Notonecta ( Notonecta ) maculata Fabricius, 1794

Cianferoni, Fabio & Dia, Aref, 2025, Annotated catalogue and checklist of Gerromorpha, Nepomorpha, and Leptopodomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Lebanon, with new records, Zootaxa 5725 (1), pp. 1-54 : 30-31

Notonecta ( Notonecta) maculata Fabricius, 1794

Notonecta glauca Linnaeus : Giglio-Tos (1894: 10), “ Beirut ” (partim); “Bekfeiya [= Bikfaya] a 1000 m. circa sul Libano ” (partim). Misidentifications (verified).

Notonecta maculata Fabricius : Dia (1983), “ Liban méridional”; Nieser & Moubayed (1986: 249), “ Liban [several stations]”.

Notonecta ( Notonecta) maculata Fabricius : Fent et al. (2011: 30), “ Lebanon ”, quotation of Nieser & Moubayed (1986, as “1985”); Aukema et al. (2013: 34), “ Lebanon ”, quotation of Nieser & Moubayed (1986); Ghahari et al. (2023b: 8), “ Lebanon ”, quotation of previous unspecified records.

Material examined. Published records: “ Beirut ”, [ 11.VII.1893], [ E. Festa leg.], [ E. Giglio-Tos det.] as Notonecta glauca (Lin.) , F. Cianferoni revid., 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀, MRSN ; “Bekfeiya”, [1893], [ E. Festa leg.], [ E. Giglio-Tos det.] as Notonecta glauca (Lin.) , F. Cianferoni revid., 1 ♂, MRSN .

Survey material: Basin of Aarqa: Er Rihané , 17.VI.2000, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, MLUB ; Nahr El Houaïch at bridge, 1.VII.2000, 2 ♂♂, MLUB . Basin of Aouali: Aouali at jisr (= bridge) Bisri, 6.V.1979, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, MLUB ; idem, 16.VI.1979, 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, MLUB ; Nabaa Aazibi , 10.VI.1979, 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, MLUB ; idem, 18.VIII.1979, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, MLUB ; idem, 22.IX.1979, 1 ♀, MLUB ; idem, 28.X.1979, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, MLUB ; Nabaa Abou Kharma , 3.VI.1979, 1 ♂, MLUB ; idem, 15.IX.1979, 1 ♀, MLUB ; idem, 25.X.1979, 2 ♀♀, MLUB ; Nabaa Joun (Es Saraouniyé), 16.VI.1979, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ brach., MLUB ; idem, 29.IX.1979, 1 ♀, MLUB ; Nabaa Mourched , 25.VII.1979, 1 ♂, MLUB ; Nahr Aaray , 27.VII.1979, 2 ♂♂, MLUB . Basin of El Beirut: Beirut below spring Daiychouniyé, 23.VIII.2007, 1 ♂, MLUB . Basin of El Kebir : Below Es Safa, 7.V.2005, 1 ♂, MLUB ; idem, 14.VI.2008, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, MLUB . Basin of Hasbani : Hasbani, 20. III .2005, 1 ♀, MLUB ; Wazzani , 14.VII.2004, 1 ♀, 1 V instar nymph, MLUB . Basin of Ibrahim: Ibrahim at Janné, 13.VI.2006, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, MLUB . Basin of Litani : Nabaa el Hjaïr, 3. III .2005, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 5 V instar nymphs, MLUB ; idem, 2.VI.2005, 1 ♀, MLUB ; idem, 31.VII.2005 – 6.IX.2005, 4 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀, 1 V instar nymph, MLUB ; Kab-Elias , 10.X.1991, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, CFC ; Litani below Ain Zarka spring, 11.XI.2005, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, MLUB ; Yelouch , 24.VI.1988, 1 ♂, MLUB ; 24.XII.1988, 3 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, MLUB . Basin of Oustouane : El Abiad, 28.VIII.1995, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, MLUB . Basin of Zahrani: Zahrani at Kfaroue, 8.V.2004, 1 ♂, MLUB .

Extra-survey material: North Governatorate , Miniyeh-Danniyeh District, Nabaa Rass en Nahr, 2200 m a.s.l., 21.V.2010, A. Carapezza leg. , “ Lebanon 21.V.2010 | caza Miniyeh-Danniyeh , | Nabaa Rass en Nahr | 2.200 m leg. A. Carapezza ”, 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, ACPI

General distribution. This is a West-Palaearctic species (see Polhemus 1995c; Cianferoni et al. 2013; Aukema et al. 2013; Aukema 2024).

Remarks. A very common species in Lebanon.