], ( Annani et al. (2012): “O2 [=C2], Aïn Smara (36° 16’ 54.17’’N, 6° 30’ 54.96’’E, altitude: 598 m): a wadi with residual pools”; Annani (2013): “C4, Ain Smara (mare), 36° 17’ 01.92’’N, 6° 30’ 51,82’’E Altitude: 609 m ”). Mila Province, Benyahia Abderrahmane “Château d’eau”, permanent pond, [36.23591° N 6.01085° E, uncertainty = 10 m], 969 m a.s.l., [1989-1999], ( Annani et al. (2012): “O3 [=C3], Ben Yahia Abderrahmane (36°14’05.16’’N, 6°00’43.28’’E, altitude: 965m): a shallow pond covered by Lemna sp. ”; Annani (2013): “C11, Ben Yahia Abderrahmane (Château d’eau), 36° 14’ 09.14’’N, 6° 00’ 38.87’’E Altitude: 969 m ”). Eastern Numidia, Annaba Province, Annaba municipality, marshland of Boussedra at Annaba, [36.84623° N 7.72791° E, uncertainty = 450 m], [5 m a.s.l.], ( Aouadi (2022): “Boussedra […] Nychia sp. ”). MOROCCO: Khémisset Province, Moulay Driss Aghbal municipality, Oued [= wadi] Boumakla (lower course), [33.75608° N 6.53818° W, uncertainty = 50 m], 117 m a.s.l., 20.VI.2013, 1 female and 1 male brach., ( L’Mohdi et al. (2016): “Rabat-Oued Grou, GC: 33°45’21.92’’ N, 6°32’17.45’’ W, 20/06/2013, 1 ♀ and 1 ♂ brachypterous”; Chakour et al. (2017): “G3 | Oued Boumakla | Moulay Driss Aghbal | Khémisset | 33°45’21,92’’ | 6°32’17,45’’ | 117 | OCI [curso inferior del rio] || G3: 20-VI-2013 (2)”).

New records. Material examined. ITALY: Sardinia, Nuoro Province, Villanova Strisaili municipality, Bau Mela (torrent), pools on the stream, 39.99276° N 9.4171° E (uncertainty = 65 m), 823 m a.s.l., 9.VIII.2021, photo by Daniel Linzbauer, mating specimens (iNaturalist, observation ID 93079455; Fig. 2 ), M.R. Pintar & F. Cianferoni det. FRANCE: Corsica, Haute-Corse department, Solaro municipality, river Solenzara , near U Ponte Grossu, residual pond, 41.83532° N 9.32155° E; uncertainty = 5 m, 110 m a.s.l., [outside the Parc naturel régional de Corse], 1.IV.2018, Andrea Marata legit, “Corsica, Sari Solenzara | U ponte grossu | 01.IV.2018 Leg. A. Marata ”, 1 male, 4 females brach. ( CAM); idem, 3 males, 3 females brach., Fig. 3 , ( CFC), F. Cianferoni det.

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FIGURE 2. Specimens of Nychia marshalli (Scott, 1872) from Sardinia (photo by Daniel Linzbauer; CC-BY 4.0; cropped).

FIGURE 3. Female brachypterous specimen of Nychia marshalli (Scott, 1872) from Corsica, in dorsal (on the left) and ventral (on the right) view. Scale bar = 1 mm. (photo by Fabio Cianferoni).