Sigara (Vermicorixa) lateralis (Leach)

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 : 162

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).

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FIGURE 5. A. Distribution of Sigara (Halicorixa) selecta, Sigara (Halicorixa) stagnalis stagnalis and Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata nigrolineata. B. Distribution of Sigara (Vermicorixa) lateralis.