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Sigara (Vermicorixa) lateralis Leach

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Sigara (Vermicorixa) lateralis (Leach)

(Figs 5 B, 12A)

Material examined. Station 8, 25 -iv-2013, 1 ♂1♀; station 9, 25 -iv-2013, 1 ♂2♀; 23-v-2013, 1♀; station 10, 20 -v- 2013, 2 ♂3♀; 18-vii-2013, 1♂ 2♀; station 13, 21 -v-2013, 1♀; 25-vi-2013, 2♂; 16-vii-2013, 1♂ 5♀; 20-viii-2013, 1♀; 03-ix-2013, 1♂ 1♀; station 17, 23 -iv-2013, 2 ♂4♀; 21-v-2013, 2♂ 3♀; 25-vi-2013, 8♂ 9♀; 17-vii-2013, 11♂ 12♀; 20-viii-2013, 1♂ 1♀; station 20, 17 -vii,2013, 1 ♂; station 22, 27 -vi-2013, 1♀; station 24, 24 -vii-2013, 1 ♂; station 25, 27 -vi-2013, 1 ♂; 17-vii-2013, 8♂ 22♀; station 32, 28 -iii-2013, 1♀; 25-iv-2013, 2♂ 3♀; 25-vii-2013, 1♂ 1♀, 4-ix-2013, 1♂ 1♀; station 34, 29 -vi-2013, 1 ♂, 1♀ 24-vii-2013, 1♂ 1♀; station 35, 21 -viii-2013, 2♀; 04-ix- 2013, 2♂ 2♀; station 37, 25 -iv-2013, 1 ♂; 22-v-2013, 2♀; 28-vi-2013, 3♂ 11♀; station 38, 26 -iv-2013, 2 ♂ 1♀; 26- vi-2013, 3♂ 4♀; 19-vii-2013, 2♂ 6♀; station 41, 22 -iv-2013, 2♀; station 42, 25 -ii-2013, 4♀; 22-vi-2013, 2♂ 7♀; 19- viii-2013, 3♂ 16♀; station 43, 26 -vi-2013, 1 ♂; station 45, 25 -ii-2013, 2 ♂1♀; 26-vi-2013 1♀; 18-vii-2013, 1♀; station 46, 20 -v-2013, 5 ♂2♀; station 49, 28 -ii-2013, 1 ♂.

Comments. This is a common species in Tunisia, found in both stagnant water and slowly flowing rivers with muddy bottoms and rich in aquatic vegetation, at elevations up to 380 meter asl. It was first recorded from Tunisia by Ferrari (1884) under the name of Corixa hieroglyphica Dufour.

Distribution. It occurs in the Palearctic Region, extending to India and tropical Africa (Jansson 1995; Carapezza 1997; Aukema et al. 2013).

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 151-176 in Zootaxa 3981 (2) on page 162, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3981.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/239818

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Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.239823 (DOI)
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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.3981.2.1 (DOI)
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https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/39985/taxon/03AA4C789766CD56FF5CFC3DFDF16228.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Leach
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Corixidae
Genus
Sigara
Species
lateralis
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Ferrari, P. M. (1884) Materiali per lo studio della fauna tunisina raccolti da G. e L. Doria. Rincoti. Annal del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie 2, 1, 439 - 522.
  • Jansson, A. (1995) Family Corixidae Leach, 1815 - water boatmen. In: Aukema, B. & Rieger, Ch. (Eds.), Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. Vol. 1. Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha. The Netherlands Entomological Society, Amsterdam, pp. 26 - 56.
  • Carapezza, A. (1997) Heteroptera of Tunisia. Naturalista Siciliano, Serie IV, 21 (Supplement A), 1 - 312.
  • Aukema, B., Rieger, Ch. & Rabitsch, W. (2013) Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. VI. Supplement. The Netherlands Entomological Society, Amsterdam, xxiii + 629 pp.