Corixa affinis 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 : 157

Corixa affinis Leach

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Material examined. Station 6, 28 -vi-2013, 1 ♂1♀; station 21, 24 -vii-2013, 1 ♂2♀; station 25, 25 -iii- 2013, 1 ♂1♀; 21-v-2013, 4♀; 16-vii-2013, 4♂ 5♀; 20-viii-2013, 2♂ 1♀; 03-ix-2013, 5♂ 5♀; station 32, 23 -v-2013, 1 ♂; 29-vi- 2013, 2♂ 3♀; station 35, 24 -vii-2013, 2 ♂; 29-xi-2013, 3♂ 2♀; station 37, 24 -iv-2013, 1 ♂3♀; 25-vii-2013, 1♂.

Comments. This species occupies very distinct habitats, including springs, permanent and semi-permanent ponds, and littoral areas of rivers up to 147 m asl. The first record for Tunisia is reported by Ferrari (1884) in southern Tunisia (Tamerza, Gébli) under the name Corixa atomaria Illiger, 1807 .

Distribution. This species is known from European countries (mostly along sea coasts and in Pannonian lowland in Central Europe), north-western Africa, central Asia, and India ( Jansson 1986; Jansson 1995; Carapezza 1997; Fent et al. 2011; Aukema et al. 2013).

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FIGURE 3. A. Distribution of Micronecta (Dichaetonecta) scholtzi. B. Distribution of Corixa affinis and Corixa panzeri.